Canalside walks: Finding Peace and Reflection in Nature - a dog called Tig

Written/Human authored by Anne Brookes

She called him and used her whistle, but still the dog sniffed and searched - for a stick, she said, always for a stick.

In the end we talked for ten minutes, as Tig had gone so far up the canalside path that we couldn't see him.

There were no sticks, so he came back, circling us and saying hello to me - a new friend.

Tig was happy, back with his owner and ready to go the other way - who knows, maybe there's a stick just waiting to be found?

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Canalside walks, good for the body and mind

Written/Human authored by Anne Brookes

Knitting at the front of the boat

Towards the Guillotine Lock at Kings Norton in Birmingham (the only one in the world!) the canal boat slows,

the hand on the tiller easing and assessing the distance before there will be only 3 fingers widths on either side.

A couple of others giving advice, shouting how far to go....

and quietly at the front, a woman sitting inside, serenely knitting

Calm, methodical...redolent of days of old, women knitting wherever they are.

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We all need a sense of a fresh start, which usually brings with it a burst of focus/energy.  It's good to have the past in the past.  And choose the memories you want to keep and enjoy.

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Gardeners Hands

Written/Human authored by Anne Brookes

After an unusually hot (for Kings Norton in Birmingham, UK!) day early in May, I look down at my gardeners hands and

🟩 what do I see?

dirt under the nails, a couple of scratches on my arms - as the light of the sun going down shows the white lilac almost glowing alongside the honeysuckle reaching for the sky as it climbs the fence

🟡 and what do I hear?

short chirrups, a trio of tweets and the sweet song of a blackbird high on a chimney

🟦 and what do I feel?

the gloaming* is alive with life as May bursts in on us, full of promise and growth.

*as used by Scots: meaning twilight, dusk

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