laen on Nostr: it's sunny (ish) today, so we went went out for a slow wander. up onto the mini ridge ...

it's sunny (ish) today, so we went went out for a slow wander. up onto the mini ridge behind the house, where there were maybe two dozen martins and (hooray!) swallows, wheeling and chattering and preparing for their long journey south. i thought they'd all gone, so it can't be long now.

then down and up again to the oak trees, in whose presence i very much needed to be.

more (and better) pics to follow at some point, but here's the view from near the oak trees back towards the house. (taken with quite an old phone as it was all that had any battery)

the feel of the world outside has shifted toward the quiet months; i need to remember that this shift applies to me too.