Saturday 3 March 2018

I`ve Got a Little List.....

To my consternation, I see that a big chunk of the my last blog has disappeared. Apologies for its rather abrupt conclusion.  I imagine a pathetic group of words floating about in cyber space trying to find where they are supposed to be.   


I am just listening to Saturday Live on Radio 4 and it is all about Lists. I am an inveterate list maker, sometimes more than once a day. I even write things down on lists that I have already done just so that I have the pleasure of ticking them off.    I write lists for the day, the week, the month, and the year and sometimes they are practical, like `Buy washing up liquid` or they are more philosophical,like Do Something Creative Today though theses days that often only means marmalade or a pie.  Apparently Leonardo do Vinci was a great list maker, also Einstein, though one of his consisted of ways his wife could improve her behaviour.


I have really enjoyed the snowy weather, firstly because I have spent a lot of time just watching the birds through my sitting room window. I have never been a bird person and usually there are just very pushy crows, pigeons and magpies out there plus the squirrels of course. But I have been tipping Lidl`s muesli ( I dont like it) on the patio and I have been amazed: thrushes, blackbirds, nuthatches ( I looked it up! ) robins, bluetits, sparrows, and other inrecognisable ones have been flocking down. Also it all looks simply beautiful, especially when the sun shines on the snowy fields and hills. The other nice thing is that there has been the most heartwarming kindness from neighbours and friends in Ditchling calling in and phoning to make sure I am all right.    It is quite amazing. 


Anyway, the snow is melting today and I am off to Burgess Hill to the Hospice Shop.   I do not suppose there will be many customers, but it will be nice to go out rather than sit on the sofa as I have been doing for the last four days.