Monday, 28 January 2013

Blog post! Blog post!


Last week I was in Spain,
sitting next to a mountain river,
watching students measure flow rates.
It was raining and very cold
but I was with my friend Jenny
and she is a good person to be with.

At some point that day,
even though I was cold and wet,
the creative switch in my brain
that has been turned off
flicked on again.

At the end of the afternoon
I took off my gloves and said
"would you like to see me
take a blog photo?"

Jenny laughed because
it was only a dried up brown shrub...
I don't think she believed me.

*****

for Jenny

34 comments:

ali said...

So glad to have u back! Alison

Quinn said...

Hooray! So happy to see a post from you, Mrs M!
For this, I will brave the dreaded "prove you're a human" verification box.

Martina said...

Welcome back!! Grand opening photographic gambit. Love it.

Christy said...

yea!! You're back! I've missed reading your posts!

Paola said...

Finallly! I have missed you, really.

Lucille said...

Classic.

Gina said...

How lovely to see you back again... you are always missed. And what a coincidence because when I was out this morning, I suddenly thought of you and wondered if you were ok. I was going to email you when I got back home.

Curvywitch said...

You're back. hooray! I missed you.

Julia said...

Happy new year! I've missed you too and am so glad you're back!

blackbird said...

It's obvious to me that it is an inspiring shrub.

Sue said...

This is turning out to be a good Monday; I saw a goldcrest this morning, Lewis is on the telly tonight and there is a new blog post from Alice.

Jenny said...

I confess I didn't believe you - I am very glad to be proven wrong in such a magical way. I can't stop smiling.

Thank you, I have lovely memories of that afternoon... seriously the smile isn't going away...
Jenny xxx

Annie @ knitsofacto said...

What everyone else has said ... you were missed :)

Lydia said...

So nice to see you back in blogland.I missed your posts and pictures. They make me think and look with different eyes to the world. Thank you that you are here again!

Julie said...

I hope you get a thousand comments today welcoming you back! :)

Henrietta said...

It may be merely a brown dried shrub, but it contains all the promise of spring!
Glad your back.

anne bebbington said...

Lovely to have you back Alice - nice photo!

Anonymous said...

Hooray. Normal service is resumed :-)
Corinne

Helen said...

Hooray! How lovely to see you back. I've really missed your posts.x

Nicola said...

Glad you are back, Alice. Your blog post brightened the blustery, west country, January gloom.

Toffeeapple said...

Oh there you are, welcome back!

ellen said...

Oh, you have been missed, you've been worried about and thank goodness you are back. It's wonderful.

Anonymous said...

Ah good! You're back! Lovely to see you again!
Andrea

readersguide said...

You've come back!

(And I was admiring that picture even before you said anything about it!)

Anonymous said...

oh, welcome back! happy new year - may it be filled with colour and creativity :-)

driftwood said...

never been to pleased to see a picture of a dead plant x

Dilys said...

I agree with everyone! So glad you have started writing again! It's like getting a lovely letter in the . . . post! Welcome back!

Lesley Austin said...

Oh! How lovely...welcome back. That must have been an interesting feeling to be so aware of. And we get the beauty of your earthy, wintery photograph. xo

silverpebble said...

Hip hip hip HOORAY!

Liz in Missouri (USA) said...

OH YEEEEEAAAAAAA! So glad you are back!

Anonymous said...

Welcome back and a happy new year! Here as all hell breaks loose in the new term, I missed your missives which are oftentimes the sanity to which I cling.

Ginnie said...

So glad you are back, Alice! I haven't checked here for a few weeks - glad I clicked over.

zephyr said...

:^)

Bethany said...

Love it!