as above and i am not bothered
read a little about differing valves
which triggered a vague memory

wrote to the company
to give myself time
then sometime will
simply buy another pump

universal

they said it will rain
and while it looks so
out the front
not so much at the back

it is all away in the shed
tidy and dry

i had sat looking at the nut
tree thinking that it was impossible
yet tried that with the long pole
cutting thing

it don’t take long
hey presto
no huffing
nor puffing

looks prettier
the dress hanging

always a dress hanging
here in voile out there
in cotton
some come satin and trimmed
with sequins you see
they don’t fit me

while no one sees me
it is day 90

james

his fingers move along the piano
listen
to the divine air now
we are starting to breath
a little

fancy

joan is a strong one these days
and will defy any notion of that

we are in lockdown
so they cannot get her

not much anyways
there have been a couple
of incidents but now she

is in disguise
with different
hair
more like a lady
gender

they are in the lanes
on those strong branches
sitting alone, smiling much
like the cheshire cat did

those years back
not many can see

them
glad you can too

the bike comes out everyday
looks well in the yard
gets photographed

yet the post has not brought
my requirements
my repair kits

and maybe, and probably
i cannot fix it
so will look after it
admire it daily
unless it rains

james

he came again yesterday lovely
legally at his distance
more like the free days
before this current situation

and i have told her
that things will change

could be slowly
some of the seeds
come slowly
before they flower

ragged robins, campions come quick
look already

i never thought i could do such things

damp

the sticky stuff arrived yesterday

no one read the instructions

i dunno

stuck on my fingers

very well along with

the splinter from the hedge

before

soap and hot water removed

it alongside

other things

that are more topical

at present

they say that the statue

should have been removed before

well they done it now

this weekend and chucked it in the

water

they say is should be in a museum

well it will be now

when they haul it out the

water

the grass is cut down the lane

and

makes a good photo james

all those line and patterns

it was a good walk

she has cut her hair

with clippers now

and says mine can

soon be tied back

james

i no longer look like

joan of arc

except inside myself

to myself

am cutting the jasmine back

i have learned it will still

flower lovely

later

do you ever imagine people sitting in trees?

not just all about numbers
yet the miles you rode to see
your son sound many to me
who merely walks as yet

i take the car out once a week
just to test my eyesight as the
opticians are closed

i don’t drive far

how do you feel about your
job at the hotel
will you go back if it stays

open
when all has changed around us
when things feel more difficult or

maybe i should say challenging

i spoke to others yesterday about
banning the word coping as a negative
thing said with sympathy
head to one side

it feels a frail word and does not apply

i listen to the piano play and deal with changes

today the routine will come differing as i have holly
to burn and need to stay around

it crackles and spits like fireworks
as does the box hedging

strange to me that your ground beef
be hamburgers
when ham be pigs
and beef be cows

we wonder how that occurred

so i researched pandemics while
drawing and find they last a year or 2
mainly unless is black &
that  was such a long time back

we are rebalancing

vivaldi again

one could argue that it is to soon
for the damage to show
only people don’t listen

some like to think the things
that make them feel safe and justified

i saw him yesterday walking close

to a friend not from his household
he thinks we are all over reacting

some folks go into denial as part of their process
i know as i have done that too
at times

more seeds came and i told the farmer about the
campions
but he did not know what they were
so i left one at his door later
so that he can identify

the walk was in the afternoon when the rain
stopped
no one was about except the man with the
wheelbarrow collecting wood
he goes everyday

there is a ******* the barrow to hold it
all in place

do you have to wear a helmet james?

we do over here as law i believe and
i have not got one, then, i am not going
anywhere on it yet.

we are encouraged and hoping soon
that e scooters will be valid

as i write i watch the woodpecker
enjoying the finial on my gate post

cat enjoyed the birds
and i found the body
under my bed

agatha christie

he said it was the field of

singing bells

how far is it to your son’s place
how many miles did you go?

looks like i am static this morning
with heavy rain

as you know i tried before
and it went through me
right through me

so i will rearrange maybe
create another pattern

i made a bike stand with a bit of hedge
cutting which seemed appropriate

i like to see the bike standing independant
not leaning on anything
not reliant on any one thing

i wiped it gently with a three in one
oily rag and watched it shine
sun on my back
memory at my side

i am sure there were special places in
my childhood bike to oil. i think it was
blue

it was second hand
and i fell off

he told me he fell off down the lane
went right over down into the ditch
and i was sympathetic

until he said those things
regarding those over 85

avoiding this subject
for the future for i feel
all have value
have the right to breathe

maybe james
have a break from the news?

toda
y i shall clean the surfaces

indoors

with a damp cloth as things
gather dust while i work outside

admiring the bike
being black
and generally pleasing

the seeds are growing nicely
i do not know what some may
be as i found them in an envelope

not labelled at all

james

sheltering
and are folks
getting touchy?

so good that you can travel far
visit your folks. my day will come

meanwhile likewise we watch the
birds, the creatures

she said that they were pests as we
watched them dancing branch to
other branch

they eat the bird’s nuts she said
then she said she had gone non
essential shopping for her snacks
and nuts

james

i burned the hedge *******
it took most of the day until
i only smelled of smoke
which i rather like anyway

how is your son?

did you ever see the film
of the guy that drove his lawn mower
miles to visit his ailing brother

maybe look it up?

i like the italic up there and glad
you told me the form of verse made
of scatterings and randoms that are us

and put it forth toward them
only one replied

i hope they do not think me brainy
for i am not
i just see connections

how one event does not happen alone
in isolation
or slow motion
like a film
with everything else scrubbed away

james

where will this all end
will we all be able to
breathe again?

the sky this morning came dramatic
turned the room pink

may hang the washing out early…..