June bunting

I met up with M in Stony and took a photo of the bunting against a glorious blue sky for Technicolour Tuesday, then we had a mini picnic by the river - a lovely way to spend Summer.  To mark the last day of June I've included the following poem by John Clare which is called June:

'Now summer is in flower and natures hum
Is never silent round her sultry bloom
Insects as small as dust are never done
Wi' glittering dance and reeling in the sun
And green wood fly and blossom haunting bee
Are never weary of their melody
Round field hedge now flowers in full glory twine
Large bindweed bells wild hop and streakd woodbine
That lift athirst their slender throated flowers
Agape for dew falls and for honey showers
These round each bush in sweet disorder run
And spread their wild hues to the sultry sun.'