Visitors

Visitors I saw in my garden today were:

9 starlings noisily squabbling
1 duck casually waddling.

1 robin - a handsome little chap
1 bumble bee, that landed on my lap.

2 neighbouring cats, stalking the same prey
1 little mouse, who wears a coat of grey.

3 worms wiggle above the earth I dug  
1 fat, juicy, giant, orange, slimy, greedy slug.

5 spiders spinning their intricate webs
1 fly cocooned, in delicate white threads.

3 frogs sitting by the garden pond
2 doves flirting, cooing as they bond.

8 skater bugs, danced the waters top
1 blue dragonfly, hovering near a flower pot.

2 brown butterflies resting on my fence
3 foaming snails, their second line defence.
 
1 pushy wasp, that wanted my half eaten bun
3 baby rabbits playing in the evening sun.

1 majestic blue peacock, from the neighbours farm
1 owl swooped in from the farmers barn.

2 swallows aerobatics, as they build their family nest
4 tiny bats skilled navigation, at it's very best.

Tomorrow will bring more visitors, some different and the same
The honour was all mine, for it was my garden to which they came.

15.06.22
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M  Avatar
June 21, 2022 at 8:24 AM
What a lovely cute poem Emilia about your visitors…..some of your visitors would freak me out though….spiders and the fat juicy slug Ha! Loved the poem….Debx
M  Avatar
June 21, 2022 at 2:11 PM
That’s why I like you Emilia….I’m crazy also hehe! Debx
James Avatar
June 21, 2022 at 1:41 PM
Thank you so much Deb. Spiders freak me out too and the orange slugs (prob not the correct name for their colour) are the hulks of the slug world in my crazy mind. Sometmes I call them the mafia slugs, but like I said I'm crazy lol. Emilia : )
Meadows Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 10:15 PM
Brilliant. This is a lovely poem about the wildlife. Well done.
James Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 10:06 AM
Thank you Jeanette. Nature, wildlife, dogs, cats horses etc are the things I love the most. Emilia : )
Hamill Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 4:53 PM
Sorry I forgot.it was 56 .lol
James Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 10:03 AM
Correct lol.
Hamill Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 4:50 PM
As I was reading, I was expecting at the end,you wanted to know how many visitors.lol. great tale Emilia. :-):-)
James Avatar
June 17, 2022 at 9:16 AM
Thank you Simon, I didn't even think about adding them up even for myself. There were definitely more spiders but didnt want to think about how many live in my outside space lol. Emilia : )
Cunningham Avatar
June 15, 2022 at 2:43 PM
A lovely story Emilia, you had quite a crowd today, let's hope their visits continue. Hope you're keeping well. Tom
James Avatar
June 16, 2022 at 1:54 PM
Thank you Tom. The peacock and the owl I added from a memory from childhood. There were two peacocks, the blue I mentioned and a stunning white one that lived on the farm. I use to love watching them when they was about. Emilia : )
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