Author: Louise Bunting

Louise is a writer, poet and photographer who feels most at home when out and about, watching, photographing, and writing about the flora and fauna to be found along the lanes and in the meadows of her local area. She can happily spend hours lost in a field full of wildflowers.

Toadstools Galore

12/07/2020

I spotted some toadstools while I was wandering around the meadow on day 41 of 365 Days Wild. They’re always such a delight to see, and doubly so this early in the season! I couldn’t resist spending a little while drawing some once I arrived home, too. This is the little toadstool cluster the picture … More Toadstools Galore

WWP: Syzygy

08/07/2020

We fitted together so perfectly, we three – like the Sun, Moon, and Earth in conjunction, in perfect syzygy, our friendship was an astronomical event. But now… Now our orbits have shifted. Word count: 30 (+syzygy) *** I’m a little late posting this. The few times that I’ve joined in with Sammi Cox’s Weekend Word … More WWP: Syzygy

Out for Dawn

07/07/2020

gunpowder grey clouds shift, as night swiftly fades, lightening with tints of mauve and lavender and apricot, with a burst of fresh peaches sweetly tanging across newly awakened senses, both promise and warning combined: time is short; make it count For day 36 of 365 Days Wild I walked out in the early hours to … More Out for Dawn

Cloudy Skies

02/07/2020

a glimmer of light a moment of joy an awakening of hope Cloudy skies never keep me home, but a glimpse of the sun makes everything so much better. So… it seems I’m doing 365 Days Wild, after all. That makes this day 31’s Random Act of Wildness. I’m going to try and make this … More Cloudy Skies

Midsummer Dawn

29/06/2020

*sound on* dawn-lit insects dance upon sunbeams as birds raise their voices in song; like a dream forgotten upon awakening, a forlorn spirit aches for ancient magicks, tantalisingly close: an eager heart cries, ‘reach out’

Wednesday Word: Beguile

17/06/2020

This week’s Wednesday Word is: Part of Speech (Transitive) Verb beguiles (third-person singular simple present) beguiled (simple past and past participle) beguiling (present participle) Related Words beguilement (noun) beguiler (noun) beguilingly (adverb) unbeguiled (adjective) unbeguiling (adjective) Pronunciation bɪˈɡaɪl / be·guile / bi-ˈgī(-ə)l Meaning to deceive or delude to charm or divert to pass (time) pleasantly … More Wednesday Word: Beguile

Pennies

14/06/2020

positivity purchased in shining pennies scattered upon dawn-kissed green, innocent joy freely paid from a poor-man’s purse These flowers, like most of wildflowers, have a fascinatingly wide variety of names. Scientifically they’re called Leucanthemum vulgare, but they’re more commonly known as the ox-eye (or oxeye) daisy or the dog daisy. Other names include: field daisy, … More Pennies

Illumination

06/06/2020

follow a trail of sunbeams
into the veiling mist of lies
and deception that seeks
to obscure each ancient
truth held sacred within
ancestral bones; watch
in awe as full illumination
is achieved, revealing an
existence alight with joy … More Illumination

Here and Now

11/05/2020

caught in an echo chamber
with an ever ticking clock,
where days and weeks smoosh
into unnumbered sleeps as
human measurements of time
are abandoned to irrelevance … More Here and Now

Be Still

08/05/2020

for now the Earth tells us
to be still: to stop for a
moment and listen to the
birdsong outside the … More Be Still