{"id":1146,"date":"2012-04-11T11:18:54","date_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=1146"},"modified":"2012-04-11T11:19:35","modified_gmt":"2012-04-11T11:19:35","slug":"april-2011","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/paulocolmain.com\/?page_id=1146","title":{"rendered":"April 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"

The most beautiful time of year, really getting underway: growth, profusion, fecundity….<\/em><\/p>\n

Head-bowed humility,
\nElegant El Greco saints,
\nthe nimbused plantain.<\/p>\n

(25\/04\/11)<\/p>\n

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This glorious period of fresh, soft growth is always too fleeting somehow…<\/em><\/p>\n

Shivering silk scraps,
\nbrambles’ delicate new show
\nbelie their toughness.<\/p>\n

(18\/04\/11)<\/p>\n

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Ah, that light: bright green glimmer of new leaves forming a nimbus around the early-waking trees, like birch and willow. There’s still a little nip when not in direct sun but it’s definitely a new Season. A beautiful time of year.<\/em><\/p>\n

April breeze still cool
\nBlue-rinse spruce shiver primly
\nBirch shimmer green haze<\/p>\n

(11\/04\/11)<\/p>\n

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Had to move the bird feeder when the rats ingeniously worked out how to climb along a 3mm twig, hang by their hind feet and reach, suspended upside-down, to eat the nuts. No doubt, they assume they’re there for them as much – or more, as for the birds….today a twittery racket caused me to look out and see a new menace for the hungry birds, the local tom in who’s territory we live…<\/em><\/p>\n

Cothaitheoir tr\u00e9ighte.
\n\u00cdde b\u00e9il \u00e9an i bhfolach.
\nCat m\u00edn last\u00edos.<\/p>\n

[Hidden birds scolding.
\nFeeder hangs unattended.
\nSleek cat sits below.]<\/p>\n

(04\/04\/11)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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