It didn`t start out that way,it started rainy and gloomy just seemed to match my mood really. A handful of bills through the door,an argument with the bank ( and aren`t they fun!!) It was turning into one of those days when you just want to hide and tell everyone to sod off.
The Destructors mam came and for once instead of sitting here for the rest of the day she took him home,I was free!!
I have been stuck indoors for three days solid,it has been driving me nuts,like a blade of grass I need fresh air and rain and sunshine. I need to feel the breeze blowing through my hair,to blow the cobwebs away. Stuck inside I am like a caged animal.
Anyway,I decided that I would go out,the sun was now shining and it looked lovely,I would have gone even had it still been raining.
To the woods of course,where else?
I have wandered these woods since I was little,whenever I needed peace and solitude,whenever I needed to work something out,whenever I needed to hide from the world,these woods have been my haven.I have wandered them in every season,at all times of day and night,and they still thrill me,they still make me stop and gaze in wonder at the leaves unfurling and the flowers blooming. The smell still makes me stop and breath in great lungfuls of fresh, green, wood scented air. I have watched over the years as man has encroached and the estates around have got nearer,how they thinned the top part out so people could walk their dogs and they placed a picnic site there too. The bottom half is untouched and several years ago they replanted trees in the fields in an attempt to bring the woods farther down where they used to be.I sat on the bench where we sat when we were kids ( though the original bench bearing my brothers carvings was replaced sometime ago) and looked down on the street where I grew up. And today it was just a street?
I wandered for a while and managed to get a quick glimpse of the fox,but he was too fast for me and it was no more than a glimpse. I left biscuits and apple for the Squirrels,but didn`t stay to watch their antics,I wandered up and down and just thought of nothing much at all. Just enjoying the warm sunshine and chattering of the birds and the sweet smell of new growth.
I came home refreshed and relaxed for the first time in days.With any luck I will sleep tonight.
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It makes me think of my home, where we have a small woods out back that we played in when I was younger. Unfortunately the woods have now been thinnned and developers are planning to build on it in 2010, when they loose their protection
What a blessing you have those woods to wander in. I love woods, but there aren't any round here to speak of. If I had the money to spare I'd love to buy some woodland. I'm glad you were able to spend those hours so pleasantly and to return refreshed and relaxed. Hope you're having a good evening.