Walking the Essex way

Am feeling a little nostalgic.... Its wet so no walking for us today! At one time we used to walk came rain or shine! Rain pelting down on us and the wind ragging round our ears...I really loved those walks it was so exciting....

Wishful thinking

Was it true or just a rumor going round amongst the trees.

Was it real or was it fancy? Did I hear upon the breeze

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blackbirds tuning up their flutes and morning thrushes practising

lovely and exciting songs that made me dream of spring

Maybe it was wishful thinking! Or just a sweet but foolish notion

conjured by the thrushes tune.

Yet I swear that I can hear it growing stronger every day,

the note that tells of hidden nests and feathered hosts, along the way....