Last night we had a bonkers storm here. I lay awake for hours listening to her chucking ice at us & wrenching the night apart with crashing thunderbolts. Lightning seem to spark through every window. When I peered out the window as the day began, there were piles of sleet & ice laying on the ground. I had to chuckle as we had talked earlier in the day about the weather. Snow was forecast & we had all said, sagely, ‘oh no, it’s too warm for snow’, ‘the time for snow & ice has passed’ & other such nonsense…
When will we learn not to underestimate Nature? I’ve felt her power as we’ve worked on the land. That’s the bonus of all this hard graft – close connection to the earth. Look at this beautiful rock, covered with the prettiest, most delicate lichen:
And the earth that we struggle to lift with hands and shovels is being worked & broken up by these amazing creatures:
Charles Darwin said of them:
“It may be doubted whether there are many other animals which have played so important a part in the history of the world, as have these lowly organised creatures”
And Amy Stewart wrote a whole book on them…
Nature has the power to drive me crazy too. We’ve been kept company by a whole variety of birdlife as we dig and sweat. Robins, Redstarts, Blackcaps, Blackbirds & majestic birds of prey. The Robins particularly have been tormenting me – perching close by, pushing out their beautiful red breasts, eyeing the camera cockily & dodging every shot!
I leave you with a green beauty – a wild euphorbia, I think…
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