Thursday, May 21, 2020

Snapping out of it

I was in a bad temper on Tuesday, frustrated at not being able to go more places and see more people, and poor Dave bore the brunt of it. It was just one of those lockdown moods that sweep in for the day. The last lockdown mood had been sadness at not knowing when, or even if, I'd see my American family again. I rang Liz midday and came out with a stream of moans, including 'I'm fed up with the samey-sameyness!' and then I remembered the very sore spot on her chest.

'How's your wound?' I said.

'My womb? Well if you're really that bored we can talk about my womb,' she said, and we cackled down the phone at each other.

'Your wound! Your wound!'

Perhaps the joke does not translate to the written blog...

She told me about a woodland walk she'd had in the early morning and I said 'I want to go!' so she kindly took me on Wednesday.

Since the easing of the lockdown, every sunny day in the Peak District is like an August Bank Holiday, so we met at 8 a.m. to beat the crowds for our walk, two metres apart from each other. 

Ten minutes into the walk I felt humbled and ashamed to think of my bad mood the day before when all these beautiful trees are just 7 miles away. I suppose there is no shame in feeling cross and fed up, it's what you do with the mood that matters: chewing up a kindly help-meet is not OK. Attacking weeds or cleaning the bedroom is probably the way to go.

Enough of the sermonising, here are the photographs:





We were above the early morning mist











The nine ladies stone circle


Me, doing a walking meditation round the stones


Liz and one of her favourite trees










2 comments:

marmee said...

Lovely lovely!! We are still not allowed on the beaches or the mountain ...I get close to weeping I so miss it!

Sue Hepworth said...

Oh, Marmee, I am sure you do!