{"id":67910,"date":"2025-04-30T20:03:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/?p=67910"},"modified":"2025-04-30T20:06:40","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T20:06:40","slug":"in-the-heart-of-the-woods-a-jaunt-for-the-whole-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/in-the-heart-of-the-woods-a-jaunt-for-the-whole-night\/","title":{"rendered":"In the heart of the woods  a jaunt for the whole night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been a blue sky Wednesday<\/p>\n<p>the pigment sucking sun<\/p>\n<p>Turning \u00a0brown to orange<\/p>\n<p>like damask silk it\u2019s spun<\/p>\n<p>i am sitting close to male dead Beech<\/p>\n<p>not a single leaf<\/p>\n<p>Lightening struck it years ago<\/p>\n<p>bringing so much grief<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>there are a number of male flowers<\/p>\n<p>bursting out but they<\/p>\n<p>are very late \u00a0and very few<\/p>\n<p>in the ending of this day<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>its dormant the sky still full of light<\/p>\n<p>silhouettes for trees<\/p>\n<p>hardly movement anywhere<\/p>\n<p>The odd car and my knees<\/p>\n<p>i did a spot of walking<\/p>\n<p>with and without my sticks<\/p>\n<p>as the light is fading into dark<\/p>\n<p>Eyes playing tricks<\/p>\n<p>out of the utter darkness<\/p>\n<p>eyes are seen to stare<\/p>\n<p>from ground level<\/p>\n<p>and higher that\u2019s when we are aware<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>the wild souls are nocturnal<\/p>\n<p>its the time where they arise<\/p>\n<p>purposeful and choosing a supper<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the \u00a0wise<\/p>\n<p>Wonderful<\/p>\n<p>believers<\/p>\n<p>the foxes the badgers the Deer<\/p>\n<p>nosing around the lay-by<\/p>\n<p>looking for food it\u2019s clear<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>humans drop all sorts of junk<\/p>\n<p>theres not a lot to see, not yet<\/p>\n<p>perhaps a squirrel<\/p>\n<p>is looking straight at me<\/p>\n<p>my rear view picks up headlights<\/p>\n<p>but I must concentrate<\/p>\n<p>on peaceful coexistence<\/p>\n<p>and Beltane.<\/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>It\u2019s been a blue sky Wednesday the pigment sucking sun Turning \u00a0brown to orange like damask silk it\u2019s spun i am sitting close to male dead Beech not a single leaf Lightening struck it years ago bringing so much grief &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/in-the-heart-of-the-woods-a-jaunt-for-the-whole-night\/\">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":[200],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67910","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-sabbats-and-the-old-craft"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67910","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=67910"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67910\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67915,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67910\/revisions\/67915"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67910"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67910"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cooksdelight.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67910"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}