Look Up & Notice

Hello my lovely chums.

I have recently been reminding myself to go slow and look up and notice.  So I thought I would share that with you...

I have been getting more present with the May evenings. It wasn’t until a few years ago that I was present enough to notice how long the evenings are in May. I found it was easy to wait until the height of summer before savouring and appreciating the lighter nights.  Yet the nights are longer in May than they are in August.  

It wasn’t until the first lockdown with Covid that I appreciated May in a newfound way (oooh, a rhyme…hark at me!). That enforced time of stillness created a new hobby I wished I had cultivated before – simply looking out of the window! So much to notice, so much to be grateful for, so much beauty, so much to lift the spirit and make you smile.

I would listen to some music and watch the dying sun over clear London skies in that first lockdown and grieve what simple joy the busyness of my past had missed.  

So I’m just popping in to encourage you to slow down, look up and notice. I hope you have some lovely May evenings.