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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.
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Early summer in the garden. Pictures -puppet – poems
– – The frog pond – translucent wings hover newts wiggle under waterlilies nearby bees fills socks with pollen midges dance in fading light. – – – Hive – Despite honey stocks … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Marionette, Poem abour a hive, Poem about a pond, Poem about a worm, Poem about puppeteer, roses
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The last of the flowers before they succumb to wind and rain
and the Laburnum tree at the end of the garden. An award-winning blog for a ‘blog that brightens our day’
Seems to be competition in my garden
for the last rose of summer less so for the last spider or the biggest potato Sunday afternoon – sorting out the greenhouse, filling holes in the grass and finishing off … Continue reading
Fallen in love with a rose
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Beauty is in the eye of the gardener?
My garden, one of my son’s wild meadow, busy bees and ants nest (enlarged) on The Weald Allotment.
Posted in Brighton - out and about, Cheer yourself up, Flowers/Garden/Allotment, Gardening and the Allotment - for the love of it, Living by the sea, Nature - birds, flowers, sea or country, Photography
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