annanotbob2's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tulips Much better day today, starting with a visit to the tulip festival in the grounds of a local castle, near some wetlands so ducks and geese all over the place, tame as fuck, following us about quite hilariously. I took loads of photos, too many (quel surpris) but they don't convey the beauty of swathes of flowers in a limited palette. The first area we saw had some blue flower I couldn't name - tall, starry flowers all up the stem, interplanted with purple lily-flowered tulips. Fabulous. There were massive terracotta pots crammed full of peony-flowered tulips in shades of pink and white, or yellow and orange, and lots of archways and vistas carefully planted. So soothing to walk through beautiful surroundings, just what I needed. For once I succeeded in doing nothing for several hours when we got back, just sat on the sofa with my gob open till I suddenly had to rush about to get ready for yoga. Which was lush, as always and calmed me right back down to almost catatonic. What I haven't done is drive my new car at all. MH drove us both this morning and I couldn't be arsed later. Tomorrow I'm meeting sister-in-law for a dog walk and have to remember to ask her if I can collect all my dad's photos, boxes and boxes of slides, which my brother made a very small start in putting online. My therapist would like me to try and find a photo of me at different ages throughout my childhood, to get a real sense of who I was when the various things happened to me. It's really hard to relate to that little girl. 11:58 p.m. - 28.04.22 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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