I know some of you visit the Secret Garden quite often but maybe for somebody today this will be there first time.
Whichever one you are, step through the wrought iron gate that marks the entrance, or if you are brave the scale the ivy covered red brick walls and follow the path through the autumnal trees to the jetty on the ornamental lake. At the jetty step into the boat and row across the now cold and leaf strewn waters of the lake to the island in the middle. Again, if you are brave stroke the giant golden carp that will breach the surface around you but take care as some of the creatures that live within this still bowl are not so benevelent. Moor the boat and take the stone steps up to the folly. The folly is a tall tower made just high enough for the island to be a mountain. Within the tower take the wooden staircase to the top.At the top is a room with one ornate wooden chest within it.
Open the chest and leave something behind that is personal to you and a note to say why you have left it.
The Garden will now always have something of you within it.
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- 2009-10-16 @ 18:50:56
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- 2009-10-21 @ 08:35:25
Having enjoyed the trip tremedeously, I am now frantically searching through my pockets. Um... a blob of blu tac... let's see... a screw (loose, naturally)... oat biscuits crumbs... a paper clip... dear, deear! I'll have to come back!
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Well I await your final choice with interest!
ps your pockets sound as interesting as mine though mine also usually contain a supply of marker pens, some crocodile clips and some universal indicator paper.....-
- 2009-10-21 @ 17:54:54
I am back... empty handed. I just like loitering about your garden without much to contribute.
PS Crocodile clips? Yes, that's a thought!-
I remember telling the kids at school that we also had alligator clips the difference being in the number of teeth .......
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- 2009-10-21 @ 18:15:12
How about chicken clips? No teeth, no hazards.-
mmmm Anna do you know what crocodile clips are?
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- 2009-10-21 @ 19:13:28
Um... I probably don't. What I had in mind may be called bulldog clips, or just those ... clips for binding papers together. Best think to ignore me the moment I start speaking in tongues.
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la_spice
- 2009-10-26 @ 17:09:19
I missed this post - but here's my gift
A Hug
A hug is something
That I want to share
A hug is a touch
To show that I care
A hug is the warmth
Of holding you near
A hug is to show
That you’ve nothing to fear
A hug is for giving
A hug is for two
A hug is something
I give freely to you.
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What a beautiful journey - and such a lovely garden.
When next you open the chest, you will find a golden sphere, pick it up and handle with extreme care, for only with care and a lightness of touch will it open and reveal...whatever you'd like to see - your heart's desire...
Lying next to it is a silver sphere, it glows and has a slightly ethereal quality. Pick this up and handle it with as much care as your own heart's desire, for only with that touch will it open and reveal...my own dreams...