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Summer

drum roll. . .

Sumer Is Icumen In

hi-hat crash!

. . . eeeeeeeeeeeeeeha! ◠‿◠

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M U S I C A L U D E

in the summertime

when the weather's high

you can stretch right up

Ray Dorset

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the ram looks up. . .

an unflinching eye

guards my vector

M U S I C A L U D E

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ride a white swan

like the people of the Beltane

wear your hair long

Marc Bolan

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reality check?

sumer is icumen in

the post

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flutterby over

the farmer's hedge-

what a tease!

2

low tide

or rather, pondlife-

litter in the park

milk moon 3

Milk Moon-

a tiny calf sleeps

almost alone

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Milk Moon-

the car drives us

up a hill

4

blackbird's nest-

at least for a little while

home tweet home!

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are there gulls

and gals in bikinis

on Mars?

5

woolly faces

in the medieval ruins

were chomping

more 6

fairy cups!

all the way down

to the sky

more 7

"It takes light 100,000 years to travel from one end of the galaxy to the other" - Discovernator

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sleep walking-

from Candleford

to Lark Rise

z812is 7

see the wild florist

plucking lady's candlesticks

in camera

L3: 'kept private or confined to those intimately concerned' - WordWeb

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cowslips!

circumnavigation

is tricky

info 8

downhill mountain biker

zig-zags and leaps-

cowslips!

names 8

oops!

wet-a-bed parachutes

in the face

oops!

dandelion parachutes

in the face

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the first swallow

no bigger than a penknife

sharpens its wings

9

red traffic light?

you must be joking-

house martins!

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Milk Moon-

a tiny calf sleeps

almost alone

10

drowsy herd-

but one cow telecasts

the cowslip man

10

bumble bee-

hello I must be. . .

gone

BEE UPDATE

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bumble bee!

on a summer breeze—

buzzZZZOOOOMMMmm

info 11

DON'T FORGET MOTHER'S DAY IS SUNDAY MAY 12TH

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Mother's Day—

in a summer breeze

autumn leaves

victory 12

a bee interceptor

issues an ultimatum. . .

near my nose!

"An ultimatum (Latin: the last one) is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance." - Wikipedia

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"I try to exercise in nature" - Japanese Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe

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a herd,

sit on their floral buffet

digesting the news. . .

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windblown fleece

on a barbed wire fence-

summer cirrus

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open window

silently lace curtains

Milk Moon

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autumn leaves

in a summer breeze

rearranging. . .

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They say in the heaven worlds we're all at our prime. I'd say about 35 is my 'inner age'. Of course, a little wiser with the years (one hopes). Also, climbing trees is a bit more tricky than it was.

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red bump—

a young summer gymnast

finds out

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summer rain

but not near

my boots

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