Hello!
I thought of skipping my blog this week. Sometimes I just don’t know what to say, and nattering about knitting feels totally irrelevant. Rising numbers of covid cases almost anywhere in the world. People losing their homes and children going hungry as a result. People shouting that it’s all a hoax. And then the devastating explosion in Beirut…
How to live in the face of disasters like these? Sometimes, I just don’t know.
It doesn’t help that we’re going through another record-breaking heatwave. I can’t see it as anything other than a sign of rapid climate change – another disaster in the making. I’ve always struggled with hot weather anyway. As temperatures rise, my mood plummets.
One of the best things for me to do when I feel a knot in my stomach, is to go cycling. On hot days first thing in the morning.
What a beautiful pictures have you made, the colors of the flowers and butterfly. Really beautiful!
Thank you!
Once again you have lifted my spirits with your wise words and gentle insights. This week has been difficult, with the heatwave, the terrible and frightening news stories, and for me, being far from family and friends in Canada, not sure when we can safely be together again. But, like you, I have found simple self care, calm thoughts and engrossing pastimes can soothe.
Until next time, dankjewel
Hello Wendy, Thank you for your lovely comment. It must be hard in these uncertain times to be so far away from your family and friends. I’m glad that you’re coping and hope you’ll be able to meet up with them in the not too distant future.
Well said. You put words to what many of us are feeling, and that helps all of us. Thank you.
Hi Cynthia. I know you have similar worries, and you are one of the people who gave me the courage to express them.
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Lovely: just lovely!
Thank you! It felt rather vulnerable to bare my soul like this and I’m glad of your positive comment.
Lovely pictures. Don’t hesitate to share your thoughts and worries, I am sure they are felt by many of us.
Ugh, I hate the heat too. Always have, and nowadays it comes with a sinister tang.
I jumped at first when I read spinning, until I realized it wasn’t the gym class that was referred to. Your kind of spinning seems much nicer!
Ha ha, lots of people think of the gym kind of spinning first. Well, I don’t need that, because I cycle outside. Thank you for your words of support!