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Summer Time, Maybe…

June 4, 2021 By Allison Symes Leave a Comment

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Some images created in Book Brush using Pixabay photos.

Image of me taken at a Swanwick Open Prose Mic Night taken by Penny Blackburn.

Other images taken by me, Allison Symes.

I think the least said about the weather recently, the better. Suffice it to say May felt more like a combination of March and April combined what with the strong winds and sudden showers. (And yes I still have the central heating on as I write this).

On a more positive note, and with more of the restrictions being eased, at least it does look as if there is going to be some sort of summer in terms of being able to get out and about.

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Tags: Fleming Park, holiday reading, strange weather, summer, Swanwick Writers' Summer School, swimming, The Chameleon Theatre Group, wildflower meadow at Hiltingbury, writing festivals, writing plans

As One Season Ends…

August 30, 2019 By Allison Symes 3 Comments

Feature Image - As One Season Ends

Do you feel sad as the summer ends? The answer to that will depend a lot, I think, on whether or not you have school age children about to go back to school after the summer break!

I was always annoyed as a kid and later as a parent, to see the Back to School signs appear in the shops just before the children had even broken up for the holidays. As a kid, I hated being reminded. As a parent, I hated being nagged. (Still do, in fact! That approach has never worked on me!). [Read more…] about As One Season Ends…

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Tags: as one season ends, autumn, seasons, seasons in life, spring, summer, winter

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