LAMENT OF THE LLAMA

You have to laugh don’t you?

That snooty young camel just came waltzing by.

It was all I could do not to spit in her eye!

Her toffee-nosed attitude gives me the hump.

If I could get at her I’d give her a thump..ing!

For years now the children have loved and adored me

their sticky small fingers have patted and pawed me-

and then, out of nowhere this madam appears,

with the ugliest face, and the silliest ears,

a miserable look and an ugly- toothed smile

and really bad breath that is hardly beguile..ing!

But summer approaches and soon she’ll be moulting,

and then they will see she is truly revolting!

SO THERE!

Newly hatched Bluetit chick in the nesting box in my garden, still looking wet, bedraggled and bewildered.

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A dainty Goldfinch on my bird feeder. I love to encourage these tiny birds. They sing like canaries and add a lovely touch of colour to the garden.

LIQUID GOLD

Sunset over Altinkum, Turkey taken from the ferry, returning from Bodrum.

Bluetit chick just out of the nest, looking for Mum and Dad unsure of his ability to fly. This chick is approximately one inch tall. (Note the size of the Euonymus leaves behind him.)

Of this clutch seven hatched and flew while two sadly died in the nest.

Charlie's snooze time. Monkey World, Dorset