Posts Tagged ‘daffodil’

29 January 2010 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman YESTERDAY MORNING

Friday, January 29th, 2010

YESTERDAY MORNING Stepping out the back door and up in to the garden coincided with the passage of nine noisy ravens overhead. I stood, looked up, observed and counted. Though my breath condenses into steaming clouds from mouth and nostrils, this morning it feels definitely milder. You can read it in the birds. There’s rooks [...]

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31 December 2009 DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman DAFFODIL SHOWS THE WAY

Thursday, December 31st, 2009

DAFFODIL SHOWS THE WAY Weeding along a hedge down on the plot this afternoon. Lifting roots and wiry underground stems. Teasing away unwanted parts, slinging them into a barrow. For two hours at it, working slow but steady, bent double. Every so often straightening, rubbing cold caked hands free of loose dirt. Wheeling refuse round to [...]

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18 March 2009: DIRTY NAILS’ BLOG by Joe Hashman GOLDEN LIONS ROARING, TRIMMING THE EDGES

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

18 March 2009 GOLDEN LIONS ROARING Freshly tilled soil soon becomes a nursery for thousands of wild flower seeds which lie dormant in the ground, just waiting for movement to expose them to a flash of light. In a moment it seems, bare earth becomes a sweep of delicate green as time capsules pop open [...]

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