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MARCH - "Daffodils, that come before the swallow dares..."

Daffodils along the roadside   Daffodils, That come before the swallow dares, and take The winds of March with beauty.                          William Shakespeare The daffodils here are at their very best just now. Walking out with Ginny and the dogs this morning, it seemed every bloom along our wall was perfect! Soon one will die - but not just yet!  Gather ye daffodils while ye may!!! Rudyard Kipling wrote a thoughtful little verse referring to the short life of the daffodil : This season's Daffodil, She never hears What change, what chance, what chill, Cut down last year's; But with bold countenance, And knowledge small, Esteems her seven day's continuance To be perpetual. Trumpeting her loudest to welcome Spring! The kitchen is fragranced with daffodils at present. Clem picked them in full flower on Saturday and they're still going strong on Monday. As soon as Christmas is over I look for those sca...
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In January 2017 I started a blog. There were 12 blogs altogether - one for each month of that year. When I had finished, my daughter and I edited the blogs and I wrote two more chapters so that my first book was formed. It is entitled "Child Of The Isle" - like the blogs - and covers aspects of my childhood in the Isle of Axholme - then a quiet corner of rural Lincolnshire - through the fifties and sixties.

I miss the blog thing. And I have enjoyed putting the book together. It follows that I should have another go. I am now attempting to answer all those people who have, over the years since we first moved to Orkney in 1986, asked the question, "What's it like up there?"  We lived in Orkney for 10 years, moved back to the Isle of Axholme for a while, then to Barrow upon Humber, and now we live in Caithness.  We meant to return to Orkney but we stopped off in Wick. We've been here since 2009 but I have never forgotten my roots and I am still searching for more information about my ancestors from Axholme and from other parts of Britain - some may be from further away but that is a work in progress. I intend to weave memories into "What's It Like Up There?" So, each month, for 12 months, I will take a topic and write about it from my Caithness viewpoint, referring back to other times in my life.

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