So blessed

 One thing that is helping Rich, is walking the dog with me in the mornings. She can’t go too far as her back legs aren’t brilliant, she will be 10 this year.

We are so blessed where we live. We have a sort of back to front house in that our main garden is in the front, and that backs on to a nice sized recreation ground. Also, we don’t have to go far from our front gate to be amongst nature. 

We have a brook not far from our house, that runs down into the town, that can be followed by foot. We can be in our little town, walking along the brook in about 10mins, taking a slower walk. By the brook is a pond. The brook, and pond have ducks on it, and moor hens. Sometimes a swan turns up, and at times a heron. I’ve also, once or twice seen a flash of bright turquoise as a kingfisher shoots by.

Up until recently, Rich had lost interest in the nature around him, since he’s had his meds tweaked, that interest has come back. A few weeks back, he pointed out a wren that was perched on a bush by the pond, and now comments on the bird life and their chirping loads. It’s so lovely to see him interacting with nature once more.

A few weeks ago, around the pond there were some lovely snowdrops, now the daffodils are flowering, and I have to be honest, I love daffies. They are such a happy flower, and I can’t help smiling when I see them.

On our dog walk this morning we saw a lot of blackbirds and wood-pigeons as well as the usual ducks and moor hens. Also, flying around, or should I say soaring, was a red kite. Always lovely to see them. Sometimes they fly so low, you can see the beautiful markings under their wings. We often see robins as well. Some seem to be un-afraid of humans and will just sit on the branch letting us have a good stare at it 😊

One thing that has helped Rich by coming out walking in the mornings is his walking has improved. His strides are bigger. He can’t walk over fast, but his speed has improved. And another thing that I’ve noticed is, even though his antidepressants have been changed, and are helping enormously, going out daily, getting out amongst nature, has helped his well being loads 😊