Roberta Writes about the grey loerie, d’Verse muchness and Thursday Doors: Royal Museums of Fine Arts, Brussels #d’verse #thursdaydoors #peterpaulrubens

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If you are interested in seeing my latest artwork, you can see my post on my website here: https://www.robbiecheadle.co.za/a-hartebeest-with-texture-robbiecheadleart/

This poem is for Don’t Hold Your Breath’s Bird of the Week challenge. You can join in here: https://anotherglobaleater.wordpress.com/2025/09/09/green-backed-tit-birds-of-the-week-invitation-lxxxiii/

Grey Loerie or the Grey go-away-bird (freestyle)

Picture caption: grey loerie in the tree in my garden

Go-away-bird is back

watching carefully

how well I tend his fruit trees

screeching lovingly

from the top of his tree

“kweh! kweh!”

in a load and nasal tone

the last syllable uttered in

a condescending drawl

Soon, his friends will join him

they’ll all joyfully participate in

a tree-top foraging party

all congratulating me

on my successful peach crop

while they enjoy

the fruits of my labour

When they’ve guzzled enough

and their bellies are stuffed

they will have a dust bathe

on the ground nearby

teasing the cat

as she tries to stake her claim

under the blackberry patch

D’verse Quadrille #231

De Jackson here, aka WhimsyGizmo challenges poets to write a poem about muchness. You can join in and/or find out more here: https://dversepoets.com/2025/09/08/quadrille-231-making-much-of-poems/

The Muchness of Spring (Quadrille)

Spring

the season of muchness

colourful flowers are many

and their pollen

much too much

It combines with much dust

to cause much havoc

with much hayfever

It’s muchness is visible

as it sparkles in the sunshine

entering the nose

and causing much sneezing

The trilogy of pictures below are of my bank’s roses. They are very pretty but they do causes muchly sneezes.

Thursday Doors

Dan Antion hosts a weekly Thursday Doors Challenge. You can join in here: https://nofacilities.com/2025/09/11/still-mooving-at-osv/

There were three reasons I agreed to fly for 16 hours to London and another 16 hours back again in July. 1. Michael came and I wanted to expand his horizons, 2. to visit Flanders in Brussels 3. to see the Peter Paul Rubens paintings at the Royal Museums of Fine Arts in Brussels. Today, I’m sharing my pictures of the third visit. Spectacular paintings that were worth the travelling.

Picture caption: Front of the Royal Museum of Fine Arts with the decorate door. We didn’t go in here.
Picture caption: This is the back door where we exited the museum
Picture caption: This is the door into one of the galleries in the Old Masters section of the museum
Picture caption: The martyrdom of St Livinus by Peter Paul Rubens. I adore those little fat cherubs.
Picture caption: Pieta with St Francis by Peter Paul Rubens
Picture caption: The Assumption of the Virgin by Peter Paul Rubens
Picture caption: The coronation of the Virgin by Peter Paul Rubens
Picture caption: The ascent to Calvary by Peter Paul Rubens

The is my video of one of Rubens artworks called And Workshop

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  2. Fun nature poems, Robbie. People here are sneezing from ragweed and autumn plants now.

    Despite the length of the journey, it’s nice you get to travel so often.

    I’m not a huge Rubens fan, but the Philadelphia Museum of Art has some of his, including his Prometheus Bound. It’s hard to ignore that one!

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    1. Thanks, Colleen. I’ve given up on trying keep the birds away from the fruit. If I net the trees, the birds get stuck under the netting even if its tight and I have to take it off to rescue one or other of them. The birds actually sit in the tree in a huge group and call for me to come to the rescue. It is quite amazing.

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      1. Thank you for sharing that. It’s fascinating to learn about different species and their habitats. That’s what I love about your blog, all the new things I’m learning all the time.

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  26. Lovely, fun, informative poems, Robbie. Is that the entrance to your house with the creepers growing overhead? It’s very warm and welcoming. I enjoyed your poem on the grey loarie. I haven’t seen it in Kenya.

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    1. Hi Smitha, I’m delighted you enjoyed this poem. Grey loeries are indigenous to southern Africa so I don’t think you’ll see one in Kenya. The creepers are in front of the back porch and door that goes into our kitchen. I am very fond of those little yellow flowers.

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  29. Fabulous post, Robbie. Love the Ruebens paintings. YES, it was worth the flight.

    Great that you took Michael. Was he wowed?

    Your poems are especially brilliant today, filled with a sense of whimsy.

    Love that the birds get to gorge …and the cat.

    Muchness appreciation from me, thank you!

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    1. Hi Resa, thank you for your wonderful comment. You are so encouraging and it does make a difference. I had to get a tetanus shot because the door slammed while I was holding Push (like a baby over my shoulder) and she clawed me in fright. It made me think of you. Us and our cats!

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      1. My pleasure!
        Oh no! Yes, I had the Tetanus.. and antibiotics.
        Poor things. They don’t mean to hurt us. They are reacting in fear.
        Yes.. our pussycats! xo

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  31. Robbie, Rubens’ paintings are wonderful. No wonder you wanted to see his exhibit at the museum in Brussels. It was worth the long flight. Did Michael like the paintings? The back door photo of the museum is my favorite. Of course your poems are truly delightful.

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      1. One thing that I always find interesting in an art museum is the size of the painting. Sometimes it’s a huge surprise to see that the painting is either gigantic or small. I’m looking forward to the Magritte paintings.

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          1. Ah, I didn’t know the size of The Scream. That’s a bit disappointing. Seeing the Mona Lisa when I was a teenager was also a disappointing surprise on the size. On the flip side, seeing The Birth of Venus was a shocker – it’s gigantic! There are many works of art I would love to see; knowing the size ahead of time might be a good thing. 🙂

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