#201: Politics
‘The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.’ – Winston S. Churchill
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#200: Heron
‘If gold rusts, what then can iron do?’ – Geoffrey Chaucer, The Canterbury Tales
#199: Athelhampton House
‘Houses are like people – some you like and some you don’t like – and once in a while there is one you love.’ – L.M. Montgomery, Emily Climbs
#198: Bouquet
‘I must have flowers, always, and always.’ – Claude Monet
#197: The Way Through the Woods
‘There was once a road through the woods Before they planted the trees. It is underneath the coppice and heath, And the thin anemones.’ – Rudyard Kipling
#196: Oranges
‘Miss Jenkyns did not like to cut the fruit, for, as she observed, the juice all ran out nobody knew where, sucking [only I think she used some more recondite word] was in fact the only way of enjoying oranges.’ – Elizabeth Gaskell, Cranford (Actually, I think this might be a tangerine but never mind…!)
#195: Confetti
‘Rejoice with glitters of ashes tonight Sparkling for moon’s spiced silver bite’ – Munia Khan Old photo from when I saw The Killers at Wembley in 2013
#193: Exotic
‘He was comparing you to the butterflies that you both adore and cherish, and he said you were special for the same reasons: you were rare, exotic and entirely you.’ – Cecelia Ahern, One Hundred Names
#191: Birthday Cake
‘Cakes are healthy too, you just eat a small slice.’ – Mary Berry
#188: Fabric print
‘If I paint a wild horse, you might not see the horse… but surely you will see the wildness!’ – Pablo Picasso