Sue Vincent’s marvellous #Thursday photo prompt: Monochrome #images #writephoto

Ebony trees and mottly skies

contrast the walls of snowdrop white

with latticed glass and black oak beams.

Magpies peer down from lofty eaves

as cross and chevrons guide our eyes

to telltale wisps from tall chimneys.

While on the lawn at close of day

badgers emerge to take the stage

witnessed from the trees, the deer.

While yet nervous, bowed heads feed,

poised ears, black nostrils, watchful eyes

each white rump signals silently.