Make Plot 4 Great Again

[shewhomust]

St Margaret's Allotments had their open afternoon yesterday, and once again they had a competition for best scarecrow. It was very hot, and very dry, and I didn't feel inspired to take as many photographs of flowers as I usually do, but there was music floating up from somewhere in the middle of the gardens (though as usual, by the time we reached them, the musicians were packing up to leave) and a less formal pair of guitarists playing You ain't going nowhere and The Last Thing on my Mind on their patch.

Some of the scarecrows were very elaborate (Jordan Pickford making a heroic save) and some were simple but striking. This badger took much of the popular vote, apparently, perhaps because it is widely acknowledged that the badgers are the bosses of those allotments:

I preferred this - is it Daffy Duck?

- or perhaps I just liked those spectacular white foxgloves he's standing by.

By the time we returned to the gate, and collected the punnet of gooseberries we'd bought earlier, we were too late to vote. Otherwise, my vote would have gone to the plot festooned with notices: "Make Plot 4 Great Again - No Crows Here" and "Build that Wall! Crows Stay Out!"

Today is cooler, and even a little rainy - fine damp rain that doesn't actually reach the ground, but makes the air feel pleasanter. It won't last, but I'm enjoying it.

Comments

[athenais]

I think he's a crow. Might not work the way they hope if that's the case.

[shewhomust]

If he's a stealth crow - and I'm not ruling that out! - he's wearing a mask. That yellow bill is not standard for crows.

[athenais]

True, true. A very cartoonish crow, if he is one. Probably a duck.

[cellio]

or perhaps I just liked those spectacular white foxgloves he's standing by.

You know what they say -- location, location, location. Daffy's handler chose a good spot. :-)

[shewhomust]

Good point!