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Studio

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Sun transforms the front room

most mornings,

provoking the succulent

from Sainsbury’s to erupt

from its pot, a bid for freedom.

 

Pictures of beloved family

approve, share space

on the walls. Acrylic ink

splashes on the honey-pine floor.

Cosmos and dahlias defy

 

November frosts, inspire visions.

Occasional sparrow or robin

peers in, to check on progress.

Sometimes she yearns for

a real studio, to spread her wings.

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Greg Freeman

Wed 3rd Nov 2021 23:08

We have the garden room, Graham, but it's rather cold and wet and muddy down there at this time of the year! Thanks for your kind words, Ray.

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raypool

Wed 3rd Nov 2021 22:33

A real delight of lightly presented goodies, in a casual style that runs through much of your work and draws us in inimitably (or something like that!).

Ray

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Graham Sherwood

Wed 3rd Nov 2021 15:16

The succulent from Sainsbury's, brilliantly grounds this. I think she deserves one of those garden room studios Greg. Start saving up!

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