New Year....2013

A bright shiny day, crisp, sunny and cold.  In short, a beautiful New Year's day, which I do hope all of you were able to enjoy.

After walking Alice out in Daeda's Wood, I settled down to my box emptying again and becoming so involved and busy, was surprised to find it was early evening before stopping for a while.

Joyfully, I discovered a picture of a beautiful country cottage I'd removed from a magazine back in 1988, kept because I'd decided this was where I should have loved to live, given half a chance; and there it was, nestling amongst a batch of papers.  Surprisingly I also found a new picture frame and oh boy, my cottage fitted perfectly.  The magazine was the January issue of Homes and Gardens 1988 and the featured home, The Old Vicarage, Old Walden, Bedfordshire; the photographer was Jerry Young of whom I know not a thing.   I must see if  I can track down more of his work.

Well, whilst unpacking, we've watched the film of Lawrence of Arabia and now we have Russell Crowe in the film of Robin Hood and it's very good, so a brilliant evening for us.

So, as I've been rather pre-occupied today, may I leave you with a poem of mine and published last Christmas as a Kindle Book?

Mid-winter

On the cusp of bleak winter spring gives direction
The shortest day beckons summer's sweet inspiration
No heed icy blasts or snowfall caked roads
Thoughts of summer joyfully well bodes
Winter's necessity we have to go through
To get to the summer we love, don't you?
Mid-winter's season is a time to be merry
To dress the house with bough and berry
Candles and incense loved ones and gifts
For pleasure and joy and healing small rifts
The season of feasting merrymaking and praise
As men come together on winter-bleak days


Enjoy the new year

Daisy xxx