Category: Nature
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Stand Off
Aphrodite looked around. The garden where they’d landed was beautiful… trees around the perimeter, a small lake over there and a flower bed underneath the chariot. She felt sad. Why couldn’t Athena have landed in the centre of the lawn? There were strange white lines that she could see marking out a rectangle with two…
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Blood Snow
Just a quick post today, which is, basically, the weather forecast. We like nothing more than a good old moan about the one thing we have no control of… and this post is nothing more than a good old moan! I’m feeling good already! We’re experiencing some extremely odd weather and atmospheric conditions here in…
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The Shadow Dwellers
The garden looked different at night. Especially in moonlight. Shadows stretched across the lawn like long, spindly arms reaching out, trying to grab whatever was there. They never managed to. No. The grabbing was done by the other things. Them. The dwellers. The moon lit the path to an extent, but not completely. The shadows…
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Pumpkinhead
In the field.All day long.No one near.Waiting.Watching.Hanging around.I’m meant to be fearsome. Frightening.Instead I have to wear a bright green striped shirt that is two sizes too large for me.Oh, they’ve stuffed it.With tickly, itchy straw. They’ve tied a thick piece of string around my waist to hold my trousers up so tightly it’s hard…