Linden Grove

I don't have a photo to accompany today's post.  I was anxious to get my thoughts down and couldn't find a suitable picture.  Anyway, I was dozing off in bed last night when I started to think about my blog name and strap line.  Linden Grove.  Inspired by Nature.  I make, bake, grow, create.  I felt that the strap line (if that is what it is called) was no longer relevant to my blog.  I do indeed make, bake, grow and create but don't tend to put my endeavours on the blog so much.  Just before the *sandman arrived a name came to me.  Linden Grove: where nature meets sacred spirits.  I quickly scrabbled around in the dark for a pen and paper and wrote it down lest I should forget it by the morning.

I am quite a spiritual person.  Not in a crazy way, but in the way that I think and feel deeply.  I have a strong bond with nature and feel that the new strap line is more reflective of me and my blog.  I hope that it doesn't put you off dropping by to visit.

The reason that my blog is so named is that I was born in a place called Linden Grove.  It was a pretty tree lined street and my house was directly opposite the Victorian Cemetery, hence the 'spiritual' connection.  I no longer live in a Linden Grove but a Linden tree grows directly outside my house.

*folklore character who makes children sleep by sprinkling sand in their eyes.

The Linden Tree 

The Linden tree means a lot to me

I was born in a Linden Grove you see

Among the foliage creatures nest

And on the branches, take a rest

Providing shelter to their kin

And insects bury deep within

Linden's flowers attract the bees

And are rich with healing properties

Heart shaped leaves with love abound.

Deciduous, fall on the ground

The Linden tree means a lot to me

I was born in a Linden Grove you see

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Simone Whipp January 2013