Passing of the seasons

The Outlawz Sunday song and rhyme challenge for Nov 26th to Dec 9th, is my challenge

I came across a poem called the Calendar by Barbara-Euphan-Todd

I knew when Spring was come –

Mot by the murmurous hum

Of bees in the willow-trees,

Or frills

Of daffodils.

Or the scent of the breeze;

But because there were whips and tops

By the jars of lollipops

In the two little village shops.

I knew when Summer breathed –

Not by flowers that wreathed

The sedge by the water’s edge,

Or gold

Of the Wold,

Or white and rose of the hedge;

But because in a wooden box

In the window at Mr’s Mack’s

There were white-winged shuttlecocks.

I knew when Autumn came –

Not by the crimson flame

Of leaves that lapped the eaves

Or mist

In amethyst

And opal tinted weaves;

But because there were alley-taws

(Punctual as hips and haws)

On the counter at Mrs. Shaw’s.

I knew when Winter swirled –

Not by the whitened world,

Or silver skeins in the lanes

Or frost

That embossed

In patterns on window-panes;

But because there were transfer sheets

By the bottles of spice and sweets

In the shops in two little streets.

As we approach the end of the year and the passing of the four seasons it feels like a good summary. I like how the poem is written about the changing of the goods in the shops, a sure sign of changing seasons and upcoming celebrations. I chose my inspiration from the Autumn verse as the shop is called Mrs Shaw’s, I am Mrs Shaw. I had to look up what Alley-taws were, and it seems they are marbles games. I created a shop window rather than a counter, but windows are mentioned in the other verses. The window is cut using Toby’s Sill cutting die and a created some little marble games using a circle of card and some pearly gems. I used some dies of toys as well and displayed them in the panes. I used another die, that had been a free gift and a craft magazine, to cut leaves and used little red gems for berries, to represent the hips and haws. I cut a rectangle for the shop and cut the roof with my Cricut Joy using card that looks like tiles. I made a shop sign on the Cricut too and then mounted on a backing paper with toys on and onto a amethyst coloured card.