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The First Sign of Summer

swallows dip and dive
zigzags across azure skies ...
summer has arrived

We delivered shopping to our elderly friends and due to  slight changes in lock down we sat in the garden with a cup of tea and had a proper conversation for the first time in about 8 weeks (2m rule applying) I spied 2 swallows dipping and diving across the sky, it was a wonderful sight I wanted to share. 

05/11/20

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Holly Dilatush Date: 5/27/2020 3:16:00 PM Nice. Like the way this feels as I read it aloud, love the accompanying photo. You've inspired me to become a premium member. :) ~ holly Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/27/2020 3:24:00 PM You've made me smile Holly - i vowed I would never post picture with my poems but now i wouldn't be without the feature, you can also add you tube clips with your PM:-) hugs Jan xx

JCB Brul Date: 5/17/2020 12:09:00 PM So delighted to read this gem. Vivid imagery lingers in my heart. Lovely! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/17/2020 12:16:00 PM Thanks JCB it was a wonderful sight and when I spoke to my friend yesterday about getting the baking powder for her she said they'd not seen the swallows since our visit:-) hugs Jan xx

David Smith Date: 5/15/2020 4:28:00 PM Simple lines conveying simple joys. A special one to remember, Jan. A sunny day in winter when the mist is starting to clear is something else too. We have to do all we can to so as many young ones as possible get the experience that lasts a life time. Thank you for your wonderful poem. Regards David in NZ Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/15/2020 4:31:00 PM thanks for the lovely comment David, it was so lovely to share this moment with our friends, i have been shopping for them since lockdown started and Monday was the first time we had sat in the garden together and had a cuppa. they still gave me my money in the fishing net, we do try and make it fun:-) hugs jan xx

Janice Canerdy Date: 5/12/2020 2:58:00 PM Jan, this is REALLY beautiful and skillfully-composed. Janice Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/12/2020 3:01:00 PM Thanks Janice it was so lovely to share this moment with our friends especially as I;d only said to hubby the day before I wonder when we will see swallows and swifts:-) hugs Jan xx

Kim Rodrigues Date: 5/11/2020 10:14:00 PM Me and my neighbor are meeting by the fence in the morning. Can’t wait! Lovely image, my friend! Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/12/2020 3:04:00 AM It was just so lovely to sit and chat for half and hour, enjoy a natter and see the pair of swallows dipping and diving across the sky - made us all so uplifted:-) hugs Jan xx

Paghunda Zahid Date: 5/11/2020 7:02:00 PM Beautiful! Stay safe Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/12/2020 3:03:00 AM Thanks, you too:-) hugs Jan x

Charlie Smith Date: 5/11/2020 4:51:00 PM Thanks for sharing Jan... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/11/2020 6:32:00 PM Thanks Charlie it was such a wonderful sight and even more special to share it with friends:-) hugs Jan xx

Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/11/2020 2:53:00 PM Oh, enjoyed! The swallows do swallow me whole. There's hundreds over the river not far from my house- have not seen numbers like that in maybe 15 years. Stood on the pedestrian bridge agape in awe as they flew around and over. Seriously one of my favouritest things in the world. xomo Login to Reply Maureen McGreavy Pigeon Tart Date: 5/11/2020 3:02:00 PM You are not the only one whose day is made by birds <3 I feel blessed every time. ~x Jan Allison Date: 5/11/2020 2:58:00 PM Only yesterday my hubby and I had been talking about when we would see our first swallow and lo and behold there were a pair flying across our friend's garden, certainly made my day:-) hugs Jan xx

Ilene Bauer Date: 5/11/2020 2:44:00 PM a beautiful sight, jan, which you've captured so well in your poem. glad you had the chance to sit outside with friends - i have no idea when i''ll get to do that again... Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/11/2020 2:48:00 PM We do shopping for them, up until today we have not chatted except from the front door - they give me the money in a kids fishing net lol but today they made us a cuppa and we sat in the garden together and chatted:-) hugs Jan xx

Nette Onclaud Date: 5/11/2020 2:15:00 PM beautiful work, jan!...i haven't seen any friend since our lockdown with a curfew for 2 months!...we're only allowed to go to the grocery and pharmacy...thanks for commenting on my poem!..huggs Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/11/2020 2:44:00 PM We have shopped for friends but not had contact with them - them put the money in a fishing net for me lol, today is the first time we have actually sat in the garden and chatted with them. lock down is easing to some degree, more shops and business will open but with social distancing measures. it will be interesting to see if the number of cases rises - we have had 2 days of no new cases so things are improving but we cant be complacent:-) hugs Jan xx

Rico Leffanta Date: 5/11/2020 1:20:00 PM "Swallow up and stay home" is the best advice! The UK has only now decided to quarantine new arrivals? I thought you wrote IOM did that in March? It seems Bojo still does not understand how many people can be infected by ONE carrier! Thank you for shopping for the elderly! Aloha! Rico Login to Reply Jan Allison Date: 5/11/2020 1:31:00 PM We have had total lock down on our Island since about 23rd march, only medical emergencies can leave by plane other than that no planes arrive or depart and the ferry is for freight only but every weds they bring back people who have been stranded either in the uk/ or come to the uk from abroad and they have to isolate for 14 days when they get here. I shop for my friend Chris and her hubby as she was a godsend when my hubby had his cancer surgery and for a couple in their late 70's early 80s. (i promised their family in the UK we would shop for them to save them going out and risk getting infected). It was so lovely to sit in the garden with our friends today - will be a long time before we can socialise properly then it will be a time to celebrate. No new cases for the 2nd day running but we can't be complacent:-) take care my friend:-) hugs Jan xx