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rionaleonhart) wrote2022-03-28 03:56 pm
rionaleonhart) wrote2022-03-28 03:56 pm
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Then I Came Home And Had A Nice Lunch.
At the weekend I visited my aunt and uncle, who live in the middle of nowhere, or as close to the middle of nowhere as you can get in south-east England.
I looked up at a sky full of stars and picked out Cassiopeia and the Plough.
I saw goldfinches on the bird feeder, and learnt that they annoy my dad because they're not gold; he thinks they should be called red-faced finches.
I wandered the sunlit garden and admired the star magnolia.
I met four sheep, one of whom let me stroke her fleece and pat her horns, although I think she was disappointed that I wasn't offering food.
I went into the woods in search of wild garlic with my cousins, and saw a vast oak that had been blown over in the storms, its torn-up root system taller than I was.
I saw butterflies: two brimstones, a peacock, a comma.
I watched the chickens wreaking havoc on the flowerbeds, having broken into the garden.
I stood among the trees and watched ducks and geese flying overhead.
I cuddled a big black cat, who loves being picked up more than any other cat I've ever met; he was purring cheerfully and trying to nuzzle into my neck.
I love living in London, but I've barely left it since the pandemic hit, and I hadn't realised how much I'd missed seeing other places. It felt really good to be somewhere else for a little while, away from everything. I had a really nice couple of days. I just wanted to record that here.
I looked up at a sky full of stars and picked out Cassiopeia and the Plough.
I saw goldfinches on the bird feeder, and learnt that they annoy my dad because they're not gold; he thinks they should be called red-faced finches.
I wandered the sunlit garden and admired the star magnolia.
I met four sheep, one of whom let me stroke her fleece and pat her horns, although I think she was disappointed that I wasn't offering food.
I went into the woods in search of wild garlic with my cousins, and saw a vast oak that had been blown over in the storms, its torn-up root system taller than I was.
I saw butterflies: two brimstones, a peacock, a comma.
I watched the chickens wreaking havoc on the flowerbeds, having broken into the garden.
I stood among the trees and watched ducks and geese flying overhead.
I cuddled a big black cat, who loves being picked up more than any other cat I've ever met; he was purring cheerfully and trying to nuzzle into my neck.
I love living in London, but I've barely left it since the pandemic hit, and I hadn't realised how much I'd missed seeing other places. It felt really good to be somewhere else for a little while, away from everything. I had a really nice couple of days. I just wanted to record that here.
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That's close to my limit of astronomy too.
I met four sheep, one of whom let me stroke her fleece and pat her horns, although I think she was disappointed that I wasn't offering food.
That's still a highly tolerant sheep in my experience!
I cuddled a big black cat, who loves being picked up more than any other cat I've ever met; he was purring cheerfully and trying to nuzzle into my neck.
WAH. ENVY.
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Hey, I know Orion as well! And... no, that's it. I looked up at the sky and went 'in theory, I should be able to find the North Star' and then absolutely failed to locate the North Star. If I ever need to navigate by the night sky, I'm doomed.
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