Over the course of a year, we gather many things. Photographs in a our camera roll, which don’t reach social media; new memories, knowledge, or lessons, which run the risk of being forgotten.
Here is the next page in my virtual scrapbook: a round up of the week’s moments.
What made me smile
- Being invited to be a part of an exciting upcoming poetry project – a chance to write again!
- Seeing new birds while out on walks: bullfinches, a green woodpecker, and lots of wading birds!
- Watching a tufted duck preening in the water by rolling over onto his back, with a foot in the air!
- Both my brother and my boyfriend moving and settling into their new flats
- Capturing foxes on the trail camera set up on our patio
- Creating lots of new resin pieces, using hand-collected moss and lichen from the local countryside
- Creating a cosy little office/studio space where I can do my writing and my art
What I’m reading
In my camera roll
The first time I have seen a bullfinch! This male was fighting another male off… 
Creating more resin pieces using moss and lichen, hopefully to sell in my shop! 
Tying ribbons to the rag tree at St Kenelm’s Well 
Seeing Lapwings, and lots of other wading birds, near my brother’s new flat 
A beautiful purple tree 
A nighttime visitor!
Nellie Cole 