The light was returning. I had even opened my big mouth to utter the words- At last Spring is here! That was when the storms and the winter gales hit us with a vengeance.
I was taking part in a #100DaysofWalking challenge, eating for the good of my bones and cutting out all things sugary and stodgy…..(again.) It was all going swimmingly. Then I think I hit a wall.
One morning, for no particular reason, I woke up and the day ahead seemed impossible. Exhaustion, from I don’t know what, had taken over. I crawled onto the couch and watched the latest day time Brexit drama unfold.
So today, I dragged myself out into the world again. The recipe for restoring creative energy lies in putting one foot in front of the other. I knew it had to be the thing to do. It always is!
The buttery, custardy light began to look interesting again. Faded, broken and dying things caught my lens. Wabi-sabi saved me, as it often has done before. I thought about Japan; Wabi-sabi the beauty of transience and imperfection, the Zen Monks, raking their gravel as evening light flickers on mossy rocks.
A leaf landed slap on the wet kitchen window. The sun went down in a haze of gold. Varadkar mentioned the remains of the day in his speech on the Brexit shambles.
Everything looked beautiful. Does the lens ever lie?
PS thanks to Suzanna for “buttery”
We all need a break now and again. “They” say that as long as you don’t let more than one day of skipping go by, you’ll be fine. I know how hard always doing the right things (what you are told are the right things) for your bones is hard. I slip more than I’m going to admit to, regardless of whether repenting might be good for my soul. I love the “buttery” hue of your photos. And I followed the “Suzanna” link and am now lusting after a stitched bed blanket…
Well that’s very true Maery Rose! I’m easy on myself, maybe too easy at times. I’m glad to hear you slip too!! Yes Suzanna’s blankets are gorgeous, and she’s an amazing woman. She is also an author. I don’t know where she finds the time. Go well my dear, and easy.
I was caught by the weather too…but the gales, rain and cold help me write, so maybe not a bad thing. Not long to clock change and brighter evenings now of course
Bring it on! I was getting far too cosy there for a while thinking that the winter was over. Will make those early mornings that bit easier for yourself too, capturing the light over the river.
Oh, my goodness! So happy you had a time of rest and then got up and went out to capture this beauty!
Thank you Susan, yes it’s so good to rest and yet sometimes we just can’t allow ourselves!? Strange that. I’m better at keeping going than giving in, like a lot of women I think!
These wabi sabi images are just incredible! Hoping for your spring soon…
Thank you Robin! Wabi-sabi moods are always welcome as far as I’m concerned. And it’s lovely to share them with a wabi-sabi master x