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