{"id":52904,"date":"2022-03-18T08:41:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:41:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=52904"},"modified":"2022-03-18T08:47:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-18T08:47:26","slug":"the-sparrows","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-sparrows\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sparrows"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mating under cover<\/p>\n<p>thats the \u00a0Sparrow and his mate<\/p>\n<p>his black bib gives his game away<\/p>\n<p>masculinity, feels great<\/p>\n<p>in Autumn he may lose it<\/p>\n<p>his bib may up and go<\/p>\n<p>moulting does things for a man<\/p>\n<p>and in Winter it may show<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I can \u00a0see into the Rosemary<\/p>\n<p>being blasted by the \u00a0sun<\/p>\n<p>searching through its tangled roots<\/p>\n<p>to \u00a0watch \u00a0the Sparrows having fun<\/p>\n<p>amongst the woody \u00a0root stock<\/p>\n<p>above, \u00a0the \u00a0purple flowers<\/p>\n<p>there they play apparently<\/p>\n<p>and, \u00a0remain there for \u00a0hours<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>one wonders what they talk about<\/p>\n<p>whether the seeds are sweer<\/p>\n<p>whether they know i am watching them<\/p>\n<p>from my window seat<\/p>\n<p>the rugged woody undergrowth<\/p>\n<p>i see it everywhere<\/p>\n<p>Spring is boosting buds and growth<\/p>\n<p>and is warming up the air<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a canopy of \u00a0sunlight blue<\/p>\n<p>the \u00a0crow boys on the Beech<\/p>\n<p>picking out their ebony clothes<\/p>\n<p>but still so out of reach<\/p>\n<p>the branches have a silvery glow<\/p>\n<p>into each lacey sphere<\/p>\n<p>wildlife is so close to \u00a0me<\/p>\n<p>it is \u00a0something to revere.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>daffodile in contrast<\/p>\n<p>upright to the sky<\/p>\n<p>behold the canny trumpets<\/p>\n<p>Their music on a high<\/p>\n<p>gold and white and salmon<\/p>\n<p>every blooming hue<\/p>\n<p>a backdrop for Springs wonderment<\/p>\n<p>the \u00a0Narcissi so true<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mating under cover thats the \u00a0Sparrow and his mate his black bib gives his game away masculinity, feels great in Autumn he may lose it his bib may up and go moulting does things for a man and in Winter &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2022\/03\/the-sparrows\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[407,134,363],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flowers","category-wild-birds","category-wildness-is-our-friend"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52904"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52907,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52904\/revisions\/52907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}