A Scrap of Robin Song, A Door Covered in Ivy, and a Rusty Old Key ♦ The Secret Garden

I've had a heck of a week.

I work at a Heritage site; a Museum made of an old 1894 farmhouse and property that was a significant pioneer settlement in my local town.  This year, Spring Break for the kids ran for 2 weeks, for the first time.  Our facility offers Spring Break Literature camps for kids, and this year our camps were based on 4 classics written 100 years (or so) ago:

♦ Anne of Green Gables
♦ Treasure Island
♦ The Secret Garden
♦The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The magic of all the books has captured my imagination for the last couple of weeks, and I got inspired to read "The Secret Garden" by Frances Hodgson Burnett again, as it has been probably 20 years since I last read it.

It has all the makings of a good story; an unlikely heroine, a jolly wise-cracking boy who she meets on the Moors, a delightful selection of animals, a hidden door, and a mysterious garden hidden behind it, the key to it long buried by a heart-broken cranky old man living in a dark and foreboding mansion.

Anyways, if you haven't read this classic, I highly recommend that you do.  It is surprising me, in many ways.

It's such a simple story, and it will appeal to the curious, adventuresome, lonely little girl in yourself.

The creative juices are most certainly starting to rise in me, with the lovely imagery my mind has conjured up while reading myself to bed with it, each night.

Don't be surprised if you recognize some of the storyline in my future works~

Ahh, the world is a wonderful place!  So many things to be inspired by....never enough time.  :^)