Pudsey

Soon we’ll be heading back home. Hard to believe. Easy to believe – we’ve finally adjusted to the seasons – spring unfurling in April, not September. Summer arriving in June. And now we change again. This time, at least, we’ve picked an in-between season to cross the equator. We’ll leave Ilkley in September, and arrive back in New Zealand on our 13th wedding anniversary.

We’re driving along the Leeds ring-road, heading to Pudsey for a last splurge at Marks & Spencer. Six months ago, the high bank to the south of the road was a mass of daffodils for a good mile or more. I kept meaning to photograph them, but never got around to it. Another thing.

The daffodils should just about be coming out in Hagley Park when we get home.

daffodil lawn –

the brilliant yellow

of a blackbird’s beak

Tags: England, haibun, work in progress