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The month of May was dominated by a rare burst of blissful weather which spanned much of the UK. Day after day I promised myself to get out and enjoy it and day after day something new stopped me. So while this entry is completely pointless in many respects (other than to showcase the backside of a European Robin), it at least signifies my view from the inside, looking out.
Mid-Autumn is particularly pleasing on the eye. In Northern Ireland, this is especially so in Botanic Gardens in Belfast, where brown leaves gather on the park floor and burning red ones crinkle and coil a few last times before floating down to keep their fallen friends company. There aren’t many better activities this time of year than simply walking outside and taking all the colours in.
“Time” by Pink Floyd is a good place to start for this entry – not only as I’ve been listening to it a lot, but because lyrically it seems to embody my current retrospective mindset quite well. The theme it deals with is one of life passing the individual by whilst “kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town”. Walking aimlessly around my town today, I could certainly empathise.
The photograph above was taken during an arbitrary ramble through the resplendent hues and light whimsical breezes of County Down on a late summer’s day. It followed what felt like a small epoch throughout which the extent of my undertakings were into local towns, or around my sunlit garden, during one of my many breaks from being an unappreciated creative genius.
Walking through the city of Belfast today with numerous errands to run, I found myself pausing for a moment or two, so that I could breathe in the first air of spring. It’s been a very long and cold winter, and milder weather is sincerely welcome. Botanic Gardens is particularly nice when new flora is beginning to bloom. The colours are vivid and the air is nice and fresh.
