Tuesday 24 March 2015

Luck of a Raindrop


It's my first blog post of 2015 and after a winter which I've found colder and longer than most, I thought a post on rain might help to wash away those dark days and introduce us slowly to Spring. 

It's late March when I finally venture out with my camera. I've been meaning to start this blog for so long. It's been lurking at the back of my mind slowly forming itself in my subconscious and yet how to start? Where to start? I told myself I'd have time to start when I was on maternity leave. Well, as all new Mums will know, the first few months with a newborn are busier and more exhausting than any other job! Four months later and I am finally finding a little space, with a baby on my knee, tip tapping away on the keys, contemplating the world again. 

Raindrops glisten on the wild cherry blossom on this cold Spring day. They have been steadily falling for about an hour. The sun emerges briefly from behind a cloud and the blossom glows, bejeweled with fat, dripping drops. They wink at me before making their descent to earth, soaking into the ground, finding the roots.

I am filled with hope of all the things yet to come. Spring and it's primroses, followed by the bluebells and then of course the foxgloves, one of my favourite flowers. Everything has it's time and place in nature. This is my journey to find my place, to find inspiration and it has started with these raindrops.