“when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.” “I'm such a clever Toad.”
-Kenneth Grahame Wind in the Willows
I love Wind in the Willows so very much, one of my childhood/lifelong favorite books. This little guy didn't quite have that attitude, but he looked quite important on the big seat rock on our patio. I was thrilled to spy him from the kitchen window.
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This day came in rainy and gray, not Merry's favorite day, no sunshine.
I retired from public school teaching after happily spending twenty eight years playing in Kindergarten. Now I fill my days watching cat antics, taking endless...
A beautiful close-up. You just make me want to reread all my fave books with your quotes. I once led a Wind in the Willows walk around Cookham on the Thames, thought to be one of Grahame's inspirations for the book.
