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little hands to hold
then let them go to explore
smooth transit to joy
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After doing some drawing games with my grandsons, we went for a WALK, although we don’t mention the word ‘walk’ because then Big Bro will not move from the sofa.
We were not going on a walk, we were going ‘exploring’ to find badger sets…
luckily Granny knows Evvvvv–er–ry–thing – even where badgers live.
We talked about those families sleeping underground, we found back doors and front doors and neighbours doors, we made up stories about them, we imagined them all coming out in the evening and playing together, tumbling and play fighting and quarrelling and chasing….
Walking with my grandchildren comes very high on my list of favourite things to do. Seeing the world through their eyes. … …
Precious…..
….climbing, falling, getting caught in brambles, jeopardy – where are we?
who lives in these magical holes – under trees, in trees….
how do we find our way out of the wood?
Phew! we found the way into the field
now for some tracking
looking down – who or what has walked this way before us, was it last night by the light of the moon
looking up – at baby catkins
thinking of Spring
looking down
oh wow – an abundance of acorns, let’s pick some up.
Muddy puddles!
with tiny red wriggly worms in them
worms swimming, who knew?
squelch and splash and jump and laugh
Oh no! Where are we?
Look for landmarks to find our way home – ah-there’s the big oak tree near Granny’s house…… there’s her house!! – race you!
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Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge prompts this week are: SMOOTH and HAND
Cathy and I have put together a list of One-Word promptsfor our One-a-Week Photo Challenge. You can join in by leaving a link to your Walk in the Comments, either here or on Cathy’s Post.
If you love descriptions of walks in far flung places, Restless Jo has some corkers every Monday.
Posted in haiku, Haiku Challenge, home education, poetry, walks, wildlife
Week 14 of our One-a-Week Photo Challenge: POND
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Back in the darker January days when frost dusted everything with magic, Miss E and I went walking with our cameras. Miss E was given a camera for Christmas and she was keen to get some frosty shots. We went to Thorncombe Woods and headed for the pond.
chagrin felt at school
healed with home education,
love, joy and freedom
Joining in with Ronovan’s weekly Haiku Challenge, prompt words:
CHAGRIN and JOY
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Do you recognise the bobble hat? – I made one for each grandchild last year, but trying to get a decent photo of all of them was like herding cats
Cute though!
I’ll be away from the computer for a couple of weeks. Cathy will be holding the Photo fort over at Nanacathy, leave a link on her One-a-Week Photo Challenge posts and I will include them in the April Round-Up. Thank you Cathy and as Cathy says:
“Happy Snapping”
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There’s a dragon in the playground
He’s playing catch with me
There’s a dragon in the playground
Can I invite him round for tea
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There’s a dragon in the playground
He’s playing in the sand
There’s a dragon in the playground
Can he hold my hand
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Poem using DRAGON and INVITE by Miss E.
This is a poem Miss E wrote when she was 6 years old and still at school. The poem won a competition and was published in a book which was sold to raise funds for the school.
When Miss E was thinking of some words for Ronovan’s Haiku Challenge she decided to use words from this poem so that she could share the poem with you all this week.
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Message for Ronovan from Miss E: ” Thank you for using my words” 😀
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Tagged dragon, plasticine model, poem, poetry, Ronovan's Haiku Challenge
mossy layers invite
tiny dragons to lay eggs
deep in our psyche
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A response to Our Photo Challenge prompt: LAYER
And Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku Challenge prompts: DRAGON and INVITE
With Miss E as a guest prompter this week – so exciting!
It has been wonderful for me to read all the intriguing haiku that have been created around these words – Miss E will be so thrilled and encouraged – can’t wait til tomorrow when we can read them all together.
A huge thank you to Ronovan for giving her this marvellous opportunity and experience.
The Haiku
mossy layers invite tiny dragons to lay eggs
tiny dragons to lay eggs deep in our psyche
I am a Scorpio Dragon myself – there is a fascinating post by ‘Work in Progress’ if you are interested in this sort of thing.
A bit stuck this week, I went through my photos and found this photo of a wall in Gloucestershire I took in 2010 and then it all came together.
To join in just leave a link to your LAYER photo in the comments on Cathy’s Post, or here, and I will include it in the round up on Sunday.
Next Week’s Photo Prompt
FERN
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beauty created
under pressure and time
by earth and by man
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skills honed from a lifetime’s work
more precious than diamonds and pearls
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Ronovan set us the prompt words of DIAMONDS and PEARLS this week for his haiku challenge.
To marry this challenge with our Photo Prompt of WORK was a huge challenge and has taken me a while to get there. Go to Cathy’s Post to see more entries and leave a link to your ‘WORK’ photo.
I found it difficult to convey what I wanted to in the 5/7/5 haiku, a few more syllables were needed and so I have written a tanka this week. It does not perfectly fit the ‘rules’ but …
The sentiment is that beauty created by human endeavour and skill is more precious to me than diamonds.
The photo was taken in Mr. Hiroshi Murase’s shop in Arimatsu where we did our tie-dying workshop on my trip to Japan last November. They are preparing the cloth for dying by tying it in intricate patterns.
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Miss E (8) saw me struggling with this challenge and wanted to write a poem using Ron’s prompt words – she wrote:
diamonds and pearls
diamonds and pearls
how lovely they can be
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diamonds and pearls
diamonds and pearls
they form in the sea
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diamonds and pearls
diamonds and pearls
they form under the ground
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diamonds and pearls
diamonds and pearls
all waiting to be found
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this is my poem I hope you like it
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Next Week’s Photo Prompt is
LAYER
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