It is now Ascension day - almost 6 weeks since Easter. Spring should be turning into summer but although the sun is warm there has been a cols north of northeast wind for much of the month and until today we have had very little rain, So the garden is behind where it usually is although the fruit tree blossom seems to have survived the cold and now tiny pears, cherries and (perhaps the most unusual) medlars are forming.

And at least the sum is shining this evening after rain, wind and hail earlier in the day so perhaps summer will come when it is meant to. Of course it will - God promised summer and winter would never cease (Genesis 8:22) though he did not promise the weather would always suit all of us all the time !

I am still writing, I belong to a Christian online poetry group which has a topic each month which acts as both a stimulus to write and the discipline of writing to a theme. Two to this edition's poems were written recently for the grouo. The others are older. I hope you enjoy them!

e. Please let me know what you think of them ! (ironstonepoet@gmail.com of ianrlacy@gmail.com)

If you would like to read more, please go to the poetry section.