Garden birds
This might be a bit of a pee, but i can't be bothered to check. When i was but a wee Alphabet I entered into a competition to draw a picture of the wildlife in your garden. i laid all my best pencils out and started scribbling furiously. It was breathtaking. I had used the bird table in my garden as inspiration and slightly cheated with an RSPB handbook for the finer detail. I showed it proudly to my mum and dad and explained exactly what it was. They were all smiles and encouragement and popped it in the post for me.

Imagine my delight a couple of weeks later on finding that i'd won a prize. a hefty ten pound book token to be presented to me at a ceremony in the local library. WOW.

All of the winning pictures were up on the wall with the name and age of the artist along with the title of the picture. There were lots of smiles and a few giggles when i went to shake hands with the nice lady handing out the prizes. My folks framed the picture and put it on the wall when we got home and only after a couple of years did it dawn on my why I'd won. The artwork was FANTASTIC, but i think the tipping point may have been my decision to title it 'A pair of great tits.'

This gets brought up by my parents on a fairly regular basis.
(Alphabet Soap boshboshboshbosh, Thu 5 May 2011, 13:27, Reply)