A squirrel named Aloysius
Was avoiding something vicious
Dreaming of granted wishes
The thought was delicious
He was becoming suspicious
But feeling somewhat precious
Noticed another looking bubbalicious
Feeling ambitious
Not being superstitious
Nor wanting a missus
This pome is for the jellyfishes.
~
Please forgive this
dire attempt at poetry
to accompany a few snapshots.
Frances
About me
My name is Frances and I am a lifelong gardener, having lived in various parts of the USA over many years. I am now gardening in USDA Zone 7a east Tennessee. From 2000 to 2014 I was gardening on a slope in a small town in Tennessee. I have been blogging about my gardens since December of 2007. Thank you for visiting!
The slope in spring
The slope in fall
The slope in winter
The Hop~
640 Merrimon Ave.
or The Hop West
721 Haywood Rd.
Asheville, North Carolina
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Fairegarden 
lol – what a cheerful way to start my day.
K
Good morning, Frances. A wonderful poem to begin the day! 🙂 The jellyfish glass art is beautiful. Such amazing detail and color. I take great delight in the variety of birds that grace your garden. We rarely see more than Chickadees, Nuthatches, Woodpeckers, and Mourning Doves. It is my hope that the addition of some berry-producing shrubs will encourage a wider variety of visitors.
Oh dear
It is clear
That poetry is not
A strongpoint.
(for either of us!)
This went wonderfully with my first cup of coffee. Great photo of that beautiful cat ready to pounce. Please tell me you do not still have snow and that these photos were taken earlier in the season..
Dear Frances, Well done! This has made me laugh and is such a good way to start an otherwise rather mundane Wednesday. Your close-up pictures of all involved in this little saga are wonderful.
Love the pics, love the verse, most of all the laughs!
While I was at home
reading your pome
a big smile did appear
while I drank my beer.
errr I meant tea but it didn’t rhyme. Your poem did start my day with a smile. Good job.
Glad I wasn’t drinking coffee when I read this, Frances, because by the second photo and line of your pome, I was in gigglesnort mode. Thanks for brightening an already sunny (day 5!!) morning.
You are a woman of many talents, but I think gardening might be your stronger suit.
It’s going above 70 here today! How about where you are?
That was a treat! You may bring back the name Aloysius~It’s a perfectly wonderful rhyming name. gail At first I though Al was emerging from the snow!
Loved it! My morning coffee and a great little poem – great way to start a sunny day.
Your words and pictures perfectly complement each other! Well done, Frances. And that Bubbalicious is pretty darn cute.
Fabulicious poem, Frances! Thanks for the day-brightener. That last shot is precious; looks like your grandson was totally entranced by the jellyfish sculptures.
It’s been a busy few days here, and I’m just starting to catch up on reading posts. I enjoyed your last one on the bonsai. This is something I’ve never been too interested in until this weekend. Beckie and I went to the Chicago Flower and Garden show and saw several bonsai trees in one exhibit by the Lincoln Conservatory. They were beautiful! They reminded me of little forest tableaus. Your recent potting would have fit in perfectly with their display!
What fun and neat photos! Would you believe that in 40 years, I’ve only seena squirrel in our gardens three times! I assume it’s because we are surrounded by open farm fields in all directions.
fun!
I couldn’t resist a post endorsed by your cat.
Enjoyed and smiled all the way / kram gittan
Cute Frances. Looks like Aloysius is part of the rock. Love kitty !!
Oh, it’s cute. The cat and dove made up for featuring a hateful squirrel.
If I had to choose a favorite squirrel, I would take the grey fox squirrel, who has a monkey face.
I liked your pome! I love the look in the cat’s eyes, he must be giving the squirrel the evil eye 🙂
Thanks for the big smile!
Wonderful and clever, Frances!!
LOL! What fun. I see the squirrels are running around your area too. Do you feed them chili LOL! I had a posting about my squirrels this week. I enjoyed your poem and pictures Frances.
Lona
Hi Frances,
What a fun little ditty accompanying your fabulicious photos. It made me laugh out loud.
Love the glassware – and Aloysius. The cat is way too obvious – Aloysius can see him out of the corner of his eye!
A poem about a squirrel can never go wrong. Very fun.
Well, you are not only a good writer, gardener and photographer but a poet as well!
Frances, the poem as well as the photos were delightful. A fun way to end my day-a smile as I yawn. Thank you. Hope you are enjoying your spring-it was 66 here today! Hooray!!
god pless you
your pictures are speaking
keep showing us the magic of your place
I forgive you. 🙂 Love the photos.
Delightful, Frances. Spring fever has a hold on us … I feel a bit like Aloysius myself 🙂
All you need is to incorporate some train music and I would have been up on the table dancing with ya woman! Poems to me are pretty much rhymers so this one is awesome and you have taken poetry to a new level…. Loved your cat top post….
Frances, that was one of the worst pomes ever! Thanks, I enjoyed it very much. Giggle
Looking forward to meet you in May and live in hope that you will treat us all to some more dire poetry. 😉
Haha! A very clever poem, about a clever and mischievous garden visitor. I shall read it out loud to my own arch frenemies who visit my yard.
Do you believe I had a houseplant named Aloysius when I was a teen? I used to name all my plants back then, been they were in the single digits! 🙂 P.S. Red squirrels are so cute!
Those rascally squirrels…love the photos.