There are green strawberries on our plants now, and our potatoes have been planted. The one good thing about all the rain we’ve been having is it has meant we haven’t had to go out and water them much. (It’s never said but I wonder if the Secret Island children ever had to lug buckets of water to their plants, or whether there was enough rain.)
The favourite Enid Blyton book, revealed
and
Malory Towers on TV series 3
There has been another casting announcement for the Faraway Tree move. We knew that Claire Foy and Andrew Garfield had been cast as the children’s parents but we have new names now, too. The current list is as follows:
Claire Foy as Polly (mum)
Andrew Garfield as Tim (dad)
Nicole Coughlan as Silky
Nonso Anozie as Moonface
Jessica Gunning as Dame Washalot
Dustin Demri-Burns as Saucepan Man
Mark Heap as Mr Oom Boom Boom
Oliver Chris as Mr Watzisname
Lenny Henry, Michael Palin and Simon Russell Beale as trio of mystical wise men from the Land of Know-Alls
Some big names there! I love Claire Foy and Michael Palin so I’m looking forward to seeing them.
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The children water the plants on the island. It’s said:
“It was Peggy’s job to water them each day and see that no weeds choked the seeds when they grew.”
and also
“The bean seedlings were carefully watched and nursed until they were strong and tall, and had begun to twist themselves round any stem near. Then Peggy left them to themselves, only watering them when they needed it.”
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