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The Moon gave me a lop-sided smile when I went out to hang the suet feeders this morning.
My consistent friend over all my years, no matter where I was geographically.
The one thing that has never changed!
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There is a change I now seek.
Removing plastic or items manufactured in China from one’s household is an impossible challenge.
Removing Amazon may involve adjustments but it can be done.
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Amazon is a great convenience, but I managed perfectly well before it came on the scene and it can be banned.
There is a name for men like Jeff Bezos.
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My computer is hiding photos again.
When I wrote about Whitehall recently, I knew there ought to have been other images but scrolling up and down, they were nowhere to be found.
Yesterday…there they were.
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The computer has a “hide” file, but that is not where these pictures were.
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They are nothing sensational but I liked the weeping willow across the bridge, with the “haunted” manor above.
And the view down the canal toward Lake Champlain.
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There was talk of another excursion, but it seems to have been forgotten and I am not too dismayed.
When we go out, I always have to tell Willow where we are going and for how long.
Lately, I could swear she rolls her eyes.
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We did take a quick trip to the Post Office.
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Also, we needed supplies from Greenwich where I watched leaves being ripped off in a stiff wind.
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At the river we hoped to see geese.
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This time of year, they’re hard to miss.
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The late stage of Fall is in evidence.
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Red pine I suppose, given the colour.
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We came back this way.
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Up here you feel close to the sky.
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Being able to see far into the distance is something I have always appreciated.
Literally, if not figuratively.
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When I was young I spent a lot of time fretting about the future, trying to anticipate what might happen.
“If I do this, such and such will result.”
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Yet still I found myself later looking back and wishing I had done things differently, so wasn’t all that worrying pointless?
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In the late ’90’s, before the deaths of my parents and my aunt and uncle, a good friend of mine bought me a reading with an astrologist who had given him accurate predictions.
Astrology was not something I had ever thought much about, but I am open-minded so I supplied a collection of information and in due course had a long talk with the man.
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At the time I remember not being thrilled with all his predictions, but I still have the recording he sent me of our conversation and most of it was spot on.
But none of my subsequent decisions or choices have been guided by that reading and I didn’t spend time worrying about it.
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Neither before nor since have I ever more than glanced at a horoscope.
My belief is that there are powers at work that we have absolutely no control over and no possibility of comprehending.
Perhaps the planets do exert influence?
Superstition tells me that it is probably a good thing to behave decently and that there is such a thing as karma, but this is likely just what makes me comfortable.
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It is said that with age comes wisdom, but I am not so sure about that.
In my view, with age comes experience from which you can deduce certain things.
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What I can certainly say is that worrying never solves anything and that it can make you seriously unwell.
When I was about 6, I was diagnosed with asthma and my mother was told that I was a worrier, then.
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One form of psycho-therapy has you close your eyes and imagine yourself a child again. You “tell” your child self that you have grown up and that all is well, the idea being that the old, traumatized self will be healed your two selves will integrate into healthy person.
You are urged to encourage your child self. I wonder what my 6-year-old self would have done with being told not to worry!
Worry is my middle name. The colours of your photographs are always so vivid. They cheer my day. I don’t know where your computer has hidden things, but in a way I’m a little relieved that it isn’t only me that Microsoft (or Apple) likes to play with. I try very hard to be a good person, for no specific reason and with no discernible reward. Like you I REALLY would like to believe in karma…
Beautiful pictures today, with such vivid colors!
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, and travels.
Catherine
Love your moon shot but your autumnal colours are becoming more vibrant with each post!
I believe in doing the right thing regardless of religion, karma, superstitions, or anything else… 😉
Interesting your reading was spot on though.
Love the weeping willow – I actually wanted to mention that in your previous post when you showed us Whitehall. So, thank you for posting more pictures of your visit to this town. The photos of the geese and red pine are lovely. And you’re right, worrying isn’t going to solve any problems. But unfortunately, I think it’s something you only realise once you’re much older.
I’m glad your computer has unhidden these photos.
Not only does worry not solve a thing, but regret is a completely useless emotion. It solves nothing, cures nothing, changes nothing. Therefore I do not allow it in my life. Let’s just continue the way we are, good people who care. We may not change the world but we might just change a little bit of it for the better.
I liked the extra photos of Whitehall, and I was also reminded how close you live to Canada.
Best wishes, Pete.
Removing Amazon may involve adjustments but it can be done.
Amazon is a great convenience, but I managed perfectly well before it came on the scene and it can be banned.
There is a name for men like Jeff Bezos.
YES. 100%. And the best thing is – going Amazon-free usually means lower prices and better service.
It’s worth the effort.