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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 are particularly nice when new flora is beginning to bloom.
November has seen me completely absorbed in several enjoyable and quite contrasting activities – to the point where I’ve hardly slept at all. I’ve been combining the excellence of my new toy – Sony Vegas Professional Edition, with the probably mediocre High Definition footage I shot while on my round the world trip last month.
Typically there wasn’t any sunshine for my first outing in Belfast since my return home from the world trip three days ago. There was none the less some pleasant afternoon hot chocolate with my friend Julia, who’s been in Northern Ireland for a month conducting research for her dissertation, on, oddly enough, ‘The Troubles’.
Somewhere between going to Cork, Prague, the North Coast and on random wanders through County Down, the past few weeks had been wonderful. But like all good things, an end was inevitable, and in this case it involved Melody flying back to Hong Kong. So, we reluctantly made the trip down from Whitepark Bay back to Belfast.
When you are offered a free lunch and drive in the country, it’s wise not to refuse. I chased some peacocks, and I chased the sun – it was a relief to be cut loose from burdens, but unnerving now that I have enough free thinking time to recognise others. Still, for today at least, landscapes and music are all I require.
