Look. Here was the scene in the field near our house, in January this year. Fields and roads flooded, impassable pathways, rocks and earth tumbling into the River Ure.
This was the same field yesterday. Barley, barley everywhere, all fattening up nicely for the harvest. Nearby, fields of poppies. Really hopeful, cheery sights on a sunny and blustery day.
Will all our present political crises end so well? I wish I could feel more optimistic.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Beautiful photos. Re political landscape, you couldn’t make it up could yo?!
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No. It would be dismissed as way too unbelievable.
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Beautiful photos. Things have a way of working themselves out. Floods recede, seasons change, and sometimes, and I mean sometimes, people come to their senses and realize that burning down the barn to get rid of mice is not the way, effective but not the way. And, don’t forget how poppies grow – disturbed earth; that’s the irony of the poppy. Keep walking, focus on the good, keep moving forward, and praying. Peace
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They’re not just burning down barns over here Clay, they’re ravaging whole cities. It’s quite hard to stay positive. But thanks.
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If I were a religious person, I would quote Matthew 24:6 to you: “And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.” But I’m not religious and I’m nervous and unsettled, too, about the goings-on in your country and mine.
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Yes, I sometimes wish I had the comfort of religion too. As it is, only the last bit stands out ‘… but the end is not yet’. I’ve never been so utterly devastated by the daily news bulletins and analysis as I am at present.
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Good to see the barley ripening in your formerly flooded fields, Margaret. As for the politics – well – I have the comfort of religion and am glad of it but, for the moment I just pray that people do the right thing and the upheaval comes to an end quickly.
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I’d like to hope so too. But it’s hard feeling hopeful just now.
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I know – it is very hard. I have stopped thinking about what might have been or what might be and am concentrating on praying for moderation and sense.
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The best idea yet!
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Thank-you. It has made me feel a little better.
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Wow, it’s amazing how different it looks in summer. It is transformed from a pond to a productive field.
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‘Pond’ was the least of it. It looked like a large – and pretty deep – lake that would never become dry land again.
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