Dear Ella,
Another weekend very nearly done.
I love September - the slight chill in the morning and the evening, the golden sunshine, allotment over spill - veggies and fruit galore, the sense of new beginnings as the masses return to school, work and familiar routines and just overall a more energetic feel.
Do you remember "the broad beans are sleeping in their blankety beds"? You and Sophie used to make me laugh as you sang your favourite harvest festival song when you were little girls. Yea!
Lots of love
Mum
xxx
Cauliflowers Fluffy and cabbages green
Strawberries are sweeter than any I've seen
Beetroots purple and onions white
All grow steadily day and night
The apples are ripe and the plums are red
The broad beans are sleeping in their blankety bed
Blackberries are juicy and rhubarbs sour
Marrows fattening hour by hour
Gooseberries hairy and lettuces fat
Radishes round and runner beans flat
The apples are ripe and the plums are red
The broad beans are sleeping in their blankety bed
Orangey carrots and turnips cream
Reddening tomatoes that used to be green
Brown potatoes in little heaps
Down in the darkness where the celery sleeps
The apples are ripe and the plums are red
The broad beans are sleeping in their blankety bed, Yea!
I am just catching up on your blog and had to stop myself commenting on every post, but this one was just too good to miss! I can still remember all the words off by heart! Was my favourite song from Christ Church too :) Thank you for reminding me of it, and with it so many memories of primary school - school discos (with Ella) and Brownie trips! Lots of love xxx
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