Storytime for Charlie

Storytime Charlie - Here boy 3.9.13

No I don't need to go - right now!

Time for a wee walk

To catch news nose to the ground

Warm, heavy scented lavender smokes around
Blinded windows face a common

Edged by hedge with a bench

No back, no invitation to linger

The leash unfurling, with freedom he flirts

The bridge glows
White struts and gluped webs lit up

Framed by apartments and stairwells

The broken auto-gate a guise of security

A blinking yellow light warning … beckoning

It leads to Willows and Toads

Fields for canine tumblr and tomorrow

Up to High St, Green End and Milton

Walk the track for wheels to college

Trespass the grounds

Catch a bus to Town

Mums and kids practice the route

Not knowing – worst ever

Seen to be new – pretend you weren’t

A friend unknown on the same path – the best

What do you think about this

What should I do about that

A new course ahead

Over the bridge

Drag on the lead bruising doggy dignity

As Charlie adds to the conversation

He puts the fullstop to

Sharing his doggy day

Trots on with less distractions

Accepting the tug of the harness

Content with his place in the world

Road and River

Flash Off!

Bottom Right to Top Left

Guided busway - they go very fast. Cycle track from Milton Rd to Impington

Reading Now: The Charm of Birds by Sir Edward Grey - Reed 1st published 1927. September Chapter.
Prose on the birds as observed by one of Britain's most brilliant Foreign Secretaries. The songs heard in each month.
This with Collins Nature Guide 'Garden Birds of Britain and Europe', 2008, in the hope of recognising the brave creatures risking mind and wing to alight upon our very rickety bird feeder, a visit from pillaging squirrels and Charlie's indignant howl to peck up some seed.

Grey Squirrel invaded from USA - replacing the native red in built up areas.

Wood pigeon - they build their nests with large twigs.