My walk this week is more of a stroll along my local railway station and is another short walk fitted in between other things going on in my day.
Having to wait for something or other, I took a wander down there knowing that, as stations go, it is quite an attractive one. The thick carpet of moss on the unused section of the bending platform was luxurious to say the least – it felt wonderful to walk on! When I turned round to face the sunshine, I could see the light, not at the end of the tunnel but at its far side. Powerful and bright in the distance, it was a classic effect of the conditions.
One of the other noticeable things about the station was the number of bright-sounding birds – I wasn’t the only one enjoying a brief respite from the wind and rain of one storm following directly on from another. And if you listen, you will here amongst them one of our local song thrushes 🙂
Station Birds
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It is only a short recording made on my iPhone but it was worth making it in spite of the breeze on the microphone.
So click the play button to listen while viewing the images below – click the first one and then again to move forward through the carousel.
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- local railway station
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- tunnel and light
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- New buds
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- bending lines
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- Daffodils
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- Hellebores
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- Hellebore
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- thick moss
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- moss carpet
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- mossy detail
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- moss pattern
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- Catkin?
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- Railway perspective
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- Railway horizontals
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- Line and squiggle
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- station bend
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- station(ary) trees
Your approach to life and moments is admirable. England is so much farther ahead toward spring, compared to upstate New York.
England may be even further ahead than we are here in Wales! I haven’t been there for a little while