Tag: Tresco

Childhood memories.
Thrown high to fly like a bird
And caught by safe hands.

This bronze statue is located in the Abbey gardens on Tresco in the Scilly Isles. It is actually called “Tresco Children” and depicts the three children of the owners of Tresco island. Apparently there was some controversy as the child in the air is portrayed as naked.

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Sat having a bath
And someone takes a photo!
Is there no respect?

Taken in the Abbey gardens on Tresco in the Scilly Isles, one small bird in a fountain. Only a few miles off the coast of Cornwall, but this archipelago feels like I imagine the Caribbean to be. Not that I have been to the Caribbean, nor do I have any desire to go.

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