Pine Tree (in Home and on Heath)

Cherry

By Di_Hard

Wed, 15 Dec 2021
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decorated and in

pride of place, dead pretty

 

rain's clear, fresh touch, then sun

seeds dazzling gaiety

 

 

 

 

 

Certificate U
Poem
Advent Alphabet (plus Boxing day)

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Useful pun of 'dead pretty' - I suppose they gradually die, but the decoration, though fun is 'dead'!.

and in life, the sunshine on the dew, and the snow and frost at times, can be something quite special.

We do have plastic ones I'm afraid, but certainly not 'single-use' plasitic as seem to have done so many years' service, and have accumulated ( 4 small ones at present) - we had a white paper one for a few years, but the paper yellowed in the end.

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

yes, we have a plastic one, too. I used to bring in ash branches every year, like you described your Dad doing, but my son wanted a tree like everyone else, so weighing it up, thought if we kept the same plastic one for 20 years would hopefully be not much worse than buying fresh ones. Which we can't afford anyway!

I do like seeing the trees in people's windows, when it's dark, it looks so cosy,

Thankyou very much for reading and commenting :0)

 

Submitted by Insertponceyfre... on

it's really impressive how much you manage to say in so few words Di - I'm really enjoying this theme, thank you

 

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Thankyou :0) Is maybe the more minimal a thing is, the more a reader fills in?

 

Submitted by Turlough on

Our only conifer is a fir tree at the far end of the wild bit of our garden. It's been there for four years now and it looks beautiful. We bought it from a market stall round about this time of year. It looked very sad so we bought it to give it a happy home. We see it as a rescue tree. It hasn't grown very much but I think that might have something to do with the hot summers and the wrong soil, but at least it's still alive. For us a tree is like a puppy ... not just for Christmas.

Turlough

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Your home must have such a happy vibe! I am surprised that you do not have pine trees with all your snow - how ignorant I am! Thankyou again for a wonderful comment :0)

 

Submitted by Turlough on

You're exactly right Di. Happiness abounds in our little Malki Chiflik home.

To add to this we got another cat today. We found him all alone in the street in town, shivering in the icy rain. The vet said he's about three months old. We've called him Osem (Осем is the Bulgarian word for eight). And suddenly typing became just a little bit more difficult.

Bulgaria has vast areas of deciduous forest but conifers are fairly rare. We do get a lot of snow but our summers are incredibly hot so perhaps that's the reason why.

Turlough

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Oh! How wonderful you found him in time and can take care of him!

Writing Exercise for you :

A poem, one verse for each cat, how you found them, what they are like. Must have your brilliant rhymes and rhythm

will cheer everyone up :0)

 

Submitted by Turlough on

Aha, what a brilliant idea! And the sooner I start the fewer verses I will need to write.

Perhaps I could even write a musical about them and call it Cats ... or perhaps not!

You have set the cogs in my head whirring. Thank you.

laugh

Turlough

Submitted by Di_Hard on

Felicitously Found Felines?

kittens, the sequel....