The hole in the wall
A little boy looks into a dry stone wall and imagines who might inhabit it. Poem with illustrations. A6 softback (postcard size) 24 pages.
Words and illustrations by Ann Perrin
Produced by The Dry Stone Walling Education ProjectThe Puppeteers Daughter
The poems explore the complexity of life as the daughter of marionette makers and performers. There are poems concerned with life, love and loss, also the seaside, artists, allotments and the eccentricities of life.
Buy now - £6.60Don’t Throw Away the Daisies (illustrated)
Ann’s poetry covers the big topics of love and death with originality. Take for instance the title poem which is full of surprises yet also wonderfully poignant.
Tag Archives: Nature – birds, flowers, sea or country
Emerging from the chaos of 2020 inevitably older but wiser?
During lockdown I think my life has taken even more of an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ quality, with a few chunks of ‘Alice Through the Looking Glass’ for good measure. The Mad Hatter is of course unaware that mercury is responsible … Continue reading
Posted in 'The Puppeteer's Daughter' Ann Perrin, Ann's memoir, Cheer yourself up on a dull day, Creativity, Famous places, Lockdown, Marionette, Nothing waits a category long, Photography, Puppethouse mayhem, SAD Seasonal Affective Disorder, The Open Art Cafe Rottingdean where Ann often writes
Tagged British Puppet and Model Theatre Guild, End of 2020, making films, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Postman's Park Poetry, Puppetry, Seasonal affective disorder, surviving 2020, Troubadour Coffee House - poetry
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Mrs Clucky goes walkabout.
Just found these pictures of the chickens from next door escaping and going walkabout in our garden, a great deal of squawking and no eggs. Mrs Clucky is now banned!
The bees in Emmetts Garden as promised
I promised bees yesterday, so here are the flowers, the bluebell walk and the bees. The film lasts less than a minute. Please click on centre of the film to watch it.
Tadpoles, spent artichokes and sunflower heads on The Weald Allotment.
Survival Tadpoles struggle for survival in their watery world, making their way from their transparent bubbles into a savage world full of predators. Lets hope they survive and gradually metamorphoise into tiny frogs, those mournful eyes forever intent on … Continue reading
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Photography
Tagged Artichoke and Sunflower heads, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, Picture poetry, Tadpoles, The Weald Allotment
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Signs of Spring on the Weald allotment.
What more could you want?
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Photography
Tagged Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Out and about in Brighton, Photography, The Weald Allotment
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South Coast Sunset 2
This is a sunset further along the coast in Brighton, the warmth of the colours are good for raising one’s spirits, if of course they happen to be low…but then the sun is shining, birds are singing, cliche cliche…don’t you … Continue reading
South Coast Sunset
No, not in Bahamas but sunny Saltdean on a good day. Never actually been to the Bahamas so guessing!
Saltdean Lido Saved – for seagulls day out?
Seagulls enjoy a pleasant day out at Saltdean Lido – at least someone can take advantage of the facilities while the endless arguments as to who, when and how it will be saved continue. Pity some of the children … Continue reading
Windmillls of the mind leap into action
Went up to the windmill at Rottingdean is seach of inspiration. I was put in the mind of the song dedicated to Van Gogh about the circles of one’s mind. I once did a whole project around this song … Continue reading
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