In tune with the changing season I feel that it is time for the Thursday Thank You to became My World This Week.
The need for change & the new name came as I was was walking the small dog. The banner sounds grand as if it belongs to a celebrity reporter or a newspaper editorial. But then I reasoned that most BLOGS are at least a bit self indulgent. And all BLOGS are essentially a means to meeting that most human need to communicate with and be heard by others.
Some memorable experiences this beautiful autumn week:
Sunday - the late-evening dog walk - a cool crisp night - hearing ripe apples fall from the trees.(Laughter).
Monday - late afternoon - seeing an apricot glow over a newly plowed field. Sitting under a mature beech tree & listening to the wind rustle the widely spread canopy. Looking up & seeing a fleeting view of the shining full moon before it disappeared behind the clouds. (Wonderment).
Tuesday - mid morning - sitting on a fallen willow tree & looking at the collection of coloured leaves floating on a deep fool. A loud "plop" but no ripples - the dog looked & so did I- what caused that? A falling twig, a surfacing fish, the elusive otter or something else entirely. (Puzzlement).
Wednesday- afternoon - walking the small dog in the breeze with dry leaves filling the air, falling like rustling rain. Kicking aside great leathery poplar leaves: reminding myself to bring a bag to collect up the rich coppery bronze beech leaves to cover my winter bulbs. (Participation).
Thursday - mid morning - sitting on a roman battelement high on a hillside watching & hearing two squabbling ravens & a buzzard in the cool clear blue sky. (Peace).
Friday - mid morning -walking quietly through a dozing herd of horses & ponies - warming up in the bright sun after a cold night. (Stillness).
There has been a lot of beauty & abundance in this week. I have continued to gather windfalls for the horses, hens & for food. There are now jars of apple & rose hip jelly & pear jam in the cupboards, apples & blackberries in the freezer & cooking, as I write, is a vat of green tomato chutney. This is the first year I have been in a position to make the most of hedgerow, orchard, garden fruits so I am making the most of it- who knows what next year may bring.
In amongst all the activity I have been trying to fit all this happiness with the sadness in the world. Difficulties both close to home, affecting people I know & further afield, affecting people I have no personal knowledge of but feel linked to nether the less. I have been reading a book that a few years ago I would have scoffed at - one of life's lesson - it is never wise to totally dismiss any source of information! I found this thought comforting..
"If you remove tears of sorrow from one mourner; if you heal one sick person who has heard the dread verdict that he or she cannot be cured; if you have enabled one soul to find itself; if you have given direction to someone who believed he or she was in a morass or a maze from which there was no escape, then whole of your earthly life will have been worth while" Silver Birch
From the sublime to the the mundane - back to the washing-up, the cooking & the cleaning - so much to do.
Have a good week.
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