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14th December 2013 – weeping tree

Posted on December 15, 2013 by Liz Terry

Golden tresses wave in the pale sunlight. Fire colours flicker – red, yellow, orange. Leaves slowly burning, their tiny flames fanned by the bitter winter wind.

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8th December 2013 – tree

Posted on December 9, 2013 by Liz Terry

Leaves flutter past the window, like golden snowflakes. It sheds its decorations at last, laying itself bare for the winter winds to come.

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26th November 2013 – sunlight

Posted on November 27, 2013 by Liz Terry

It shines through skeletal leaves. Tinged pink and orange, they glow like Christmas lights. An early morning light show penetrates the frost.

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25th November 2013 – tree

Posted on November 26, 2013 by Liz Terry

It stretches out its branches against the frosty winter sky. At the end of each, there hangs a bundle of dropping leaves; dry-brown tears mourning the end of Autumn.

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29th October 2013 – headlights

Posted on October 30, 2013 by Liz Terry

They sweep across the road. A startled hedge is caught in them, leaves glowing a ghostly silver. They move on, relentlessly searching out all who cross their path.

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23rd October 2013 – Footbridge

Posted on October 24, 2013 by Liz Terry

Its concrete structure towers above the busy motorway. The people seem unreal, shadow puppets silhouetted against the brightness of the sky. They pass over it like autumn leaves, insubstantial and soon forgotten.

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20th October 2013 – cyclamen

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Liz Terry

Bright pink flowers burst with life. Consummate showmen, they zing against the grey of the rain-soaked window. Tight buds wait in the wings beneath the dark green leaves, ready for their cue to enter.

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28th September 2013 – beetroots

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Liz Terry

Thick green leaves with red veins like arteries. A red stalk leading down to black, bulbous heads. Pulled from the earth and deposited here, they shed soil onto the cardboard beneath them. Inside dwells sweet red flesh, and juice which … Continue reading →

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7th September 2013 – blue rocket

Posted on September 8, 2013 by Liz Terry

Heart-shaped leaves and spindly tendrils have taken over. They spread themselves up the wall and around the window like an invading force. At intervals, blue flower spikes shoot out, firework-like against the green.

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12th August 2013 – hedge

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Liz Terry

Unruly leaves are carefully shorn; brambles cut off in their prime. An end of summer haircut reminds us that Autumn is near.

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