Things that please the eye
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durham_rambler who spotted the lapwing outside the Window on Wild Lindisfarne building:
"That's new!" we said. We were returning from the village the long way round, via the harbour, where there were signs of dramatically increased activity (lots of lobster pots - no, whatever you're thinking, lots and lots of lobster pots, and boat trailers too), and I was thinking ambivalent thoughts about change and newness. But here was a new thing which was entirely cheering.
Later, D. returned from a walk around the dunes with reports of more willow sculptures, and I asked the internet: sculptures by Anna Turnbull, it seems, arranged along a nature trail.
( On the Nature Trail )
( Anya Gallaccio at Lindisfarne Castle )
durham_rambler wanted to lunch at the Ship; I wanted to go to Pilgrims. So we did both: scampi and crab sandwiches at the Ship, then cake and coffee at Pilgrims (with ice cream from the shop next door for durham_rambler. We knew better than to take our cake into the courtyard.
The visual treat of the day, though, came in the evening: I was sitting at the kitchen table sorting the day's photos, when I realised there was something odd about the light coming through the window. Sunset? Yes, but laid across thunderous rainclouds, and then, a rainbow. I wrestled open the side door, and I could see the whole semicircle glowing above the fields.
durham_rambler who spotted the lapwing outside the Window on Wild Lindisfarne building:"That's new!" we said. We were returning from the village the long way round, via the harbour, where there were signs of dramatically increased activity (lots of lobster pots - no, whatever you're thinking, lots and lots of lobster pots, and boat trailers too), and I was thinking ambivalent thoughts about change and newness. But here was a new thing which was entirely cheering.
Later, D. returned from a walk around the dunes with reports of more willow sculptures, and I asked the internet: sculptures by Anna Turnbull, it seems, arranged along a nature trail.
( On the Nature Trail )
( Anya Gallaccio at Lindisfarne Castle )
durham_rambler wanted to lunch at the Ship; I wanted to go to Pilgrims. So we did both: scampi and crab sandwiches at the Ship, then cake and coffee at Pilgrims (with ice cream from the shop next door for durham_rambler. We knew better than to take our cake into the courtyard.The visual treat of the day, though, came in the evening: I was sitting at the kitchen table sorting the day's photos, when I realised there was something odd about the light coming through the window. Sunset? Yes, but laid across thunderous rainclouds, and then, a rainbow. I wrestled open the side door, and I could see the whole semicircle glowing above the fields.
