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Reading Room:  Spring reading ritual - The Secret Garden  |
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CountryGirl85
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Laura
Oswego
IL
USA
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 Posted - Feb 06 2006 : 10:10:35 PM
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Hey everyone!
It has become a tradition of mine to read "The Secret Garden" every spring. It really gets me in the mood for the upcoming planting and growning and spending time digging in the dirt! It's such a good book, one of my favorites! For those of you who don't know the story, it's about a young girl named Mary who lives in India with her parents. She's a spoiled, disagreeable child with a sour face. She is sent to live with her reclusive uncle on the moors of Yorkshire after her parents die of disease. She discovers an unwanted secret garden and helps bring it back to life with the help of her new friends: the maid's brother Dickon and the cousin she didn't know she had named Collin. The magic they find in the garden is wonderful and brings out the best in all of them. Mary learns to laugh, to feel, to cry. Collin, who has been led to believe he is a sickly boy who will soon die, learns to live and walk and not always get his way. And Mary's uncle learns to love again. Ooo, I can't wait to read it again! Just like the magic in the garden, this book brings out the magic in me!
Much love,
Laura |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 1:57:23 PM
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I love that book! And what a wonderful ritual..will have to get mine right out. I have a hardback edition that was illustrated by TAsha Tudor..love it!!
Such a magical book! My girls have loved reading it too.
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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CabinCreek-Kentucky
True Blue Farmgirl
8529 Posts
Frannie
Green County
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 2:11:01 PM
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laura .. what a sweet tradition .. my 'nannie' gave me this book many years ago .. i read it to both daughters .. but have not re-visited it in a long time .. i also enjoyed the film version. from time to time in your readings ... give us some of your favorite passages.
True Friends, Frannie |
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Lacy
True Blue Farmgirl
114 Posts
Lacy
Dallas
Texas
114 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 2:26:19 PM
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I read "Prodigal Summer" by Barbara Kingsolver every late spring, to prep for the upcoming summer... sounds like I'm going to have to start a new tradition for the end of winter! What a lovely idea. I've never read it before.
http://farmaspirations.blogspot.com |
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blueroses
True Blue Farmgirl
1323 Posts
Debbie
in the Pandhandle of
Idaho
USA
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Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 2:44:11 PM
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Laura,
This is one of my favorite books also. I read it to my daughters too, Frannie. The book is wonderful.
Debbie
"You cannot find peace...by avoiding life."
Virginia Woolfe |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 8:27:30 PM
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My spring reading is a book about Tasha Tudor, by Tovah Martin called "Tasha Tudor's Garden". I also read "Elizabeth's German Garden" by Elizabeth Von Arnim. I have never read Secret Garden, have a wonderful old hard back copy, must needs do so.
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 07 2006 : 8:53:19 PM
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I have the Tasha Tudor's garden tooo...and love that one. (as well as the one about her crafts and her life and one called "Out of New England" about her.) I am so facinated by her!!
and Prodigal Summer by Barbara K was such a good one too! Fun that we all have similar taste in good books!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Shirley
True Blue Farmgirl
734 Posts
Shirley
Olympia
Wa
USA
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Posted - Feb 08 2006 : 12:05:41 AM
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I just love Tasha Tudor. I have all 3 of her books about her. She is so interesting, I get her other books when ever I can.
Oh yes she has Corgis tooooo :) Her corgi pictures she paints are so cute.
shirley |
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Aunt Jenny
True Blue Farmgirl
11381 Posts
Jenny
middle of
Utah
USA
11381 Posts |
Posted - Feb 08 2006 : 01:12:30 AM
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I have always loved corgis too...they are built alot like my bassets! well, sort of...and I think if I ever went with another breed it would be them...cute as can be!!
Jenny in Utah
It's astonishing how short a time it takes for very wonderful things to happen...Frances Burnette
http://www.auntjennysworld.blogspot.com/ visit my little online shop at www.auntjenny.etsy.com |
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Julia
True Blue Farmgirl
1949 Posts
Julia
Shelton
WA
USA
1949 Posts |
Posted - Feb 09 2006 : 8:44:19 PM
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Had a corgi for awhile. His name was DIckens. Great dog. I was very sad when we had to find him a new home.
ALmost finished with The Secret Gaarden. Why it took me so long to read it, I will never know. What a great book!
"...the setting sun is like going into the very presence of God." Elizabeth Von Arnim |
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grammagoose
Farmgirl in Training
35 Posts
sandy
exeter
rhode island
USA
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Posted - Feb 11 2006 : 09:32:50 AM
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| I need to read the book. What a great tradition to read it each spring! Also I love Corgi's ofr the thought of having one. Tasha Tudor use to raise them and she is my absolute favorite! |
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Frankenblonde
Farmgirl in Training
28 Posts
Courtland
CA
USA
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Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 01:15:18 AM
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I read this book as a child, and now have a lovely hard-cover edition for my baby girl. I read it again this winter and ended up planting a bunch of miniature roses outside on the sunnier days! I should read it again to gear up for an early spring... I also have a worn-out and much-loved video of "The Secret Garden" starring Kate Maberly (that girl is 23 now, my goodness how time flies!). I practically have the video memorized... now I just need the sound-track. 
“Always know in your heart that you are far bigger than anything that can happen to you.”
~ Dan Zadra, Chicken Soup for the Country Soul
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CountryGirl85
True Blue Farmgirl
225 Posts
Laura
Oswego
IL
USA
225 Posts |
Posted - Feb 12 2006 : 7:25:35 PM
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I really love that version of the movie, too! I check it out of the library all the time. I really need to buy it! And the music is beautiful. I haven't started reading yet, was finishing up another book first. I'll have to read all the books you girls are suggesting. I just love to read!
Much love,
Laura |
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