Small Stones #1
Dog walking.
A dip in the pavement.
Frozen water.
Crunchy underfoot.
#smallstone
Life, the universe...
All around me, the signs of spring abound. One of my friends, Sarah , has just blogged about her first nettle and root soup of the season - I want to be 'out there' doing stuff, yet I am caged, kept within myself by events beyond my control. In life, as in nature (because life is nature, is life), there are cycles. Some cycles are perpetual in the sense that summer will follow spring, which follows winter, which follows autumn, which follows summer and so on. Other cycles have a start and an end, and are complete within one cycle, although they are part of bigger cycles that all link up. I am referring to the cycle of life and in particular, to our wonderful canine companion, Albert, who it seems, is approaching the end of his physical days on the earth. A few days ago, he was diagnosed with degenerative liver disease. He's been put on medication to support his liver, which we are supplementing with some herbal tablets, but the vet's anxiety is that he does not
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Every year, I follow a tree through its seasons. I photograph it and note what grows around it. I see from the list at the side of the Tree Year Blog that you did something similar in 2011. I'm inviting people to do the same, very informally in 2014, linking up through my blog Loose and Leafy - http://looseandleafy.blogspot.co.uk/ I'm not very efficient but I am enthusiastic and it would be great if you were able to join us by following a tree you love - or one you would like to get to know better.
Lucy