The Springing of Spring!

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It’s becoming that time of the year where a certain freshness is in the air, with lighter evenings and blooming flowers. Where the ‘stripped back’ appearance of winter disappear as the world starts to grow and become bright again. I love Spring. It’s like the world is becoming alive again, and it is so beautiful. It’s the best time to go for walks and explore where you live.

This time of year makes me realise how great it is to live where I do. Not everyone can walk along the coast, and paddle in sea water. Depending on where I walk, I can pick up sea shells or flowers. It is my favourite thing to do, and in the winter you don’t get the chance to enjoy walks so much.

There is also this sense of nature restarting a cycle, be it lambing on a farm or the flowering of plants on a nature walk. It’s like things start again, and have another go. Which is a nice thing to think of. Whilst, starting again completely may not be always necessary, it’s a great reminder that nature always ambles on.

Trees often look dead in the winter. In spring, the leaves bud and life seems to come back. It’s a good metaphor for life when you think about it. When things appear dead, life can still go on. So the main thing, is to keep your head down, and try again. Nature has created you to keep on fighting through, like everything around you.

Finding Significance

I have been lost the last week or so. I am going through the cycle of eating, sleeping and watching TV, but there has been no feeling. The feeling of numbness takes over, and it’s hard to overcome this feeling of wanting to bury one’s head in the sand. Just ignore the world, and pretend that everything is okay.

In a bit, to rid myself of these thoughts, I have been walkimg. It is a good way to clear my head, and get my thoughts in some kind of order. It is also good at helping remind myself that the worold is full of beauty. Beauty that is natural and continues to grow despite what happens around it.

cliff

The image above is an example of nature. It is a cliff created when people started mining the hard rock, from what I have heard, and blasted the hillside. Because the area is so close to the sea, when the blasts got below sea level, water filled the hole. For years, the quarry was left, kids would swim in the pool, and it became a popular area with dog walkers. About 7 years ago, the local council wanted to sell the land for housing, the problem was that the pool would need to be drained.Everytime the pool was drained, the water would start to fill it again. After several attempts, they left it.  And over time, the pool has become as full as it ever was.

It made me think. People, and life, will try to challenge you and knock you off your feet. But nature has a way of making what is supposed to happen, happen. If changes occur, nature allows things to adapt and change as needed. And that if things are supposed to be a certain way, it will happen regardless of what others want.

It gave me perspective. And that although I feel like life has been taken out of my hands, it just means that I have to take a detour. The world keeps turning, and things still happen, it just means a few things have changed. Perseverance and hard work will still get me where I want to go. And that is just a part of nature.

Out and about

Some days, you have to just take stock and realise what is around you.

I’ll be honest, most of the time I don’t look around and actually pay attention to what is around me. Mostly because I have other things on my mind. When you do take the time to look around yourself, you realise that your surroundings are not as bad as you maybe thought.

+FOLLOW THE BRANCH+
Follow The Branch

+LOOK UP+
Look Up

+THE RIVER+
The River

+WATERFALL+
Waterfall

+DUNFERMLINE PALACE RUINS+
Dunfermline Palace Ruins

 

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All photographs are taken by myself, and are also on my Flickr.

Due to request, I am searching for a method of printing these photos well, so that people can purchase prints. Flickr will be updated when this happens.