It rained in the night and the garden seems delighted! I spent most of the rainy day sewing and completed my first six scrub caps. Our walk was short, just along the lane where we foraged more Wild garlic and dodged a shower. 
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Rain, Sewing and A Lane
Lover’s Lane, e e cummings and Knitting
I walked up from town via Lovers’ Lane this morning and so enjoyed the Spring flowers in the Cornish hedges.
Today’s poem by e e cummings is just perfect for this bright and lovely Spring day and all the beautiful Spring flowers that I have just shown you. It was so warm as I walked home this morning that I had to take off both my coat and my cardigan! There is such vitality in this poem that has such a springy rhythm and such delightful use of alliteration and repetition. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do. Keep dancing!
when faces called flowers float out of the ground – ee cummings
when faces called flowers float out of the ground
and breathing is wishing and wishing is having-
but keeping is downward and doubting and never
-it’s april(yes,april;my darling)it’s spring!
yes the pretty birds frolic as spry as can fly
yes the little fish gambol as glad as can be
(yes the mountains are dancing together)when every leaf opens without any sound
and wishing is having and having is giving-
but keeping is doting and nothing and nonsense
-alive;we’re alive,dear:it’s(kiss me now)spring!
now the pretty birds hover so she and so he
now the little fish quiver so you and so i
now the mountains are dancing, the mountains)when more than was lost has been found has been found
and having is giving and giving is living-
but keeping is darkness and winter and cringing
-it’s spring(all our night becomes day)o,it’s spring!
all the pretty birds dive to the heart of the sky
all the little fish climb through the mind of the sea
all the mountains are dancing;are dancing)
I recently discovered a new group nearby, Caring Crafters of Cornwall, who knit for premature babies at our local hospital so have made ready a collection for delivery. Here are little hats in varying sizes and a tiny blanket.
NB email:caringcraftersofcornwall@hotmail.com
Tree Trunk, Periwinkle and Wren
1 A brief walk this afternoon down Lovers Lane and back up Chapel Walk and we found this lovely old cut-down tree trunk with moss. Looking up at the tree there was beautiful bark and a tangle of branches.
Looking up the tree
Bark and ivy
Cut section of trunk
2 There’s a Periwinkle flowering in the front garden.
Periwinkle
3 J and I spent a happy half hour watching the birds at the feeders in the back garden He can identify all of them! The highlight of the afternoon was a tiny wren who stayed around long enough to have its photo taken.
Tiny wren
Lovers’ Lane, Evening Sky and Green (Weekly photo challenge) and a P.S.
1 Just down the road from us is a path we can take to town, called Lovers’ Lane. That name pleases me.
Lovers’ Lane
2 A beautiful sky tonight.
Evening sky
3 There are so many beautiful shades of green and so many beautiful names for those colours – jade, turquoise, chartreuse, emerald, aquamarine, beryl, pea, olive, malachite, moss, and lime….
Lovers’ Lane
Evening sky
Baby Lupin leaves
Mural of green field and sheep
Under the Gunnera Leaves
Reflections in green water
Turquoise sea
Copper in the rocks
Green field with rabbit and fox
Green produce
Green Giant
A pea stall in Nepal
P.S. I don’t comment on news, politics or religion in this blog (and those who know me know that in real life I do that all the time!) but tonight I just want to say how my heart goes out to all those Egyptian families who have lost a child or maybe more than one in that terrible coach/train accident. I don’t have many readers of my blog in Egypt but I want to send love from one parent to another, to send love and strength for coping with this, to just tell you how my heart aches for you all.
