I wish myself among the trees but cannot hear myself wishing

[ashlyme]

I got a bronze fox-faced pin badge in the post this morning. I've often done an insomniac EBay purchase at wtf-o-clock but this isn't something I ordered. Plenty of people know I like foxes and pin badges, but there aren't many people who'd also know my postal address. And none of those suspects have bought me the badge. So there's a mystery. In the meantime the badge goes onto my olive-green coat. Thank you, unknown fox-friend!

Sunday I discovered a stretch of canal I'd never walked before: probably the Stratford-on-Avon one. It was a warmish grey day: dove, rather than concrete. Lots of little woodland walks off the towpath, most too muddy to trudge just yet. But on one we found a broken off spade-blade jammed into a tree-stump: it looked like a test for a King Arthur who preferred allotments to round tables. At the edge of a field, a hollowed/burnt-out oak next to the rusting motorbike that presumably caused a fireball. I could stand in the hollow without ducking.  Further on a trim navy-and-red narrowboat called BRASSO - even down to the original logo on the side.  There was a woodpecker drumming in the trees on the other side.  More exploration as and when it's drier.

I both really want an end to this lockdown and feel queasy about the plans to get us out of it. I never could read roadmaps. I'm not convinced Johnson can either.

I can at least tell you Marmite Cheddar is tasty.

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[cmcmck]

I have a few pieces of bronze jewellery- such a lovely material.

Well, cheddar and marmite is a yummy combination, so I can see it working.

Hancock is suggesting keeping face masks on public transport even after all of it. They've already almost cost me my mental health so wtf is he thinking of? :o(

[ashlyme]

*such a lovely material.*

Isn't it? It works well with the greens and greys and purples I tend to wear. I've got a couple of silver rings and a pewter crow's skull pendant, but that's all my jewellery.

I still have a hunk of that cheddar left, and found a discounted granary loaf, so add in a glass or two of beer and there's my supper sorted. :-)

*They've already almost cost me my mental health so wtf is he thinking of? :o(*

*hugs* They are not great for glasses-wearers. You can't cross a road in a mask. Reading on a bus now is pretty damn difficult. A friend up the road made masks and taped them to her front door for anyone to take and I got one I liked for the design - forest-greens and browns one side, clock-faces and cogs t'other. I've gotten used to wearing them, doesn't mean I enjoy the experience

[sovay]

I got a bronze fox-faced pin badge in the post this morning.

Photos! I didn't buy it for you, but I think it's wonderful.

But on one we found a broken off spade-blade jammed into a tree-stump: it looked like a test for a King Arthur who preferred allotments to round tables.

Aw.

I miss walking real places.

[ashlyme]

*Photos! I didn't buy it for you, but I think it's wonderful.*

I've run out of UK suspects, and there are two Americans (including you) who might have been on the list, but it seemed unlikely. Perhaps there's a kitsune admirer out there in the postal system. Picture forthcoming on Facebook.

*I miss walking real places.*

*hugs* I'm very happy to share whatever walks I take with you, if it helps. <3

[sovay]

Perhaps there's a kitsune admirer out there in the postal system.

Perhaps there's a kitsune admiring you.

I'm very happy to share whatever walks I take with you, if it helps.

It doesn't hurt!

*hugs*