~Wild Winter Walk~

A lovely walk Cat. Thanks for sharing. I'm surprised you got snow. None up here yet but it is COLD! I quite like the wing sculpture but perhaps you're right about it looking out of place. Yoda is a sweetie....give her a pet from me. :o)

Another lovely blog :-))))

Yes I have enjoyed. I always like coming with you on your walks. You live in a lovely place.

Loved the walk thanx 4 shareing CF:)

Lovely walk full of interest and I do like the idea of the touching tree.Sounds like a handed down story, tell us more. We no longer have a dog and I do miss those walks in all weathers.

Thank you, Cat. I love looking at your mountains, as you know already.

Henry says can he come and chase raccoons please?

Gorgeous blog, Cat! I so envy you, all that wildlife, & your 'Madonna' tree is lovely! I wouldn't be able to resist touching it either!

Once again another lovely walk so much of interest and you found a lovely place to sit thanks Catfinch.

Very lovely :-) This is a beautiful peice of work Cat!

~Beautiful Caroline!
~ Hope you well wrapped up!

Lovely walk so thanks for taking us with you loved the photo of the finches

Oh my..it is a late time I am getting on GOY this morning..and look at all of you! Thank you all for your likes and your messages.

Gilli: Yes I was a bit surprised about the snow...but 37 years ago my second daughter was born on the 5th of December. I remember walking to the hospital in labor on a sheet of ice and the wind howled so that it blew a window out in our home. I stayed with my parents while the pipes were thawed and the window replaced and the house warmed again. :)
The art sculpture would be nicer in a setting where more people would see it perhaps in a public park. The beauty of this trail and the Marshes do not need sculture to add to its beauty.
I will let my boss(Yoda) know that you are sending a pet her way...lol..

Madabout plants...the touching tree came of many a walk to that tree and I am including the story of the touching tree in a collection I am hoping to publish but not likely on GOY..it will be part of a book I am working on.

Oh boy Spritz, would Henry ever love it ..lol...Phoebe loves company on her hunts..always tells the other dogs to come with her... and we have so many mountains here you must come for a visit one day.

Thank you Marie..and the Madonna Tree thanks you too! :)

Mavis I could sit just about anywhere on this trail and see something lovely...as Hywel said..I live in a lovely area..the sights abound. The native American Tribes that lived here before us..held this particular peninsula (Quimper Peninsula) to be no one's territory. All were able to come here as a neutral ground and they called it their healing place. I believe we need to do the same again..it needs to be shared and respected for the beauty that is so rich and abundant here. If you look on a map of this area the shape of the Peninsula and the little Islands right off of it resemble a dragon...I live in the throat of the dragon.
Hi Sid ..glad you made it..! Thank you
Oh yes Arlene...never fear..we stay warm..I have some very nice silk warm wear for under my clothing that my daughter gave me last year..wonderful stuff.

Clarice don't you just love the way they beep-beep and chatter..they are so much fun to hear. So happy and busy sounding...

Beautiful photos Catfinch.....I enjoyed your walk very much.....

Thank you Milky...and walking this way is much warmer too..it has been way to cold to get out yesterday and today..I have been staying in and keeping warm..a bit afraid of slipping on ice...so no going out on the trails unless I can get a pair of grippers for my shoes.

Lovely area...I must go out your way someday! =^..^=

Would love to meet you here.. HW...thank you..

May get in touch one day Catfinch - as my husband and I love to travel!

;o))

You be sure and do that!

I wonder if we can get the GoY Bus on a ship - then we can all come and visit!! How nice that would be.

Here it is looking very pretty in the countryside - there is a thin covering of frozen snow and an air frost last night has turned the trees white. The sky is a flawless china blue and makes the snow in the shadows look blue. At 9:00 this morning it was -5 degrees here. It all looks very Christmassy, but boy are those footpaths treacherous.......

I would like to hear more about that book you're working on Cat...... :-)

It sounds pretty Sarah..winter can be both beautiful and treacherous as at once!
My book is not really a book so much as a collection of my thoughts that ramble through my mind. It is mostly about places that can only be gotten to in our magical, ethereal mind. Fun place to hold up when winter sets in especially!

I think writing is a good way to get things out of your head and recorded somewhere other than in your head, which requires effort. Kind of purging all that information and putting it on to a backup disc instead of filling up the hard drive! In the winter when there is nothing to do outdoors, I sometimes do some writing. For the past 3 years I've been writing a novel. I'm not very good at it, but actually DOING it was the only way of getting it off my mind! I had this story floating around up there, bumping into things and generally getting in the way. It just had to be written. I'm about a third the way though now and every now and then I have an idea for what happens next and I have to get it down on paper. It's actually quite a dark story.....I think it has become a way of dealing with people that I meet that I feel have treated me unkindly or unfairly, as it is those people that I think about when someone gets killed in my story!!! Do you know Daphne du Maurier's short story 'The Birds' (the base for the Hitchcock film)? It's sort of a take on that. Birds keep attacking people basically LOL When I started it I had intended that it would be lighthearted, but........oh, dear....I fear my true character is being revealed instead ha ha....so far the death toll is up to four.....those parts were such fun to write too......I'm very ashamed of myself.....LOL LOL.....your book sounds much nicer!!!! x-)

LOL..I love a good mystery ...should be a quite interesting read knowing your way of writing and your creative mind...I am glad you are enjoying writing..it has always been very theraputic for me..Yes I have only seen the Birds movie..though, have not read the book.