Over two hours!

22/02/2009 by Aileen.

Over two hours in the garden this afternoon. Quite a warm springlike day. There are 5 red rose bushes at the bottom of the garden, and over the 5 years we’ve been here they have got strangled with grass and weeds. I decided if I don’t start looking after them I’ll lose them. And they have such a lovely deep red flower. So I cleared four of them, then cleared some new-growing nettles from another area. I need to go to the tip with three big plastic containers of weeds (don’t want to compost them) so today’s weeds are all over the path and grass. Never mind.

I still have to do another poem for TMA on Friday. Think I’ll do a ‘nature’ one as I’ve done two on clocks.

Tomorrow - J and I have optician appointments in Hull. Probably lunch out, but only Starbucks or something.

Here’s one of my TMA poems.

Although my clock can tick and tock

It isn’t metronomic.

It’s out of tune with sun and moon

And matters astronomic.

When I am waiting for my date

Its ticking is pathetic.

But when I’m late and in a state

It’s much more energetic.

I think I’ll shock my heartless clock

And put it in the attic,

For out of mind and out of wind

Its ticking would be static.

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