"detail from a 1926-36 sculpture by Bessie Potter Vonnoh (1872-1955), thought to represent Mary and Dickon, the main characters in The Secret Garden, by Frances Hodgson Burnett, Central Park Conservancy Garden"
30.4.08
Dwarves..
A full moon
,the Dwarves came for a vissit.Some are gentle,some are irritating or grumpy..
,the Dwarves came for a vissit.Some are gentle,some are irritating or grumpy..But they are also very courageous,and can be your true friend for ever and ever..
29.4.08
Dreamer"s Trunk
"'When dreams get out of control, The Sandman catches their elements in his nets (usually used for saving falling stars) and stores them in the Dreamer's Trunk for safe-keeping. The trunk is full of the most extraordinary things. like sheep for counting, a nightmare - and the Big Dipper, which the Sandman uses to help sprinkle sleeping sand over the all world's children. Dean Morrisy
28.4.08
Somewhere in time..
“We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams
Let the world go by... day
There are days..........and there are Days.............by Henry Nelson O'Neil, painted in 1861"
27.4.08
Sunday Shower
The first real warm springday ended in a April shower . Made a lovely walk the "Bronte Way"and now hurry home....26.4.08
Haunted Hall
The Bronte Way...........Gawthorpe Hall...is it haunted..It looks kind of spooky.Charlotte loved to visit this beautiful Elisabethan Gem...Take a walk with Charlotte at the bottom of this page..
I believe there is a thunderstorm coming ...can you hear it in de distance...
25.4.08
Blue Butterfly
A shy little caterpillar looked at the sky.
He hugged a leaf stem and he gave a big sigh.
The sky and the stem didn't make a reply;He didn't understand and he didn't know why.
He hid from the blue jays so quick and so sly.
He hid from the chipmunk so swift and so spry.He hid from the ant family living close by."Please, tell us, caterpillar, why are you shy?Please, little caterpillar, try not to cry.""
I'll try," said the caterpillar, "but I am shy,I would not be shy if I could just fly.I know what I'm going to do by and by:I will spin a fine bed and I'll then say good-bye."
A little wind sang him a sweet lullaby.And when he woke up. his wet wings were dry.
The shy little caterpillar whispered, "Good-bye."He flew to the sky and was no longer shy Because he had changed to a blue butterfly...
(and did you notice there are lots of (shy) bleu butterflies in Spring!)
24.4.08
cleaning houses
Very busy day at the Hilltop 
All the fairy houses need cleaning.
Dust and cobwebs ...
There is a buzz of bizzy fairy wings..
You can only come to the
morning trough the
shadows...
All the fairy houses need cleaning.
Dust and cobwebs ...
There is a buzz of bizzy fairy wings..
You can only come to the
morning trough the
shadows...
22.4.08
Frogkisses
Did you ever kiss a frog?I am nobody
Who are you..
are you nobody too?
Then there"s a pair of us-dont tell
They"d banisch us ,you know!
E.Dickinson
21.4.08
20.4.08
giggling
A gathering of fairies at midnightIn the sky you can hear giggling
The stardust fairies arive.....
They are traveling on ribbons of moonlight
Save under the wings of a bird
When the first baby laughed for the first time
the laugh broke into a thousand pieces and
went skipping about...and that was the beginning of fairies
Ride upon the wind
Come fairies take me out of this dull world,
for I would ride with you upon the wind
and dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
for I would ride with you upon the wind
and dance upon the mountains like a flame.”
~~William Butler Yeats"
18.4.08
Mary
"Mary Had A Pretty Bird
Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs, upon my word
He was a pretty fellow.
The sweetest notes he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary,
And often where the cage was hung,
She stood to hear Canary."
Mary had a pretty bird,
Feathers bright and yellow,
Slender legs, upon my word
He was a pretty fellow.
The sweetest notes he always sung,
Which much delighted Mary,
And often where the cage was hung,
She stood to hear Canary."
17.4.08
At Midnight
The journey to Hilltop Forest took several days...
Over mountains ,valleys and the deep bleu ocean.
Time to rest now,and wait for the Stardust fairies..
They will arrive at midnight...
