Written Tuesday 13/2
There are seagulls in the white sky . In pairs and singly , their movement is what you see , stark against an opaque background. They look like olympic ice dancers gliding , soaring , lost in the momentum and their own beauty .
Perhaps they are celebrating the year opening up a bit . I know how they feel .
Sunday found us walking on the beach . Down near the shore line , delighting in the light and the relative warmth .
Yesterday far out along the hythe . Hibernation halted , the estuary mud had the dull gleam of old pitted metal .
Today , the seagulls arrogance - they need no judge , they already know they all have the perfect ten . And us ?
Heading to the harbour as I write this . Smug in the knowledge that there is a big fat pork pie in the boot to eat in greedy gulps when we get there . Pass the mustard .
Wednesday 14th
Today I did it again . We did it again .
Its like being sated and rolling away from a much loved lover and rolling straight back and doing it again .
The seductive landscape is indeed seductive . It's only February and , already , we are entranced .
That's not pretentious or precious .
There are other people , all ages , both sexes . Away from the shops , away from the crowds .
A solitary individual will spot you and grin like a long lost friend .
It's like we are all in the nightclub , a track comes on and we all get up with no thought , only compulsion , and dance . Uninhibited .
What a delightful and beautifully written post! Your words are like the seagulls - - a perfect ten!
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