DM standing pondering which direction to take while we were walking the dogs today. His pose just worked so well for me that he gets to be my PotD and the other shots just go into the new gallery!!!

I love walking in the woods with the dogs, especially now I have a revitalised interest in photography. It’s amazing what I missed before I had a camera in my hand, just because I wasn’t looking. I’m so glad to have rediscovered this thing. I look at everything differently now.

Today has just been one of quiet mooching and recharging of batteries. It’s so nice to get a few days off and just spend them here. It comes back to this recurring theme of being so time-hungry that stepping off the treadmill, even if doing very little, is just such a huge pleasure. I feel as if I am truly unwinding after months without a real break. It’s wonderful.

We’re off out pub quizzing tonight and Ray is coming with us so I’ve little time to spend on PBASE. He’ll be here soon and I am no-where near ready! Typical!

For anyone who remembers the plight of my friend Teresa, she has made contact with me today so I at least know she’s coping with her loss. Her courage must pull her through this ordeal that the rest of us can only guess at. I wish I could do something, anything, to help but I know that is impossible. I send her my very best wishes and love across the Atlantic again tonight (though unspoken, the same as every night since I heard her news) and hope that a day comes when she can feel something other than pain.

So, my nice, comfortable life carries on with a pub quiz and supper with a friend, while the life of another woman is so steeped in misery. I remember that every moment. I give thanks for my own luck and wish for better days for her.