Edgelands

Wabi-sabi "If an object or expression can bring about, within us, a sense of serene melancholy and a spiritual longing, then that object could be said to be wabi-sabi " nurtures all that is authentic by acknowledging three simple realities: nothing lasts, nothing is finished, and nothing is perfect."  

But you can still be happy wandering through life.  Yesterday I hunted through my blog for the photo of meadowsweet and came upon another blog called Queen of the Meadows. It was about a walk round the River Chelmer in Essex.  I had called the land 'wasteland' because it was neither farmed or used but the newby word nowadays is of course 'edgeland'.  Well this edgeland is probably more to do with water meadows of old.  The times when rivers flood and cover the land and now of course with climate change we are having problems with.

Essex has a reputation, if we are not talking about Essex girls then it is Gypsy weddings, though here I need a smack on the wrist because it should be Romany people!

It was a hot summer's day, the sort of day when tarmac melts in the heat, I was worried about the Romany ponies not having much grass and happy that Paul had decided to come on a walk and we pottered round these back lanes.  Peaceful and timeless.  Contentment is not easily found but we found it with each other.

So tap on this link and wander through the wild flowers.