I have just got home from a lovely walk in the countryside, with two of my sisters, a friend of one of theirs, and four dogs. Two of mine and two belonging to my younger sister.
What a nice time it was. Simple and it cost nothing- save a bit of fuel to get there.
The sun was still shining and the crops in the fields were truely glowing in this light.
The trees and hedges are what can only be described as lush this year.
If i am lucky i will have at least 40 more summers to enjoy. I fully intend to make each one count.
It is quite a sobering though that life is not eternal, and that one day i shall no longer see another summers day or evening. So i suppose i shall have to endeavour to enjoy every one that i can.
I am extremely lucky to have the opportunity to enjoy the outdoors, and to live where i do.
Thank you
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loiswakeman
- http://lois.co.uk
- 2008-06-25 @ 08:26:22
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middleagespread
- 2008-06-25 @ 09:36:43
I am imagining Russel Crowe, shirtless, wadeing through the meadow. Scrummy!
Yes, we are extremely lucky to have such easy access to some very very beautiful places.
Where we walk, and where my sister lives is very near the river, and as she is a tenant in a farm based cottage, we can access the fields, which are not being used for the sheep.
I tell you, it is just like walking into a private fairy land sometimes. The damesel flies flitting around the riverbank growth, the heron making his occasional flyover, and if we're very lucky a landing, i haven't yet seen a kingfisher but my sister has, i would dearly love to see an otter as i know they are now further up river- but with dogs in tow that's unlikely.
It's also great for finding interesting things. A fairy wing (we found a dragonfly wing glittering in the grass sans dragonfly, and my neice who was 6 was thrilled and her mum placed it in a clipframe for her room), a pair of crows feet sans the 'e' and the crow, my sister found a stone arrowhead, to name but a few.
And now i've got my imaginary Crowe to add to the scene.
That said, you can bet that some folk when placed in these delightful locations, will begin to see nothing but negatives.
I heard of a woman, who moved near the New Forest and was lucky enough to have some beautiful trees in her garden which she regarded as a pest, and in autumn would systematically begin stripping the leaves from them, as they made a mess of her(cultivated) lawn!?!
Interesting how the same scene can by viewed by different people.
Nontheless i find it heartwarming, peaceful and thrilling.
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I think that's the right attitude! Of course, we're spoilt being able to get so easily to such beautiful places, aren't we? Not everyone is so fortunate, or appreciates the simple pleasures in life.
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Harvest time is one of my favourites too: there is something very pleasing about the wind riffling through ripening corn (not just imagining Russell Crowe walking though it