Cold, Frosty Morning

As long as I can remember the natural beauty in the World has been a source of wonder and food for my soul. The latter sounds a bit cheesy but even when I’m stressed or down I can see something that I think is beautiful and that sense of wonder comes over me and the stress disappears or I feel my spirits lift.

I think that is why I work in the mediums that I do with my jewellery making - Natural materials, even if they have been processed and refined like the sterling silver and gemstone beads give me that sense of wonder because of where they originated.

I wondered whether this post would fit into this site but it is part of whom I am and so I believe, does. 

A couple of years ago a friend bought me a bird feeding stations for my birthday and it is an endless source of pleasure to me. This year I added a feeder for fat balls, which I’ve hung on my Twisted Willow tree. On a cold winter’s morning it is part of my routine to replenish the food and to defrost the stone birdbath and sundry saucers I have dotted about the garden. Usually I do it as dawn is breaking and there is just enough light to see so that once the birds wake up and become active there is water and food for them.

Yesterday morning I looked up from my desk and saw several Long Tailed Tits in the Buddleia. I went to the French doors and there was a flock of them, too many too count as they kept flying about the garden and the various feeders. The garden was a real hive of activity with them as well as several Blue Tits, a Robin, a Wren and a Blackbird. The Blackbird is a female and I recognise her as a regular visitor because she has several white feathers in on her back. The Robin and Wren too are frequent visitors.

I stood enchanted while watching at least half a dozen Long Tailed and Blue Tits hang upside down on the peanut and the fat ball feeder. A couple of the Long Tailed Tits came over to a Fire Thorn Bush I have only a foot or so away from the French Door and so I got a close look at them through the glass. They are so beautiful and graceful – With a tail longer than their bodies they should look unbalanced but they don’t, it just adds to their charm.