by Valerie | Feb 22, 2017 | Seasons
I moved from the midlands to live near the sea in my favourite county at sunny Newquay. It’s much warmer in the west but often windier and wetter, yet whatever the weather living here is much better. The wild winds that rage in from the sea and Cornish mists,...
by Valerie | Mar 16, 2016 | Cornwall, Rhyming Poetry, Seasons
I must go back to Cornwall again at least one more time before I die and all I ask is a sunshine, not rain, on my walks for my dog and I. I must go back to Cornwall if I may: to eat fish and chips by the sea or a Cornish pasty every day and at least one cream tea. I...
by Valerie | May 2, 2015 | My Garden, Rhyming Poetry, Seasons
“Never cast a clout until May be out!” The temperature is without a doubt the coldest I’ve known at this time of year although Hawthorn is out and May is here. Cold winds are blowing from the east or north. At least some of May flowers have come...
by Valerie | Nov 24, 2013 | Rhyming Poetry, Seasons, WritersDigest.com
I have a complaint. I wish I could paint but an artist I ain’t, so I guess I’ll just write to describe a sight that possibly mightdelight me, excite me, ignite me or invite me to express my happiness or even to stress my distress.. “Painting is poetry that is...
by Valerie | Nov 23, 2013 | Rhyming Poetry, Seasons
My Silver Birch variety “Snow Queen”boasts the whitest bark that could e’er be seen.In Summertime she cast a dappled shadeover the vibrant flowers in her glade.Her silvery green leaves have now turned to goldas she prepares to face the Winter...
by Valerie | Oct 27, 2013 | Best of British, Nexus, Seasons
Well, in spite of the dreadful weather forecast, we took our chances and three car loads of us left at ten and made the two hour journey to Westonbirt, prepared to brace ourselves against the impending storms that had been promised on the weather forecast....
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