Only two weeks more of this, our second lockdown. First time around, Spring was in the air and there was some novelty to it. This time, winter creeps in and with Christmas on the horizon it’s hard to even imagine how we will celebrate.
The exciting news about vaccines this week has given us all a lift. I especially enjoyed thinking about normality, just ordinary everyday things. Hugging my lads and my friends, having cosy coffees INSIDE with real human beings, feeling relaxation rather than a constant hint of tension when I’m out and about. The scientists have triumphed. All the while that we have been waiting, they have been beavering away, literally saving the world…..
On my walk today I could see how sparse the world has become again. Birds are turning up every morning and waiting for breakfast. They gather on the willows, as if trying to catch my attention. Ok lady where’s the grub?
We are turning inwards a bit more than usual. Netflix and TV have become the evening ritual. We talk a lot about food! My nephew summed it up when he described going to bed and thinking happy thoughts about his morning cup of coffee. Small rituals get us through. When in doubt, I just make soup…..
Nothing is reaching completion here. There are cycles of creativity, but no end to the many pieces of work I have either on my desk or in my head. I imagine that some kind of new filing system or at the very least a good tidy up will solve this. But I seem to just move things from one pile to another. In the end all my files remain open, active and all over the place…….
On a positive note, my brain fog benefits hugely from our local 5k permitted walking tracks. After three days of rain we now have light and sun again. The tracks beckon and although they are muddy and flowing with tiny streams, walking there, away from unpredictable rural drivers is a joy.
While all of us grapple with the many odd effects of lockdown, my heart goes out to carers and medical staff. Our first world problems fade into insignificance…..
It’s been good to chat!! Meet you all again soon.
PS In my new role as Chairperson of WHAT I’d like to invite you to join in the Arts and Health Check up and Check in Event next week. It’s aimed at artists, health workers and anyone interested in this exciting field of arts and health.
Yes, I agree. I think the first lockdown was novel, but its the dark and the damp that really bother me this time around. I am happy out on the strand or at my desk, but I hate the change in the clock and the darkness it brings. Still, not long now to the wnter solstice and longer days again 🙂
Yep! It’s a tough one…….so steady as she goes Andrew…….
Oh..your comments about tidying up and moving things around from one pile to another spoke directly to me! Ha! I’m glad I’m not the only one!! In all the darkness that we are experiencing here in the USA, I have to admit my days just fly by and I’m also going to bed looking forward to that early morning cup of coffee as I watch the sky yellow up and come up over the mountains. Beautiful images…as always. Thanks for sharing your world! xo
Hi Robin, yes I often think of you and especially your Mum. It must be very challenging. As for the fiasco that’s being played out in public!! All we can do is hang in there and keep watching that beautiful sky….xx
I’m joining in with your nephew and Robin on the highlight of that first cup of coffee in the morning. It’s very special now that I have to limit my coffee intake for the health of the bones, so I treasure every drop. We have gone into a second lock down as well, although I know plenty of people are refusing to follow the ‘don’t gather in groups’ restriction. The walks outdoors and my Zoom gatherings with fellow writers keep me sane. Love all the images included with your post!
Hi Maery Rose, O yes those pesky bones…..! It’s amazing how beneficial it is for us to have nature on our doorstep and to have the ability to avail of it all. Funnily enough I feel a good deal older than I am. It’s like I would be much happier in lockdown if I was in my 90s and settling in for a good old relax at home? I sometimes wish I could be travelling further afield and wonder when that can happen. Anyway thank goodness the vaccine is on it’s way. Hanging in there with you until it does. Thank you so much for being there. I somehow missed your comment and was all the more delighted to find it today xxx
Is that last little bird okay, he looks contorted or trapped? Perhaps just sleeping uncomfortably?
Yes Diana, sadly he had died…..whenever I find a dead one I try to photograph it. Not sure why….but they are so beautiful to observe up close maybe….