Sarah is a British eccentric who writes offbeat fiction, haiku and tanka poetry. When stuck for words, she sketches or paints instead. She's into nature conservation, sustainability, gardening, dogs, natural health, and reading. Her sociability is something that happens in short bursts with long breathing spaces in between.
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Thank you 🙂 Certainly I was chuckling to myself while writing this. I started composing it while out walking the dog and probably everyone thought I’d lost my mind in managing to look remotely happy during lockdown.
It’s always a great pleasure to me when my friends across the pond appreciate my quirky Brit humour/humor!
Wishing you a happy and creatively productive week.
Fortunately my neighbourhood remains relatively quiet, and I’m certainly not in a great hurry to venture further afield being a bit of a homeloving, not very brave dormouse.
We’ve ventured out to restaurants and a graduation party outdoors. It’s so hot here now that being outside isn’t particularly pleasant. And of course there’s the pool. Our neighborhood is also quiet which is nice. And I’m perfectly happy to sequester.
Stay safe, my friend.
Haha, an amusing poems Sarah – on the other hand I’ll bet there are quite a few snails safely making it through the year that wouldn’t have if all the garden centres had been open!
You’re right about that, Andrea. I haven’t been quite so strict this year about transporting them in an icecream box to release into the wild woods. I’m not into killing the blighters, but I know a lot of gardeners who don’t think twice about doing so.
I see a snail, I cannot help but think of you, Sarah! I know you’ve had your, ummm… disagreements with the, how did you just call them? Little blighters!
Nothing better than composing something in our head whilst taking a walk. I find myself laughing out loud at times, then looking around to make sure no one heard me and thought I was going mad…
This was a fun one!
I did promise you I’d compose something about this snail weeks ago, then it went clean out of my head. I’ve had no trouble with the blighters at all this year (touch wood). Of course, that statement alone is likely to bring on some heavy downpours and get the slippery sliders out munching bigtime!
Thanks, Carla 🙂 There are less snails out and about than usual where I live, as we’ve had a long hot and dry spell. I love lizards, but rarely ever see one. We have lots of birds of the woodland, garden, and sea varieties, so it’s a wonderful mix. The jackdaws are the noisiest at the moment, as they’ve built nests in the chimney pots and have rowdy, hungry families to feed and guard.
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Aww this one is so sweet! Amazing poem 🙂
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Thank you. I’m so pleased you like it 🙂
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Dear Sarah,
Once more you write lovely verse which spotlights your delightful sense of humor or humour. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Dear Rochelle,
Thank you 🙂 Certainly I was chuckling to myself while writing this. I started composing it while out walking the dog and probably everyone thought I’d lost my mind in managing to look remotely happy during lockdown.
It’s always a great pleasure to me when my friends across the pond appreciate my quirky Brit humour/humor!
Wishing you a happy and creatively productive week.
Sarah
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So far so good. 😉 Wanting to go back to lock down with all the insanity swirling around.
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Fortunately my neighbourhood remains relatively quiet, and I’m certainly not in a great hurry to venture further afield being a bit of a homeloving, not very brave dormouse.
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We’ve ventured out to restaurants and a graduation party outdoors. It’s so hot here now that being outside isn’t particularly pleasant. And of course there’s the pool. Our neighborhood is also quiet which is nice. And I’m perfectly happy to sequester.
Stay safe, my friend.
Rochelle
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Haha, an amusing poems Sarah – on the other hand I’ll bet there are quite a few snails safely making it through the year that wouldn’t have if all the garden centres had been open!
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You’re right about that, Andrea. I haven’t been quite so strict this year about transporting them in an icecream box to release into the wild woods. I’m not into killing the blighters, but I know a lot of gardeners who don’t think twice about doing so.
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A little humor is certainly welcomed during these strange days. Well done, my friend. I understand the snail’s confusion quite well.
Wishing you peace and happiness this week and beyond.
Hugs from Olympia
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Yes, Bill, I feel an affinity with the snail, too!
Wishing you a peaceful, happy, and productive week.
Hugs from across the Pond 🙂
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I see a snail, I cannot help but think of you, Sarah! I know you’ve had your, ummm… disagreements with the, how did you just call them? Little blighters!
Nothing better than composing something in our head whilst taking a walk. I find myself laughing out loud at times, then looking around to make sure no one heard me and thought I was going mad…
This was a fun one!
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I did promise you I’d compose something about this snail weeks ago, then it went clean out of my head. I’ve had no trouble with the blighters at all this year (touch wood). Of course, that statement alone is likely to bring on some heavy downpours and get the slippery sliders out munching bigtime!
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That you did!
And now you’ve gone and done it. Let’s hope no one was paying attention (save me, of course)
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You made me LOL, Sarah. ☺️😂 Such a fun post.
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Excellent, Sylvia. I’m so glad to have caused you to LOL 🙂
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Wonderful, Sarah! I’m been seeing a lot of snails around here too, and also rabbits and lizards, as well as many, many birds.
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Thanks, Carla 🙂 There are less snails out and about than usual where I live, as we’ve had a long hot and dry spell. I love lizards, but rarely ever see one. We have lots of birds of the woodland, garden, and sea varieties, so it’s a wonderful mix. The jackdaws are the noisiest at the moment, as they’ve built nests in the chimney pots and have rowdy, hungry families to feed and guard.
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