Eye - 26 June 2020

From an inspired rhyme to a wooded garden

An inspired rhyme

Stephen Hanvey, of Winchester Meeting, was inspired to pen a second verse for Helen Drewery’s rib-tickler (5 June):

When asked if they really were dead
Jack sat back and scratched at his head.
‘Well no ministries yet,
But I’ll check with the vet.
They’re certainly attenders,’ he said.

In need of a big tea

Friends may have been surprised to see a large ‘T’ kicking off an article (‘Confess’ by Brenda Olive Wall) in last week’s issue, all on its lonesome.

Some may have wondered if we were testing our readers. Will random letters now appear to make sure you’re reading closely? Will we begin pop quizzes when you least expect them? Alas, it was nothing so deliberate, and more a subconscious desire for buckets of tea coming into play! Brenda, we’re very sorry this affected your article.

We’d also like to apologise to Angela Greenwood (29 May) for an error at the end of her piece, which said that those wishing to join Experiment with Light meetings should contact her at experimentwithlight@gmail.com rather than Angie Dunhill, who monitors that email account.

The wooded garden

The gentle trill of birds, the bobbing of daisies in the breeze, a carved owl nestled in a tree trunk… all put in an appearance in a video created by two Friends in Malvern Wells.

During lockdown Kevin and Elizabeth Rolph have made and shared short videos of their two-acre wooded garden. One in particular, which can be viewed at https://bit.ly/RolphDell, features peaceful scenes, birdsong and extracts from Advices & queries. It also shares their affiliation with the Quiet Garden movement, which ‘nurtures access to outdoor space for prayer, reflection and rest’.

In another video they give viewers a whistle-stop tour of the garden – including the whimsical tree carvings commissioned when trees would otherwise have had to be felled.

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