Earth Gazer

Not my photo unfortunately, but simply wonderful. Found browsing the net at this site: http://www.goddessconference.com/content/view/13/26/ Image © Colin Russ

Last saturday, I took my dog for a walk along the local canal towpath. This time of year is just so abundant with lush growth along the path and I was trying hard to identify as many of the plants as possible. Nettle and Cleavers are very profuse at the moment, as is Hawthorn, currently in flower. As you walk along the towpath, to one side you have fields, woodland and serenity, but to the other, over the water, you are on the edges of a modern 'upmarket' housing development. Some of the houses are OK looking, but then you come to the apartments. Looking more like soul-less offices than places to live, they sit uncomfortably opposite open fields, a testament that people can use bricks and concrete to build over nature, but the beauty and the soul are missing. In an effort to make the place 'chic' there is water flowing between some of the buildings - the noise it makes is quite loud, perhaps to distract people from what is really happening around them? I read a blog pos