‘Three Fronts’

Mentally I felt drained today so I forced myself to go out on a couple of photowalks.

If I’m feeling tired or overwhelmed, getting outside, even if it’s miserable, can help.

When you have a busy brain, shifting your attention to dodging puddles and branches can help you recalibrate.

It frames your worries. The gnarled old oak tree will keep its slow dance through the seasons whether or not the thing you’re ruminating about gets resolved.

The sky was doing strange things this morning. Three cloud fronts in formation. Then a flock of birds darted across as I was framing the shot. My favourite lonely tree looked stately in the murk.

Later, just before the sun went down, I took an unfamiliar path through the forest and found radioactive looking berries and roots that looked human-like.