Ah... trees, lovely trees!
A book I
really wanted (but at £25 I couldn't afford/justify at the time) was the first thing I bought with the winnings from my first-ever published poem. It was in
Literary Review (UK) in December 1996.
The book was called "
Meetings with Remarkable Trees" by Thomas Pakenham.
My prize was book tokens for £75 from Dillons (later taken over by Waterstones), but that week they had a special offer on, and my husband, our daughter and I all came staggering out of the store with bags full of 150 pounds' worth of books, ...without us parting with any money. I was in 7th heaven!
I also have seven paintings of trees in my house; I love them all.
Jayne