summer’s time

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anemones, flowers, gardening, gardens, haiku, lupin, nature, seedpods, summer, time

anemones bloom
lupins’ hairy seedpods formed
Summer’s wax and wane

Beware!

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birds, Bob, earwig, gardening, gardens, haiku, nature, robin, wildlife

(written in warmer weather)

Moving flower pots
Robin Bob picks off earwigs
Beware the big ones!

blackcurrant bliss

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blackcurrants, garden, gardening, grandchildren, haiku, memories, mindfulness, nature, summer

Picking blackcurrants
grandchildren pillage ripe fruit
summer memories

topping and tailing
hypnotic repetition
fruitful mindfulness

attack

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gardening, gardens, haiku, humour, lettuces, pests, snails

across damp grasses
dark battalions, hungry snails
lettuces quiver

Soft fruit

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berries, birds, black currants, fruit, gardening, haiku, summer

Weighing down branches

Black currants are ripening 

Birds pay attention 

haiku – busy bees

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bees, gardening, honey bees, summer, wild flowers, wildlife

industrious bees
harvesting golden sunshine
wildflower wonder

haiku – seeds

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gardening, haiku, rain, seeds, summer, weather

summer showers fall
early seeds lay on wet ground
the journey begins

snail wars

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gardening, haiku, nature, pests, snails, wildlife

ravenous snails lurk
under lids and lips of pots
waiting for evening

haiku – good karma

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bee, feelings, gardening, haiku, honey bee, karma, peace, summer

honey bee resting
quietly on my shoulder
feels like good karma

Thorns

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blood, gardening, haiku, thorns

Torn gardening gloves
Brambles have their victory
Fingers pricked with red