a garden visitor

while I was putting babe down for his nap,

my love was washing the dishes,

and spied from the window

a wee garden visitor race across the path -

a hedgehog!

an erinaceus europaeus to be precise,

he was quick enough to capture our visitor on film,

but by the time I went out to see if I could find him

he had vanished into the ivy bush,

still,

the thought of that spiky creature

brought a smile to my face,

and so now I have named him

monsieur hérisson,

a lover of woolly berets

and camembert cheese,

because its common knowledge

that hedgehogs love clothes

(and I have an inkling, cheese too)

good day!