One Star

Hometown Holiday Decorations is the challenge set.

I substituted a trip into town which would have stimulated my chronic migraine for a visit to Delamere Forest, Cheshire, England.

Here are the decorations I found there.

I have put the photos into four slide shows with accompanying verses.

Deep in the forest the echoes are strong,
Time rings with laughter around tall trees,
Here a child makes a wish on a star,
Here you realise the child you are,
This song’s echo my mind will freeze,
And the music will remind me where I belong.






I take the reindeer trail like a child,
Eager to play the game again,
Nature displays her festive signs,
And dresses in many model designs,
Fingers dance in light where frost is lain,
A stinging leaf becomes meek and mild.





Christmas celebrations are all around,
No bauble shines so bright and clear,
No tree is lit like one of these,
This moment in time memories seize,
Simple beauty brings the heavens near,
To gold, silver and bronze winning ground.




I heard the echo of a brilliant star,
A child with wisdom far beyond her years,
Made a wish of pure innocent love,
Surely it belongs in heaven above,
Where waiting angels wipe away any fears,
This simple supplication no one shall mar.

This music deafened me with a silent song,
That echoed around the Wishing Tree,
I choose this decoration to give a light,
To shine through every Christmas night,
Set all unselfish wishes free,
And speed them to where they belong.

On My Table

This is my entry for the Round Robin Challenge
Service with a smile.

Anyone for tennis? I have joined two balls,
So both of us win wherever it falls,
There is a large net that neither can see,
It doesn’t divide, but joins you to me,
Some might think this dumb it may not ring their bell,
But childlike players may hear a silent spell,
And vow to never grow seriously so old,
That their smile has died before their lives unfold.

Who will be the umpire for this fantasy game?
No record of the score would be such a shame!
Come out, come out, wherever you may be,
Hiding in pages incomprehensible to me,
I paid for your cover that is glossy and hard,
And placed you high over many a bard,
Now having seen me play everyone’s fool,
Please enrol me as jester in your school.

Swanning~a~Rose

Image created using Photoshop

Will you be my love, faithful and true?
For I will truly always love you,
Will you sail with me through all our days?
For I would learn your wiser ways,
Will you watch with me every morn?
As the sun heralds the new happy dawn,
Will you fly and sing alongside me?
And beat the rhythm of hearts that are free.


I am probably too late to enter the Round Robin Photo Challenge with this entry but decided to post it anyway because I enjoyed working out finally how to make the picture from two photographs.