Christ Church Meadow (II) - 2014
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I have found that in this situation it is easier than normal for me to live in the present. There isn’t much choice.
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If you can use the disruption that you are experiencing to create new positive habits. Great. Go for it. Wake up at 4:30 every morning, do your yoga, eat your almond milk muesli, and crack out a relaxing 1000 words before most people are out bed. If on the other hand, you are distracted by constantly changing rules, responsibilities, and exponential graphs, maybe give yourself a break.
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We have switched entirely to glass bottle milk delivery. Thankfully it still exists here. It’s old fashioned milk with cream on the top. Every bottle looks like a little treasure to me. Breaking the foil seal a daily source of enjoyment.
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I have less than three weeks left of my 100 day blogging challenge. The first of May will be my 100th post in 100 days. I think I would normally think that it didn’t seem like a long time, but January was a different era to today. I don’t even need to say that a lot has changed during the last 80 days or so for me, because things are so different for all of us.
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Photography, drawing and writing are based around noticing. You can see something without noticing. We often do. We see far too many things to notice them all. Something can be right in the middle of your vision - you are looking right at it, but you don’t notice. That’s normal. Perhaps even necessary.
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This is the first loaf the first loaf of sourdough I made with my new starter. It was looking great up until I tried to dump it out of the wooden proving basket.
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We like to stop for a picnic overlooking this Iron Age hill fort at Old Winchester Hill.
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In the UK, there are many public footpaths and some of them are across fields.
Here was one through a wheat field I really enjoyed. The view is from ankle height.
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Another iPad painting/sketch of Badbury Hill. I’ll make a video of this one too.
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Clearing our overgrown garden. Making room for us and for new plants.
I think of apple trees, figs, and pears. A grape vine. Fruits and vegetables to pick.
We are followed by a robin. Buzzing and flashing at us and acting completely unafraid.
It finds a fat grub.
What was the greenhouse is just the brick foundation. Parallel raised beds with a central path.
As we clear we learn to chop the brush into small pieces to take up less space.
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You don’t see signs like this everyday (unless you happen to live in the “Ward of Bridge & Bridge Without”). When you do, you should take a picture of them.
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Apparently home to a variety of interesting fossils including extinct species of elephant and rhinoceros. The local crab is good and well known in the region. Presumably the boat is picking up crab pots.
Read MoreThis perfect oak tree was a stop on our daily walk during our last year in Switzerland. I believe the pre-alpine mountain in the background is Les Voirons. One of my Swiss friends might be able to correct me
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The beach at Aldeburgh reminds me of a Hayao Miyazaki film scene. Working fishing boats litter the beach. You walk past a lifeboat station but the North sea is calm today. WE SMOKE FISH announces a painted sign on a hut on the beach offering freshly caught and smoked seafood.
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