December 7, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Took some night-time pictures
‘cos the days are oh so short
of the iron flowers out here
in my garden for a thought
For they are really gorgeous
as I think you will agree
and always bring a smile
to us when daily them we see
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November 22, 2020
by Jem Croucher
The nasturtiums’ gone ballistic
even though the summer’s gone
as it’s reaching now to skyward
and its stems are very long
It’s spreading ‘cross the garden
showing no sign of demise
which with its splash of colour
at this time of year is wise
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October 10, 2020
by Jem Croucher

I sat outside and mourned the fact
That with us here north facing
The sunshine now has left us
For cooler winds more bracing
Yet still there is this pocket
And I’m thankful here for this
As with longer shadows growing
There remains this minor bliss
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October 8, 2020
by Jem Croucher
The door out to the garden
Is closed now every day
As it’s too chilly otherwise
I’m rather sad to say
Gone are the days of summer
When warmth allowed us to
Keep doors and windows open
To let warm breezes through
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August 12, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Sitting in the garden
in my favourite chair
in my favourite shirt from Greece
watching wildlife there
Little birds a flutter
tasting birdseed by my side
and other times a squirrel
have here I’ve often spied
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July 30, 2020
by Jem Croucher

This seat out in the garden
like my neckerchief is blue
so I’ll often come and lie here
in the sunshine as you do
It’s perfect for my little legs
to lie on and relax
quite thoughtful of my humans
to provide for little chaps
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July 26, 2020
by Jem Croucher
So I laid out in the sunshine
let my thoughts just drift away
Seemed appropriate to do this
on such a lovely day
The sunshine it was warming
and it was peaceful there
quietly in my garden
to relax without a care
It bordered on subliminal
exquisite and replete
a moment shared with no one
out in the summer heat
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July 24, 2020
by Jem Croucher
These sweet pea colours vibrant
fill our garden with their joy
their aim to please and satisfy
self-evident thieir ploy
Success, just like their name is sweet
with purples, reds and blue
this painting full of colour
we will never here eschew
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July 10, 2020
by Jem Croucher

Last year I got a llama
for my birthday just for fun
it lights up of an evening
powered daily by the sun
And then glows different colours
as the evening takes a hold
from red to green to purple
and blue to yellow gold
At the bottom of our garden
it makes for cheery sight
as along with many others
it glows throughout the night
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June 27, 2020
by Jem Croucher

It was really quite hot
but the colour right there
showed me one thing
that the sun had a care
For it with the rain
when that comes gives us this
a garden that’s lovely
for joy and for bliss
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May 19, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Had a conversation with my neighbour
As he chopped the ivy down
Been wondering how to tackle that
Each day now with a frown
But he provided the solution
Hacked it down from other side
Including all the overgrowth
From our shed roof I spied
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May 13, 2020
by Jem Croucher
A bumble bee came buzzing
in my garden for a while
he buzzed around the laurel tree
and paused to bring a smile
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April 26, 2020
by Jem Croucher
When night falls in our garden
it seems now as if to us
something magical happens
just like that without fuss
For with the day’s fading
little lights of colour come
transforming there our haven
until the night time’s done
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April 24, 2020
by Jem Croucher
In the garden in the sunshine
sun is warm but there’s a chill
Wondering at the moment
if I won’t or if I will
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April 20, 2020
by Jem Croucher
I’ve spent the whole day in the garden
but I’ve not moved very far
as lockdown means the space I’ve got
is not spectacular
I can walk from the front room
to the garden out the back
thirty metres give or take
so not much of a track
The stairs afford an up and down
but some care there must be had
as they’re quite narrow so a trip
down them would be quite bad
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April 18, 2020
by Jem Croucher
We brought a solar water feature
for our birdbath as you do
‘Cos it kind of seem appropriate
and the best thing we could do
So now when it is sunny
we can sit and listen long
to the sound of falling water
as it plays its little song
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April 15, 2020
by Jem Croucher
On our bird table this morning
a visitor had come
eating all the seed we’d left
in the warming sun
It wasn’t very feathered
and it didn’t have a beak
so I don’t think it mattered
that we had a sneaky peak
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April 3, 2020
by Jem Croucher
I sat outside and sunned myself
at the end of March
it was warm out in the sunshine
underneath the larch
It was a little windy
but I didn’t mind a bit
‘Cos I was in my element
and enjoying all of it
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April 2, 2020
by Jem Croucher
Sunshine’s out there bright and high
warm and always shining
So, resolute, I’m joining it and
stopping all the whining
As safely in my garden I can
keep at social distance
yet be outside enjoying life
and sunshine at this instance
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September 19, 2019
by Jem Croucher
I’m sitting in the garden
the sunshine’s nice and warm
Think perhaps I’ll stay a while
‘Cos this is what it’s for
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September 3, 2019
by Jem Croucher

Sussex Prairies was a find
up near Henfield way
A lovely sculpture garden
on a lovely summer’s day
Yellow flowers in abundance
enjoyed by everyone
exemplified the sculpture
in the glorious August sun
And after cake and cups of tea
we took a new route home
Pleased this place discovered
Somewhere else to us now known
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August 22, 2019
by Jem Croucher

The collection is growing
of our iron blooms
amongst the nasturtiums out there
Exposed to the weather
they rust and remain
with permanent gusto and flair
We have poppies and daisies
and other such things
positioned and planted at leisure
For as the year changes
and plants come and go
they remain for continuing pleasure
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August 21, 2019
by Jem Croucher
This year we decided
not to travel to sun
but enjoy it at home for a change
But perhaps that decision
now with some derision
with hindsight, we should rearrange
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July 25, 2019
by Jem Croucher

The variegated colour of
our Nasturtiums in full bloom
return year after year
when they first appear in June
They really are quite lovely
and I’m glad they reappear
as their colour in the garden
brings us pleasure, yes and cheer
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June 29, 2019
by Jem Croucher

Rustic, these sculptures
turn their heads to the sky
be it grey or bright blue
with clouds floating by
In our garden their splendour
brings pleasure each day
Each unique and quite gorgeous
in their own special way
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May 3, 2019
by Jem Croucher
Freshly mown grass
the fragrance sublime
right here in the garden
that is Sal’s and mine
It smells of the summer
the sunshine and more
that’s coming our way
with promise in store
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April 4, 2019
by Jem Croucher

Sat out in the garden
for the first time this year
Ate my lunch in the sun. It was warm.
Spent a short while
with that sun on my head
thinking this will soon be the norm
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March 30, 2019
by Jem Croucher

As if I couldn’t tell, the Spring
was evident today
As with flowers white and delicate
Spirea had a say
Arguta genus, Meadowsweets
It’s always first to flower
for shade within my garden
from its small yet fragrant bower
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