Sarah Smith

Love hugs, crochet, baking, reading & odd things. The last two often together! Live quietly; love friends & family fiercely; laugh at life's absurdities lots x

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

The porch is an oasis of cool in a night that shows no sign of dropping a few degrees on its way to morning. Gin iced & sliced, I relax into the Saturday night soundtrack; howling high octane engines, siren screaming chases; soft laughter & passing conversations. Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

The state of it...zero guilt...x

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 Unrepentant...it was sooo good! Bakewell tart in ice cream form - who knew!?! Not me until today...

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 Unrepentant...it was sooo good! Bakewell tart in ice cream form - who knew!?! Not me until today...

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

There’s hardly a breath of air & the humidity is like a second skin. Passing conversations weave their way home making obscure points with a waft of their fish & chips. Out on the high road, sirens scream their pursuit of high speed prey & Ma Fox is out foraging. Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 Me too! Take care lovely...I have scheduled brew/water stops xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 Oh my! I do like how mature is reclaiming the walls of the tower. It looks like we are set for hot weather again so take care xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

A bustling boisterous Friday night with open windows spilling blue eyed soul & acid jazz into the night. Black cabs, dad cabs & buses tumble out their rides, the latter convinced there’s a Yeti riding the night bus. Ma Fox & her young are safely under the holly. Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 Theoretically no seagulls inshore should mean settled weather...fingers crossed! It's good you're sleeping properly and I hope your ankle is getting better. Take care xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

Threads of cloud streak a summer scented Wednesday night where bats are busy flurrying & hunting in great sweeping loops. Below them, soft conversations, laughing teens & late joggers head home while Ma Fox & her cubs rumble around the garden looking into everything, good night x

[Gwydir Castle @JudyCorbett]

It’s late. It’s dark. It’s still beautiful.

[Peace the 📸 = Crisp the🖋 @ineebrown51]

WordPress tells me I posted this poem this day 2020. Thought after all these years it might be worth a share, here.

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 I'm sorry to hear you've pinged your ankle whilst out & about with the camera. I hope you're resting up and that it soon recovers - take care, big hugs xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

It's the new moon &, having been perfectly aligned with the sun during the day, she will not rise & light our way tonight. It's such a beautiful night, the air is fresh, the scents earthy & tangy. We pause our Sunday recycling ritual just to enjoy & breathe deeply. Good night x

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

Wrapped warm against the cool of the evening, feet up, cradling a dram of smoke & soul, I watch the velvet darkness bleed into the purple twilight; wave at late night folk as they step softly home, chatting, murmur-singing & carrying soft laughter in their voices. Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 A perfect day for pruning - I assaulted the hedge & my neighbour contemplated hoovering his gravel, apparently unwilling to do in case I cursed his machine. I took my time...

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

Sitting quiet in the shadows of the porch, feet up, reflecting & sipping a glass of smoke & memory over ice. It’s a soft mild evening under a dappled indigo sky; & a busy Friday night as fastbacks & café racers power down the high road to siren songs. Time for bed, good night xx

[Gwydir Castle @JudyCorbett]

Opening the house this morning. New pup, Mab, is learning the ropes.

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@ineebrown51 I slipped out early to collect a prescription and it was perfect: bright, the right side of fresh and quiet. Stopped off for coffee and relaxation with a book, a notebook and pleasurable solitude in the midst of the breakfast rush. Hope the screen time went well xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

The barest edge of the waning moon rides high. Below, the hustle & bustle of a midnight long that seems set for the night as Ma Fox and her kin are out & about, youngsters in tow, teaching them the arts of foraging, fossicking, frolicking, singing &, perhaps, sleep. Good night xx

[Sarah Smith @SarSmithScribes]

@absurdbird43 😂 congratulations...on both milestones, 30 years and only near death experiences for your other half!