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Sunday, 29 January 2017

A January Song


"The robin flew from his springing spray of ivy on to the top of the wall and he opened his beak and sang a loud, lovely trill, merely to show off. Nothing in the world is quite as adorably lovely as a robin when he shows off - and they are nearly always doing it"

~ Frances Hodgson Burnett, 'The Secret Garden'.

Illustration by Inga Moore.
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous29 January 2017 at 19:21:00 GMT

    I love that book Anna, and the quote is lovely too. :) Hope your snowdrops are all doing well!

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  2. rusty duck29 January 2017 at 22:36:00 GMT

    I'd be lost without my robins. Constant companions and what fun they are.

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  3. Christina30 January 2017 at 07:49:00 GMT

    Robins are the bravest birds here too, coming to see what I am doing if I have a trowel in my hand. A secret garden - how we all long for one of those.

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  4. Anonymous30 January 2017 at 08:55:00 GMT

    I left a comment yesterday, Anna, but it seems to have disappeared! I was saying that apart from the wardrobe this could be me in the picture as I have been having some most engaging conversations with our own robin recently. Thanks for sharing the quotation and picture, which not surprisingly make we want to read the bok again

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  5. Anonymous30 January 2017 at 11:31:00 GMT

    This is just beautiful, Anna. Yesterday I was watching 5 robins chasing each other round the garden and bird bath and competing most fiercely in a sort of European robin song contest. I couldn't tire of watching them so cheerful were their antics.

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  6. Brian Skeys30 January 2017 at 11:54:00 GMT

    How true there is nothing quite as uplifting as hearing a robin showing off.

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  7. chloris31 January 2017 at 15:21:00 GMT

    This was one of my favourite books as a child. Robins are the best of companions in the garden.

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  8. Annie_H1 February 2017 at 19:55:00 GMT

    Ah lovery. Yes as the others above have said what a beautiful book and its such a joy having a Robin with you while you are gardening. I'm always chatting to mine.

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  9. Casa Mariposa11 February 2017 at 17:05:00 GMT

    I love the innocence of this drawing and that it doesn't involve a kid sitting indoors glued to a screen. :o)

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Namasté

- Anna.

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