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.
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A cheerful robin and changing light…
only one cabbage but the joys of pottering about on our wonderful allotment on the Weald. An award winning blog for a ‘blog that brightens our day’
The last of the summer …
in Brighton, Hove. Rottingdean, Saltdean and on the wonderful Weald Allotment …
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The dragonfly, sweetcorn and back down to earth…
The dragonfly on the curtain the day after arriving back from Swanwick I took as a good omen. Then the sweetcorn on the allotment looked amazing. I have never grown it before and was told to grow it in a … Continue reading
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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.
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Down to earth on the allotment.
Onions, strawberries, raspberries, cherries and borage. To me the whole thing is like a painting, so many greens, a few yellows, pinks and a whole range of reds. The cherries are for cooking but can disappear overnight if a hungry … Continue reading
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The beach is calling …
so less of muddy boots, digging, clearing pathways, weeding, fences falling down, slugs having a party, a stray animal digging up parsnips for a midnight feast and more of tomatoes, garlic, onions and other things to eat! and I … Continue reading
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Mindlessness – bluebells and potatoes
Discovered clumps of bluebells in the rain on our allotment yesterday. Alan was a gem, dug a trough and did odd jobs like some guys tend to… Been a bit poorly on and off for the last two weeks … Continue reading
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Just love the detail …
Could not get them any bigger without losing quality, maybe better for being little gems. Met up with grandchildren all home from Uni with plenty of tales to tell. The beach hut had not blown away in … Continue reading
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The Cherry blossom is out
in my garden so that’s it – Spring has definitely arrived! The allotment on the Weald is doing fine too, even if we did have to tie up the fence with bits of string.
Clapped and whooped at ‘Gardener’s Question Time!’
Despite the fact that our allotment looks a bit neglected, the garlic from the site shop is sprouting. Bought some more at Asda yesterday and some seed potatoes at the garden centre. Never know which to buy so many to choose … Continue reading
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