48. Druids Heath: nightfall

Seasons, senses & self

Bus No.50. Last stop but one. Towering blocks of flats. Powdery mildew on leaves, ivy hedge, hollowed oak. Mosaic of colours under the plane tree. Chinn Brook in spate, hidden by trees, marking the city’s edge. Across the rough grassland, the last light of day outlines Lombardy poplars, great oaks.

I turn to go home. Ahead, low in the sky, the full moon.

This magical place of little renown ‘catches the heart off guard’, filling it with grace.

Seasons, senses & self 48/365:
Nudging you to... write? reflect? walk? notice? flow?

Walkers Heath Park is on the Birmingham/Worcestershire border, near the source of the Chinn Brook (a tributary of the Cole). On the other side of the bus route, there are more woodland and grassland areas along the brook, up to the Stratford Canal, surrounded by a housing estate.

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