Claire Tiedeman was born in 1972 and raised in Surrey She spent childhood holidays in the Lake District where she developed her love of nature Having raised her two children she can now focus on her passion for poetry and drawing combining these with the wildlife she watches from her home on the Isle of Wight in this her first book
For Maisie and Charles All my thanks to Stuart for everything
Alongside an old crumbling gatepost and wall Stood two noble cedar trees 80 feet tall
Where birds used the shadows to hide from their foes And woodpeckers clung to the bark with their toes Some boxes were hung there for squirrels to feed Full of hazelnuts walnuts and sunflower seeds
