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May 19, 2014 By silverpebble 32 Comments

Spring Morning

Where am I going? I don’t quite know.
Down to the stream where the king cups grow-
Up to the hill where the pine trees blow-
Anywhere anywhere, I don’t know.

Where am I going? The clouds sail by,
Little ones, baby ones, over the sky,
Where am I going? The shadows pass,
Little ones, baby ones, over the grass.

If you were a cloud and sailed up there,
You’d sail on water as blue as air,
And you’d see me here in the fields and say
“Doesn’t the sky look green today?”

Where am I going? The high rooks call:
“It’s awful fun to be born at all.”
Where am I going? The ring-doves coo:
“We do have beautiful things to do.”

If you were a bird and lived on high
You’d lean on the wind when the wind came by
You’d say to the wind when it took you away
“That’s where I wanted to go today!”

Where am I going? I don’t quite know.
What does it matter where people go?
Down to the wood where the bluebells grow-
Anywhere, anywhere, I don’t know.

A. A. Milne.

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  1. Annie @ knitsofacto says

    May 19, 2014 at 6:28 pm

    Beautiful. And one of my favourite poems. Milne's way of looking at the world never pales.

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  2. Biba says

    May 19, 2014 at 6:41 pm

    Beautiful and touching. Thank you 🙂

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  3. saffa says

    May 19, 2014 at 6:57 pm

    Lovely, lovely, lovely 🙂 safxxx

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  4. dottycookie says

    May 19, 2014 at 7:10 pm

    Awwwwww, that's gorgeous.

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  5. Sue says

    May 19, 2014 at 7:46 pm

    A childhood idyll.

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  6. Pat's Patch says

    May 19, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    Just beautiful

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  7. The Coffee Lady says

    May 19, 2014 at 10:22 pm

    I don't see any naffing bluebells.

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  8. Primroses Attic says

    May 19, 2014 at 10:29 pm

    beautiful pictures and words. Just perfect.
    Rosezeeta.

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  9. Jackie says

    May 19, 2014 at 10:32 pm

    And Emmas way of looking at the world never pales.

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  10. Alice Auperin says

    May 20, 2014 at 4:57 am

    Lovely, just lovely x

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  11. CJ says

    May 20, 2014 at 6:00 am

    Wonderful. And you have beautifully captured early summer in your photos. CJ xx

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  12. Handmade in Israel says

    May 20, 2014 at 6:55 am

    Beautiful photos! Beautiful words! You have made me pine for the English countryside a little bit…

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  13. Julie says

    May 20, 2014 at 7:23 am

    Beautiful photos of an idyllic landscape. Thank you for the poem too, I didn't know that one at all.

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  14. Clare says

    May 20, 2014 at 10:28 am

    Aww so lovely thanks for sharing
    Clare x

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  15. Celia Hart says

    May 20, 2014 at 10:49 am

    Just perfect! I love that poem.

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  16. silverpebble says

    May 20, 2014 at 11:42 am

    Thankyou to dear Coffee Lady x

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  17. Johanne Winwood says

    May 20, 2014 at 11:56 am

    That's a lovely poem and the pictures really capture the mood too.

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  18. harmony and rosie says

    May 20, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    What a lovely set of photos, you make me feel very nostalgic. One thing I really miss about the UK right now is fields full of bluebells, wild garlic and pretty countryside weeds in abundance under dappled shade.

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  19. operatorku says

    May 20, 2014 at 11:19 pm

    nice

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  20. Jacquie says

    May 21, 2014 at 3:00 am

    Awwwwww, just perfect Emma. I loved your photos and the poem. I smiled when I read it was A.A. Milne….I should have guessed.
    Thank you for sharing.
    Jacquie x

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  21. julie says

    May 21, 2014 at 10:28 am

    Magical poem and magical places. So lovely to see your girls growing up with an openness to all the beauties of nature – you're giving them a life-long gift with such an appreciation x

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  22. Dawn says

    May 21, 2014 at 11:07 am

    Beautiful – so touching, thank you for sharing x

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  23. Vestachowmein says

    May 21, 2014 at 1:36 pm

    I'm not sure why this is so moving, but Milne's gentle nostalgia always gets me.

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  24. Debs Dust Bunny says

    May 21, 2014 at 2:20 pm

    Charming…. timeless photos of your girls.

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  25. bils says

    May 21, 2014 at 4:20 pm

    *ahem* Pome and piccies in perfick harmony. Both are almost willfully timeless and defiantly happy.

    Nice, very nice… and we like nice.

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  26. Streetcomber says

    May 22, 2014 at 9:28 am

    Lovely, I follow you on Twitter and now I've found your blog too.
    I'll be back!

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  27. silverpebble says

    May 22, 2014 at 12:51 pm

    Hello Streetcomber! *waves cow parsley*

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  28. Cottage Garden says

    May 22, 2014 at 4:55 pm

    So delightful Emma – words and pictures!

    Jeanne
    x

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  29. Cate says

    May 25, 2014 at 10:40 pm

    So beautiful, x

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  30. Gina says

    May 26, 2014 at 9:00 am

    Beautiful words and pictures… although Coffee Lady did make me giggle rather!

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  31. Toffeeapple says

    June 3, 2014 at 3:41 pm

    Perfect images for the poem.

    Reply
  32. thehouseatnabend says

    June 4, 2014 at 8:53 pm

    Your photos fit the words perfectly – such a lovely story all together!

    Reply

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