I ventured out on my walk earlier than usual today. There was a sharp breeze and watery sunshine as I walked towards Foxglove Lane. I noticed that most of the red berries had been stripped from the rowan trees by the wild birds.

  A solitary crow was underneath the pine trees, and, with a flapping of its great black wings, it took off as I approached.

A  descriptive Haiku

Great wings flap for flight,
Black coat leaves the cold pine trees,
Shadow on the path.

  I noticed two small flocks of about six blackbird-sized birds feeding on the grass amongst the larger birds. I took a couple of photographs of them, and Google Lens later identified them as mistle thrushes.

I left the recreation ground and noticed that my friend the pitbull terrier was missing from his garden.

  I entered the cemetery, where 20 rooks and several wood pigeons flew up from the verges between the graves.

  The leaves on the smaller pathways were giving off a powerful, autumnal, decaying smell. A few small sparrows and finches were flying around the hedges.

  I left the cemetery and as I passed by his garden again, I heard a single familiar bark and there was the pitbull, seated on his trampoline starting straight at me. I returned his stare with a smile and continued on my way.

A descriptive Haiku

Friend upon the net,
Seated there, a single bark,
Stares right into mine.

  When I arrived at the town football ground, I noticed that on the border of the car park, a wild evening primrose plant had burst out with a couple of late, impressive yellow blooms.

Today I walked for 1.73 miles in 36 minutes.

Google Fit awarded me 21 heart points.

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