Maggie's White Coral Bells

White coral bells upon a slender stalk
Lily of the valley deck my garden walk
Oh, don't you wish that you could hear them ring
That will only happen when the fairies sing

[moni kozi]

Makes me wonder...

[Mags]

How lovely! They do look like fairy bells.

[Jennie B.]

I have never heard that before, did you make up the rhyme? Lily of the valley is a favorite of mine.

[katy]

Gosh! I haven’t heard that song in years! What a lovely photo to bring that memory back!

[Dawn]

A lovely shot I’ve never heard that song before

[Anne]

Beautiful - always reminds me of my mum as they were her favourtie flowers and she had them in her wedding bouquet

[John Falconer]

Nice shot and narrative.

[Merrelyn]

Beautiful flowers and a great take on h&h.

[Cazzi]

Sweet! I can smell them from here!

[Susan Wakely]

So lovely. Sitting in a fossicking find?

[Shutterbug]

Nice way to make a half and half. Good idea.

[Carole Sandford]

Love lily of the valley, beautifully captured. I don’t know the rhyme/song. But I do know the Queen song of the same name.

[Kathy]

I'll bet they have a lovely scent.

[Rob Z]

What an interesting image - the blank page really catches your attention - why is it there?, what could go in it?, is it waiting for something to happen?......

[Casablanca]

I like it. The white looks like the cover of a box to me and inside the box was this 3D vase and flowers

[JackieR]

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Maggie told me this rhyme as I was picking her lily if the valley.
I googled it, and it's a traditional rhyme, used in the Girl Guiding movement internationally, sung in the round by four groups.

Back in the 1970s-80s Maggie was very senior in the guiding movement, I love hearing her tales of camping with her 'Gals' and she would have led four groups singing this round a camp fire.

Thank you for you lovely comments on the way this composition turned out. I should have started again, but just couldn't be bothered!!!

[katy]

@30pics4jackiesdiamond If I remember correctly I learned it in the girl scouts which is the same thing as girl guides!