Thursday 09 July
It’s been raining for the past couple of days. In this country we tend to refer to rainy, grey days in the negative. There are exceptions of course. If there has been a prolonged period of no rain then we might see a shower as a bit of light relief, and gardeners are always grateful. But, it won’t take long before we are bemoaning it.
The natural world, on the other hand, takes it all in it’s stride. It appreciates that wet days are as welcome as dry days or indifferent days.
Of course, I have absolutely no scientific evidence to back this claim up. I haven’t interviewed any flora or fauna, but we do know that everything just keeps ticking along. I may not have heard any butterfly moaning that it has had to stay under the nettle leaf all bloody day due to the wind and rain. But I do know that it bides it’s time until the wet weather passes and returns to it’s fluttery life.
The point is to be grateful for all days and all weathers. Smile at the rain as well as the sun. Be grateful for both, because both are necessary. Without one, there would not be the other.
At the weekend, I set a competition for the walkers of the Gentleman’s Film and Leisure Club. They had to submit a picture, taken on the day, of a scene showing ‘sea and land’. The winner gets a volume from the infamous natural history series of books. This week’s prize? A copy of ‘I-Spy At the Seaside’.
The Bald Birder 