Pan Pipers at the Edinburgh Festival

Our visit to Edinburgh while the Festival was taking place was very exciting.

A pleasant summer barbecue

One of the few evenings this summer when the weather was fine enough for a barbecue.

Happiness

When I'm happy it's not because I'm heedless,

Knowing nothing of misery.

It's because of the sad times

That I appreciate the joy when it comes,

Drawing it into my being,

Where it will carry me through the rest.

MSK

Yorkshire

We are back from Yorkshire. We had a lovely time.

Longing

I love the fells of Cumbria and North Yorkshire. Being old people now my husband and I do not get so far from home as we used to. I hope that we may get to Yorkshire some time this year and also to Scotland. We have family in both places. I scribbled the following to try and convey something of my feelings.

Amongst the Fells

I want to go to the fells again,
To feel their presence in my heart,
To walk along lonely paths
With only sheep sounds.

I want to see the hawk hover
Along a ridge, searching the far down ground
With eyes of gleaming sharpness
For poor, small creatures.

I want the small creatures to escape
The cruel beak, but the hawk must eat
And feed its young. The only cruelty
Is cruel necessity.


Since I wrote the above paragraph and verses we have been to Scotland and, all being well, in a couple of days we are off to Yorkshire for a family visit.