The Strawberry Girl
Such a sweet little fairy face....."Sir Joshua Reynolds "
The Strawberry Girl, 1773
16.4.08
The birds at Chatter creek
Today 
the Spring wind is playing in the tree tops. And the wind brings a surprise!
The birds already gave me a warning..
Listen,listen they chattered,There she is..
The Fairy queen!
Flying on Spring wings...
the Spring wind is playing in the tree tops. And the wind brings a surprise!The birds already gave me a warning..
Listen,listen they chattered,There she is..
The Fairy queen!
Flying on Spring wings...
14.4.08
Dance
Beware..there are bears in Hilltop forest.
But today instead of watching over the forest they are dancing.
Its a Spring party .
The home coming of the fairies and( did i forget to tell you)
the jolly Gnomes.Funny little fellows..
13.4.08
New arrivals
Its Spring,and in Hilltop forest the little people arive! In winter when its cold they travel to warmer places in the sun. But now when there are flowers in Daisy meadow they are comming home. Some little ones arrive at night. The Stardust fairies.I always know when the little ones are back..they leave a Daisy at my window as a sweet message and promisse for a beautiful summer....12.4.08
Daisy meadow
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After a walk through the Hilltop forest,you reach the Daisy meadow...I can see the meadow from my window.Some strange and wonderfull creatures live there...
Hill Top - The home of Beatrix Potter, Near Sawrey, Cumbria.
Hill Top - The home of Beatrix Potter, Near Sawrey, Cumbria.: "Beatrix wrote many of her famous children's stories in this little 17th century stone house. Characters such as Tom Kitten, Samuel Whiskers and Jemima Puddleduck were all created here, and the books contain many pictures based on the house and garden.
Beatrix bought many pieces of land and property in and around Sawrey, including the Old Post Office, Castle Cottage and a number of small farms. In 1913, aged 47, she married William Heelis in London and moved to Lakeland, living at Castle Cottage which was bigger and more convenient than Hill Top."
Beatrix bought many pieces of land and property in and around Sawrey, including the Old Post Office, Castle Cottage and a number of small farms. In 1913, aged 47, she married William Heelis in London and moved to Lakeland, living at Castle Cottage which was bigger and more convenient than Hill Top."
I love Bee
"Thank goodness I was never sent to school; it would have rubbed off some of the originality.'
Beatrice Potter 28/7/1866 – 22/12/1943)
Beatrix Potter was born on 28 July 1866 in South Kensington, London. She had a sheltered childhood and amused herself by painting, using specimens from the Natural History Museum or sketching from nature in the Lake District, where the family spent summer holidays. Potter always had pets, including rabbits. She never went to school, but was taught at home by a governess. She learned to read from Sir Walter Scott's novels and Maria Edgeworth's works. From the age of fifteen until she was past thirty, she recorded her everyday life in her own secret code-writing.
Beatrix Potter’s children’s books are rooted in her passion for place and the animals she encountered in her life"
Beatrice Potter 28/7/1866 – 22/12/1943)
Beatrix Potter was born on 28 July 1866 in South Kensington, London. She had a sheltered childhood and amused herself by painting, using specimens from the Natural History Museum or sketching from nature in the Lake District, where the family spent summer holidays. Potter always had pets, including rabbits. She never went to school, but was taught at home by a governess. She learned to read from Sir Walter Scott's novels and Maria Edgeworth's works. From the age of fifteen until she was past thirty, she recorded her everyday life in her own secret code-writing.
Beatrix Potter’s children’s books are rooted in her passion for place and the animals she encountered in her life"
Hilltop Hall
This secluded path runs up al the way to Hilltop Hall.The place I live.The forest that surrounds Hilltop Hall is enchanting.
11.4.08
nothing else to do
Jane Austen -- Letters -- Brabourne Edition: "'I have read [Byron's] The Corsair, mended my petticoat, and have nothing else to do"
(panting by Richard Miller)
9.4.08
3.4.08
April Girl
Praise the spells and bless the charms,
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
Ogden Nash"
I found April in my arms.
April golden, April cloudy,
Gracious, cruel, tender, rowdy;
April soft in flowered languor,
April cold with sudden anger,
Ever changing, ever true --
I love April, I love you.
Ogden Nash"
2.4.08
tea-time at the Hilltop
love a moment just for myself in the garden... I am hoping for the weather to change .There are still to many April showers..
