Unexpected poemyesterday about Pegasus who stands (& maybe flies off at night) above a roundabout on the A76 in Thornhill, Nithsdale @ByLeavesWeLive @shugmcmillan @TheStovies @poems_for_all @Angelinekking @atheairts @FedWritersScot @Burns_Ellisland @msjlindsay @LiamMcIlvanney

Great seeing this braw cratur in the garden today, Elephant Hawk Moth caterpillar, first time I've ever seen one, full of looks & character. If ever a cratur needs a poem 🙂 @rzss @ScotWildlife

Here in Dumfries where Ah sit on ma throne Where Ah lived & Ah died & Ah wrote the odd poem Ma statuesque heid is noo wearin a cone An Ah look like a graphic But as long as it does its job Ah willnae moan As your Rabbie stops traffic @Burns_Ellisland @billykayscot

Lovely sunset view last night from my back garden in Nithsdale

youtu.be/HE8HiaTnDJI?is=dU8v… Happy #fathersday tae aw the guid faithers oot there. Here's ma poem aboot aw the guid yins including ma ain, oor Barclay fae Cumnock @scotslanguage @HappyFatherDay_ @USCN1 @billykayscot @MagiGibson @ForWomenScot @ByLeavesWeLive @Angelinekking

A poem about 'summer' SUMMER Summer is coming? Summer is here? Summer's now over Til this time next year. Summer's a name Summer's the same As September or March In its seasonal shame. Maybe the summer's Already shone bright And I blinked & I missed it One warm April night.

Happy #giesascotspoemday tae youse aw. Here's yin Ah scrievit no that lang ago aboot the here an noo an luikin furrit no ahin @ScotsDictionars @ByLeavesWeLive @billykayscot @USCN1 @scotslanguage @ScotsScriever @natlibscot @JackieKayPoet

A poem from a stravaig round a nearby old estate this afternoon. I often unexpectedly find old domestic ruins in the countryside & wonder who lived there, for how long & why they left @RuralScotland @dgplacenames @DG_Unlimited @penpontpark – at Penpont, Scotland

Love these wee fellas that get busy on the berries in Spring

Here's a poem aboot a houlit fae ma 2020 @TippermuirBooks book o poems for weans A Squatter o Bairnrhymes. Thocht the day wis World Owl Day an it's no but here's ma poem onywey! Flittermoose is Scots for bat, gey close tae the German word for a houlit, fliedermaus 🦉

A wee dauner up near the top of Scaur Glen in Nithsdale earlier above Penpont village. Lambies in the field & a grand local snyster later from the shop @DG_Unlimited @JudithRalston @DGArtsFest @penpontpark @VisitSWScotland @VisitScotland

Smashin weather on the Solway coast this afternoon at Sandyhills & Rockliffe with clear views over to Hestan Isle & clear views to the Cumbrian mountains. And a Beltie & buying at @ColvendMarket of course @BBCScotWeather @JudithRalston @dgplacenames @AlanMcFadyen2 @ColvendMarket