By The River
By Rev. Mugo - Posted on August 31st, 2009
Tagged: Out and About
Sitting in a caravan, in a thunderstorm, by a rising river, watching ducks enjoying themselves while eating an Indian take-away. Good food, good company - and a little edgy on account of the weather conditions, however that all just added to the event, a memorable meeting to be sure.
Andrew Taylor-Browne, Mugo and Adrienne Hodges by the river in Haydon Bridge, Northumberland. A rare meeting.
Nigel, Andrew, Mugo, Adrienne and three quarters of greyhound.
It's been wonderful to spend time with Adrienne, Andrew and Nigel - and doggy too of course. I'm refreshed and renewed, as if I'd been on holiday for a week. Thank you.
Yep, the rain over Cumbria that afternoon filled the South Tyne that night. Our 'comfort zone' was no more. More of this later!
I love looking at other people's holiday photos. Thank you for sharing yours with us.
I've often wondered why this might be. Perhaps I'm naturally nosey? I even enjoy looking at photographs of people I dont know. Often friends will say 'hope I'm not boreing you with all of these' as they close a third album, and I say 'no - I love them' and they say 'do you want to see some more then?'
I think that one thing that is nice about it is sharing in another persons remembered delight.
I can imagine that experiencing a thunderstorm in a caravan is quite exhilarating. It's good to see you taking some R&R.
I thought it a good plan to signal, through this post and photographs, that I do leave openings for R&R. There does need to be a space in everybodies life for that, even if it is a few moments on a park bench to watch the leaves falling. Or standing looking at raindrops running down the window. There is a poem about that - A.A.Milne I think. Here it is: http://snipie.com/gpe
Thank you for the poem. It brought me a little smile on a crazy afternoon.
I look forward to reading more from Adrienne about your stormy time by the river.