The bluebells are back.
Their caravan pauses here;
they know this place.
© John Looker 2020
We did this walk again yesterday and the bluebells were superb. There’s an ethereal quality about them which no photo can fully capture – it’s something to with the haze of colour I think, and the stillness; perhaps the faint scent as well.
Poetry from John Looker 
We walked and climbed for about an hour before reaching a small sheltered plateau protected from all sides from the ocean winds and here, today, stood a field of small flowers, waist high, beckoning this way and that as we walked gently amongst them.
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By: peterbowes on 30 April, 2023
at 12:30
Sounds like Heaven! What an experience, Pete!
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By: John Looker on 30 April, 2023
at 12:33
Not long after we came upon the precipice.. hundreds of feet to the valley floor. Two of us reclined with our feet over the edge, the others stayed well back, flowers forgotten and the in the distance a uniform line of even swells was beating into the coast. Going back down was a disorganised and hurried affair ..
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By: peterbowes on 30 April, 2023
at 12:42
I’m jealous, John. We have some early flowers, but they are predicting snow showers tonight.
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By: Thomas Davis on 30 April, 2023
at 13:43
In my imagination, Spring in Wisconsin is a sudden blaze of colours and scents. I hope it is just around the corner for you Tom.
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By: John Looker on 30 April, 2023
at 14:53
love the metaphor of the caravan – it is always a pause or so it seems as bluebells are gone too soon. Last time I saw such a wealth of blue haze (camera never captures it) was at a Dorset caravan and camping site!
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By: Laura Bloomsbury on 30 April, 2023
at 14:27
Thanks Laura. That image of the caravan came from somewhere beyond me but seemed utterly right. As you say, it’s almost impossible to capture the haze of bluebells on camera – although you can probably manage better than most of us.
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By: John Looker on 30 April, 2023
at 15:02
Love this 🙂
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By: Bennison Books on 1 May, 2023
at 14:53
Thanks guys! 😊
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By: John Looker on 1 May, 2023
at 17:00
This haiku transports one to a realm of awareness where the bluebells become real. Great work!
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By: Pablo Cuzco on 2 May, 2023
at 03:02
Thank you Pablo. I appreciate that.
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By: John Looker on 2 May, 2023
at 07:30