Saturday, November 19, 2005
A Winter's Walk
Honestly, you can keep your hot Summer days, as nothing comes close
to a cold, bright Winter's day such as we have had this week around
this part of the UK. Air so cold and so still, and so fresh it
feels healthy just breathing it in with gasping mouthfuls. The
perfect medium within which sound waves travel. The perfect
medium also for me to travel. Every sound is as clear as
the light around you. Every slight rustle of a frosted leaf
falling comes to your ears. Each drop of water hitting the
ground, deposited from a thawing tree branch lit by blue and golden
shards of sunlight. Each crunch of the frozen earth and the
cracking of twigs underfoot. Yes, even the sound of distant
traffic or a buzzing electricity pylon is borne swiftly to you on a
cold and crisp day like this. But it cannot spoil the calmness
and serenity of walking - your breath visible to you as you make your
way through dew-laden grasses - through the white-dusted countryside surrounded by the sounds of nature. Nor is
your walk spoiled by the return to civilisation, to traffic and to
noise of a different kind. Instead, as the door closes behind you
on your cold environs, there comes a new feeling of warmth. And
the welcome return of the feeling in the tips of your ears..
Posted by Jon at 1:37:53 PM in Musing (23) | Comments (2)
Comments
Jon, thank you for sharing with such beautiful detail and description. I could almost feel the cold, as if I was there with you on your walk.Be well...
Pam
Posted by Pam on 19/11/2005
Bright bracing days send the soul soaring and are one of the many wee wonders of this world ... thanks for your eloquence.In the paraphrased words of Ted Hughes 'there is no such thing as bad weather, only inappropriate clothing' ... sure there's a deeper meaning in there somewhere .. possibly buying mini woolen hats for the tops of your ears ?? ....
Posted by Jo on 21/11/2005