Sweeping the Sky - Richard Jefferies Reimagined (#3)
There is sunshine to-day, after rain, and every lark is singing. Across the vale a broad cloud-shadow descends the hillside ... The sunshine follows—the warmer for its momentary absence.
The Hills and the Vale - 1909
Wandering alongside an autumn hedge all yellows, browns, reds, pinks and purples my eye was caught by a bright flash of orange-red ahead of me; a Redstart - its wings flapping in a blur; its tail fanning out - orange-red as it hovers and snatches at a fly. It lands on a fence post, standing upright, its tail shivering. An adult male. Then up it jumps again snatching at another passing insect and lands on a dead branch further along - it’s fiery tail and ‘tweet-tut’ fretting call teasing me on ...
A pale cerulean-blue sky – crisscrossed with misty white vapour trails of planes - a modern art canvas; paint casually, thrown from the artists brush; white clouds tinged salmon-pink hanging over the blue-grey mountains; just before sunrise – white wreaths of mist lingering over the fields and valley wood mirroring the vapour trails above. A lone Buzzard calls ...
My daughter (and our editor) sang this lovely cover in English and Korean. I think it's lovely. Such a sweet voice and heart. 💖
https://youtu.be/W0UOhv5rEVk
@KingRiverPress1 What a lovely voice and song. In return here’s one of my daughter from a CD of Covers she did a few years ago. As a birthday present we arranged a day in a recording studio ...
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gj5bx7edg0gl4ch/Cups.wav?dl=0
Getting ready for #Halloween ...
hunters moon
a screech owl haunts
the graveyard
#haiku #FullMoon #BarnOwl
@MarcieDWessels Sorry for the late reply. The Ruff is a large reddish-brown wader that is fairly rare in the UK. And yes the males do have a large ruff of feathers around the neck which is used in a showy display to attract a mate.
