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07/04/2025

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19/03/2025

Blooming through the seasons,
A garden on each page,
Where poetry and artwork
Dance in perfect grace.

A Mother's Day gift to treasure,
Botanical wonders to explore,
My words, Heidi's brushstrokes—
Original to the core.

Find our labour of love
On Amazon's virtual shelf,
A year of floral beauty
For £12.50, ISBN 978-0993148019.
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Hope the poetic opener caught your attention? Perhaps enough to take action! This botanical poetry collection pairs my original verses with Heidi's stunning artwork, creating a perfect Mother's Day gift that celebrates the beauty of flowers throughout the year.

And for my fellow Shibden Valley residents wondering why I've suddenly taken to rhyming verse—what can I say? The rolling hills and blooming gardens of our lovely valley have a way of bringing out the poet in me! If you buy the book, it might do the same for you.

Available now from Amazon or Barnes & Noble:

Amazon
https://amzn.eu/d/dHdYUoh

Barnes & Noble https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/blooming-verses-creag-mcmillan/1147082749

An entirely original work.A rare gem among modern books, filled with newly crafted verse and hand-painted illustrations, each lovingly and uniquely created.Through Garden Paths of Verse We WindThrough garden paths of verse we wind, Where...

20/02/2025

♥️🤣🤣🤣♥️. Lots of fun…

12/02/2025

♥️❤️♥️🐎🐎🐎♥️❤️♥️ lovely

11/02/2025

Hot of the press our sister company Evans Webb publishes third book, first blooming versus, second one blooming art book and now this, then lookout for a fed up dormouse or a pig named oink…

11/02/2025

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10/02/2025

🌹 A Valentine’s Gift That Blooms 🌹

As February fourteenth draws near,
And love’s sweet whispers fill the air,
Let me share a gift divine—
Two treasures that together shine.

“Blooming Verses”—fresh and bright,
A year of flowers, month by month, in rhyme and light.
Twelve gardens wrapped in rhythmic art,
To warm and lift a loved one’s heart.

“The Blooming Art Book” stands beside,
With floral pages to colour inside—
A mindful journey, calm and free,
Where art and nature dance in harmony.

Perhaps they’re born in summer’s glow,
When roses blush and lilies grow,
Or autumn’s gold, when asters gleam—
Their birth-month flower in a poet’s dream.

Here’s peace and joy in paired design:
One book to read, one to refine—
A gift that lingers, never fades,
Like love that deepens, year by year, in nature’s sweet cascade.

🌿 Available now – the perfect gift, just in time for Valentine’s Day! 🌿

📖 Order here: [Blooming Verses: Poetry And Flowers For Every Month (Blooming Poetry) https://amzn.eu/d/iqlfCwM

💝 P.S. For the true romantics…
A book of love poems
is about to bloom,
Coming Wednesday,
by Friday
it could be in your room!

(“Love Poems” – because some feelings need more than a card…)

A rare gem among modern books, filled with newly crafted verse with hand-painted illustrations, each lovingly and uniquely created. Through garden paths of verse we wind, Where twelve months’ flowers dance and shine, With wisdom, wit, and wonder twined, In nature’s rhythm, yours and mine....

08/02/2025

It's Yorkshire - A Snowdrop Day Declaration

It's Yorkshire. Let that truth be known worldwide:
These angels chose our dale-lands for their own,
Where snowdrops spring from soil that's sanctified
By heaven's kiss on weathered earth and stone.

Here, where the mist rolls thick across the hills,
And winter bites with sharp and honest teeth,
These blessed flowers break through frozen sills,
Their angel-touched heads bowing just beneath.

Our ancient walls have watched them, year by year,
Push through the frost when winter holds its sway,
Each pristine bloom a testament sincere
To Yorkshire's claim on this, their holy day.

For those who know, there's never need to doubt -
When angels blessed the snow, they picked Yorkshire out.

Historical Note:
The snowdrop's transformation from heaven-touched snow to earth-blessed flower belongs firmly in Yorkshire tradition. But it is not the work of just one angel—rather, a host of them. As you travel through Yorkshire, you'll find angels everywhere: angels in the snowdrops, those quiet heralds of hope; angels that breathe Yorkshire air, their presence felt in the wind that rolls over the hills and through the valleys. And that air—when you breathe it—fills you with strength, resilience, and a deep energy that feeds the soul. For in Yorkshire, when the snowdrops appear, hope is never distant. The land itself reminds you that winter does not last forever, for the daffodils are on their way, as are the violets and the primroses, each one a whisper that life is good and spring is near.

Well, obviously. Obviously...