Hello from Suffolk, England. Here's five minutes of civilised calm to start your day right. With a poem by Norman MacCaig, Summer Farm.
"Straws like tame lightnings lie about the grass
And hang zigzag on hedges..."
From the show:
Figurehead of the Sirius in Hull Maritime Museum, and Around the World in 80 Days
Phil May's groundbreaking cartoons
Heaven in Ordinary, Malcolm Doney's Something Understood
Music to wake up to – Spring, from the Victorian Kitchen Garden Suite, by Paul Reade
(Listen to the full playlist on YouTube)
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Have a lovely day.
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