Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Norman MacCaig, Summer Farm.
"Straws like tame lightnings lie about the grass
And hang zigzag on hedges..."
From the show:
Figurehead of the Sirius in Hull Maritime Museum, and Around the World in 80 Days
Phil May's groundbreaking cartoons
Heaven in Ordinary, Malcolm Doney's Something Understood
Music to wake up to – Spring, from the Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite, by Paul Reade
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Have a lovely day.
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7th May, 2020 – The Pied Piper of Hamelin
6th May, 2020 – Ninetieth Birthday
5th May, 2020 – Nuns Fret Not
4th May, 2020 – The Quiet Life
1st May, 2020 – Aurora Leigh
30th April, 2020 – The Promised Garden
29th April, 2020 – Everyone Sang
28th April, 2020 – Ozymandias
27th April, 2020 – The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
24th April, 2020 – Portrait of a Lady
23rd April, 2020 – The Glory of the Garden
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