almost a full circle

12 months ago

in feb 2011

alicia and i spotted this

by june 2011 it looked like this

and we thought it’s life story was over

12 months later

feb 2012

in the same spot

alicia and i spotted these

although the life story of one might have been over

the life story of the species in this site continues

we’re at a metaphorical crossroads

sat here

in anyone’s garden

amidst a multitude of organisms

converting light to sugars

and detritus to humus

if we sit

for another 12 months

which we might

would there be reason to post our views?

her view

my view

much

as far as our eyes can tell

is like it was last year

and

excluding disasters or significant events

anyone’s garden is likely to continue as it did last year

salix will shoot

budleas bloom

orchids blossom

butterflies, birds, bees, and a multitude of other critters will come and go

just an hypothesis

but do we want to test it?

perhaps there are other

more interesting

more intriguing

more challenging

hypothesis’ to be had

like

nature aesthetic in the built environment is not a matter of taste

for now

we need our anyone’s garden

for inspiration

as well as a meeting place

to sit

and

enjoy life go by

but that’s our business

for now …

CUTS

a cold of great magnitude

the viral kind

struck

a rendezvous

in anyone’s garden

was cancelled

so for the record

it was important

to me

to visit

anyone’s garden

just to look

and record

january’s scene

the here and now

that greeted me

gutted me

anyone’s garden had been gardened

hard

cut back

and laid bare

across the site

the motive for the management is unknown to us

the effects:

a starker environment

reduced nesting places

bioremediation

greater visibility

a change in aesthetic

in hindsight

it shouldn’t have come as a surprise

but i wasn’t thinking backwards

i was looking forward

looking forward to being in anyone’s garden

but looking back

eleven months ago

anyone’s garden

looked similar…

(feb 2011)

the green regained

as it will again

treading over branches strewn

and plastic bottles

(for in the cut back no rubbish was cleared up)

I went to the patch where the bee orchids bloomed last june

12

put a smile on my face

THE CHRISTMAS ‘DO’

WEDNESDAY 21^st DECEMBER

if you’d have walked through Salford

the week before Christmas

you may have spotted

amid the undergrowth

strange goings on

‘twas the week before Christmas

well, four days before

when four decided

to have some seasonal cheer

in anyone’s garden

coffees were brewed

crackers pulled

and mince pies scoffed

our first annual Christmas ‘Do’

in anyone’s garden

and much like any other

filled with chat ‘n’ cheer

while all around

anyone’s garden

carried on being

anyone’s garden

steely sky

deepening hues of

green, brown , and grey

rubble still rubble

and litter still strewn

where a materess once was

we now were

‘till was time

to pack up our deckchairs

n our friends

and say

We wish you a

Merry Christmas

and a

Happy New Year!