Homing pidgeons return once again

A green woodpecker seemed to wonder when

Above the fireplace the lady smiles

Appreciating our driving all those miles.

Fresh strawberry jam and scones await

Boil the kettle and fill the plate

Was it really only one year ago?

Well just a little more, a week or so.

This Cornish Cottage has made its mark

Nearby guardian dogs growl and bark

The crows crack out their presence too

Natures's voices heard out of view.

Yet perfect silence greets my ear

Branches sway to a fox's leer

And rabbits run about so loose

While from the court, a shout of "Deuce"

The strains of life soon have vanished

Relaxed, repaired, renewed, yes, banished

To face another year  away

With vivid memories of each Cornish Day.