Flower Power

When I was small they said:
"if you can't fight wear a big hat";

as you can see from this picture of me with my Mum and a lead balloon!













Now it seems to be:
"if you can't fight wear big trousers and make sure your scooter's ready for a quick getaway".

All good parks have places for children to play. This is an exceptionally good park because it has something for children of all ages up to 90!"

This is Upton Park in Poole in Dorset.

There are sunlit paths where there is so much to talk about you can easily leave a couple behind.

And there are the quiet backwaters for more leisurely strolling,











where you can glance to the side and see where the sea ends and snake-like monsters appear from the trees above your head.
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You may prefer monster flowers such as these

or something with more colour.







But even intrepid explorers need to sit down and just take it all in and just gaze upon a great garden  -

                             



                         


                             oh! she's gone.



                                   


It all reminds me of Bernard Miles' story of the new vicar leaning over the garden fence and saying to old villager Len:

"wonderful what you can do with a little help from God".

" 'tis so", Len remarked, " but t'was in a bit of a mess when he had to hisself".