PEAR TREE LOG

pear tree log: I started this blog to keep my younger son, Jonny, in touch with life in Lincolnshire, while he spent a year working in China. That year turned into five! Now he is home and training to become a physics teacher. This is simply a patchwork quilt of some of the things I enjoy - life in rural Lincolnshire, our animals, friends, architecture, books, the gardens, and things of passing interest.



Sunday, 13 January 2013

Tim, This is for You!

Dear Tim,

I came across a box of old family letters - in amongst the letters was a sheet of blue airmail paper, which was covered with your writing:


I should like to see into the middle of the biggest black hole in the universe.

 I should like to take home a fire-breathing dragon on a cold winters day.

 I should like to touch the rainbows colours when they glisten in the rain.

 I should like to feel the early morning sun's rays on a flouer (sic).

 I should like to paint the sound of the nightingale as she sits on a branch.

 Love from Tim xxx

It must be more than twenty-three years since you wrote that.  
I still think it is wonderful.  
I'll let you have it next time you are up for a visit, providing you keep it safe.

Love,

Mum
xxx

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8 comments:

  1. Bonnie13 January 2013 at 14:52

    I, too, think it is wonderful! Thank you for sharing this with us. Bonnie

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    1. Elaine15 January 2013 at 10:06

      Hello Bonnie, I'm delighted you enjoyed reading it. Sometimes I am so pleased that I have squirrel-like tendencies!

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  2. Jane and Lance Hattatt13 January 2013 at 15:11

    Hello Elaine:
    What an absolutely wonderful keepsake. To borrow the words of another: What a little thing to remember for years, to remember with tears.

    We wish you a peaceful and joyous 2013.

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    1. Elaine15 January 2013 at 10:07

      Hello Jane and Lance, How lovely to see you back. I hope you are rested and recharged after your seasonal break? May you both have a peaceful and joyous 2013, too.

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  3. Lynne13 January 2013 at 22:52

    That is astoundingly beautiful. He has the heart of a poet, I think. I would make an artwork of it and put it on my wall.

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    1. Elaine15 January 2013 at 10:18

      Hello Lynne, Welcome! When I spoke to Tim, a few days ago, he was very keen to have it back, so I will make a copy and have them both framed to preserve them.

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  4. Pauline Persing14 January 2013 at 00:08

    Beautiful words. Beautiful pictures in my mind.

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    1. Elaine15 January 2013 at 10:20

      Hello Pauline, Thank you! Tim works in the Games Industry, he has been drawn deeper into management now, but his passion is for creating characters. He is a wonderful artist and has always been able to create a picture with just a few lines - it seems he also had that ability with just a few words!

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