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Geoffrey Gevalt's avatar

Beautiful. And a description of my absence (lately) as well, though for me it is planes and planes and the unintelligible drone of a robotic voice reminding us there are potential bombers all around…

Jane Dougherty's avatar

Makes you want to never leave home, doesn’t it?

Patrick Taggart's avatar

Beautiful words and beautiful photo, Jane. I love species-rich grassland. Your reference to dust stirred a strange realisation. Coming from damp Northern Ireland, dust is something I find quite exotic when I travel (or indeed since having moved to London).

Jane Dougherty's avatar

Thank you! I’ve had a thing about dust since I was small. I hated the main roads the traffic and the fumes, and I imagined the dust full of toxic waste. That was in Yorkshire so there maybe wasn’t much dust at all!

Liz Zimmers's avatar

How beautiful! I saw it all, heard it all, through your words.

Jane Dougherty's avatar

It’s a lovely little corner of the country and I hate being away from it.

Stefan Baciu's avatar

Beautiful work as always, Jane! I think you make a pretty cool grandma.

Jane Dougherty's avatar

Thanks Stefan! You should have seen me when I slalomed down the slippery gloss-painted steps from the second to the first floor in stockinged feet. Cool it was not!