@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

12.04

Congratulations Karen!

Arced spectrum of light,
I gaze at you like a child
And feel young at heart.

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After big runs come big breakfasts!

@deluxday.bsky.social

Twelve and a half hours in seaside gales, 50 km done and dusted. One sleep later ...

12/4

Back from the road trip
K's trainers fully worn out -
Smile undiminished!

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The Riff Factory, Stoke-on-Trent. Nice independent venue..

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

11.04

Another day, another City, another Club Brat gig! Here's Isaac and Brad in pre-gig serious mode..

On the road again —
City of the Six Towns.
I am the Roadcrew..

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Pwllheli harbour by day

@deluxday.bsky.social

I've got a ... few ... hours to spare, so I'm sitting on a bench waiting for the world to catch up.

11/4

Watching the tide slip
Birds follow its outward slide
They'll all be back soon

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Just about to leave The Waterton Arms and head home when we bump into other friends and instead continue our night of conviality and chat at The Giraffe..

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

10.04

The joy of holidays:

Happy accidents,
Lead to magic moments, that
Make great photographs!

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A view east across Afon Erch - "Pwllheli Bay" (not Montego Bay, unfortunately). Eryri (Snowdonia) is under all that cloud.

@deluxday.bsky.social

A nice drive up to Pwllheli; the weather's not exactly tropical but Llyn's not in the tropics ...

10/4

The peninsula
Has a view of Eryri
(On a clearer day)

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Trinity College, Cambridge..

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

09.04

Enjoy the time, you all deserve it..

Two days, two cities, so much culture and history. I did not expect to see Tennyson in both Cambridge and Lincoln!

Two days, two statues,
More than half a league apart —
Cambridge and Lincoln.

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Roadtrip ... like Thelma and Louis!

@deluxday.bsky.social

Looking forward to some time away...

9/4

Weekend trip to Llun -
We're off to see Pwllheli -
K's going running!

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John and Helen Ede's vision for a house that showcases 20th Century art is quite simply beautifully curated and divine to spend time in...

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

08.04

One day out in Cambridge and I think I have enough inspiration for weeks of haiku's..

Kettle's Yard, Cambridge:
Louvre of the Pebble, and
Home to modern art.

#17thOctober #haiku365 #kettlesyard

Image: vecteezy.com

@deluxday.bsky.social

Never in my life have I seen someone's impression of someone else change as completely as in that moment:

8/4

It was the strength, he
Thought, of her handshake that caught
One's full ... attention

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

07.04

What a glorious day! Our neighbour Kim's 1977 Cadillac Eldorado looked resplendent in the early evening sunshine - this is her dream car!

The Eldorado:
Not quite a vision of gold,
But still quite a sight.

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Here we go again ...

@deluxday.bsky.social

As soon as the rain stops and the sun pokes its cheery face from behind the clouds, thoughts fly to more prosaic matters ...

7/4

The grass is keening -
For steady hands with fast blades;
To become a lawn

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Still the best band to come out of Boro in 30 years...

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

06.04

Haven't had a single egg this weekend!

On the road with Peterborough's finest, Club Brat - Dust Club, Brighton..

The Club Brat show rolls
Into Town and assaults the
Unsuspecting crowd.

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Salad, and potato salad. And chicken.

@deluxday.bsky.social

Had enough of eggs.
Time for something a little more, er, grown-up ...

6/4

Get behind me, chocs,
Time for a salad, perhaps.
With some chicken, though.

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

That's an epic amount of chocolate eggery!

To me, it looked like space debris falling back into the atmosphere this evening..

The suburban skies
Are pierced by a pink arrow..
Who knows where it lands.

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Rebirth and death in the photo to remind us of the circle of life. Hey, maybe there's a song in there ... Also the Hay Festival Programme is out. Reinforces the eternal cycle: it was here before me; it'll be here once I've gone.

@deluxday.bsky.social

Is'Where Eagles Dare" on? Or is that Xmas? Maybe it's 'Ghandi' today ... or that other one, you know, Charlton Heston or Kirk Douglas, epic, sandals, Technicolor° ...

5/4

A day of rebirth?
I hope so, 'cos arteries
Aleady clanging ...

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@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

04.04

A visit to Uptown Vinyl Records this morning, one of the largest shops of its kind in our region..

Emporium of
Everything that is Music –
Crate Diggers delight!

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... however, as I was driving, I couldn't take a photo of the actual inspiration, so here is a photo of something completely unrelated cos it's a nice photo of where I live.

@deluxday.bsky.social

Nice drive into work this morning inspired this morning's ode:

4/4

Low-arced rainbowed sky
Hugging treeline like it, too,
Suffers vertigo ...

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King of the waltz, Anton du Bec, with Judy Murray. Image bbc.co.uk

@deluxday.bsky.social

Had a remarkably productive day, considering nearly everyone is having a day off

3/4

International
Day of the waltz, or, if not,
It really should be

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

03.04

The mens toilet at Mama Liz's in Stamford, a venue where one has seen some incredible music over the years and where the toilet wall is testament to their presence!

The humble sticker,
Plastered on the toilet wall;
Sistern gallery.

#17thOctober #haiku365

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

02.04

Whoops! Big night out in Stamford last night to celebrate the end of the half term, a memorable night:

Tropical mural,
Captures the holiday vibe;
Two weeks of leisure..

#17thOctober #haiku365

Source: Met Office Weather App

@deluxday.bsky.social

The Four Horsemen of the Bank Holiday are Roadworks, Contraflow, Gales, and Sleet (misquoted from Mr Pratchett cos I can't find the actual quote)

2/4

Just as Spring has sprung
Winter rises from the dead
It's an Easter tale

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Image: rsc.org.uk

@deluxday.bsky.social

Another day, another dollar.

1/4

Whose fool am I, now?
Didn't even realise
That it was April ...

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

Majestic isn't it? The trees burgeoning with blossom..

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

01.04

April Fools' Day! If only I had a whoopee cushion..

Blossom abounds so a haiku more in the traditional vein:

Pure light, white blossom;
Newly delicate against
Hardy evergreen.

#17thOctober #haiku365 #poetry #blossom

I love these little pearls of wisdom dotted around the College..

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

31.03

Apologies, I dated yesterday's haiku incorrectly! Today's is dedicated to the Obelus, what we know in Maths as the 'division' symbol - but is has other meanings:

On the Obelus,
Opinions are divided -
Its meaning is split!

#17thOctober #haiku365

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

31.03

With the changing clocks,
Come longer evening's, suffused
With birdsong and light.

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Don't pay for sub-editors, get garbage.

@deluxday.bsky.social

"A comma, a semicolon; my kingdom for appropriate punctuation ..."

30/3

Was just walking past
With this trifle and good cheer
Could see you need help

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

29.03

Sunday Club at The Thirsty Giraffe this week saw the inaugral 'Pudding Club', and boy-oh-boy did everyone deliver!!

We mixed, stirred and baked,
To make the first Pudding Club
Such a sweet success.

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Bastard packaging ...

@deluxday.bsky.social

All this to do, and an hour less in which to do it. Start with the basics ...

29/3

Eternal struggle:
Open the crumpet packet
Without a sharp knife

#17thOctober #haiku365 #haiku

@paddy-roberts.bsky.social

28 03

The Cocktail Menu:
We feel cosmopolitan,
High class & stylish..

#17thOctober #haiku365