The Memory Wanderer: New House

Sunday, January 14, 2024

New House

We've moved house, to a bungalow we've built on a hillside overlooking the Dornoch and Moray Firths - picture shows sun rising by Tarbat Ness lighthouse.

The important thing is that, within minutes of the first feeder going out....

....the blue and coal tits moved in and....

....the blackbirds were lining up expectantly in the back garden.

4 comments:

Derryck MortonJanuary 15, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Congratulations Jon and Mrs MW. I hope your new situation brings you much happiness and contentment.
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AnonymousJanuary 15, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Congratulations. Hope you both make many more memories there. Peter C
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The Memory Wanderer

I'm at the wrong end of the road, a short distance to look forward to and a long way travelled, so I spend more time looking back, enjoying the memories, and less time in anticipation of the way ahead. The road trodden has been a good one, a rich and winding one, over which I hold no regrets. There is much still to do - only the end of the track ahead intimidates.

Time is mine now, so I remember, sometimes deliberately, sitting in the warm sunshine, sometimes because my mind, as if keen to help, suddenly gives me a flash of memory, a vivid picture which, like an exploding rocket, illuminates a moment in life; and then fades.

I have seen its dark side but, in general, the world has been kind to me. I have few regrets, I have many blessings, so these thoughts are offered as a celebration of a fortunate life.