I seem to be having an incredibly busy few weeks. It's all good things but I notice I'm feeling a bit more stressed than I usually do, having a lot going on in my head. (I don't know how I ever managed to work and be a mother and all that. Getting up and ready for the day now seems like 'work' and I can only really cope with one major event in a day! It doesn't really matter, given that I'm retired and can largely please myself as to how I spend my time. It just amazes me that I ever managed more.)
Anyway, finding myself with a precious day free of other plans, the only thing to do was to seek out trees and water, always good for stress busting. So I took a walk along the River Wharfe at Bolton Abbey to enjoy the autumn colour, which is really developing now.
Loved the contrast of the last shot. Yes, the retirement stressors are so different than the lives we used to have when working, raising families, etc. Yet you bring beauty to each of us out here, and I'm so grateful that your walks are a slice of my life this way also.
ReplyDeleteI had to take a pause to enjoy these photos. They are so dreamy, calming, and relaxing. I love every moment looking at them. Gosh, nature is beautiful. Oh, I love nature. A free day for seeking out trees and water is like the perfect stress buster, a truly wise choice, isn't it? It's funny how retirement makes you look back and wonder how you managed that intense juggling act of work and motherhood. The autumn color along the River Wharfe is absolutely stunning. Sometimes, just one major event in a day is more than enough, I hope your little break brought you some much-needed calm.
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ReplyDeletethere is a lovely softness to those photos as Autumn's presence makes itself felt.
That looks like a lovely relaxing walk.
ReplyDeleteI know the feeling. Doesn't take much these days for me to feel that my week is "full"...!
ReplyDeleteHa. Yes. Will be 80 very soon, and sometimes I find myself thinking "wow, I did TWO things today." My 70 year old self goes, oh. Beautiful photos today; I especially like the last two.
ReplyDeleteWhy am I surprised it looks so autumnal. I guess back in Yorkshire flip flop days are over for another year. Beautiful atmospheric photographs.
ReplyDeleteWe're all feeling like this at busy times, I guess. At 57, I am still working full-time but have been doing a lot of work from home for many years (long before the Covid-19 pandemic forced most office workers to work from home). Usually, I only go to the office once or twice a week, but this week I have been going in every day - and like you, I wonder how I have ever done this day after day, week after week for many years, working at the library (no working from home in those days!) and on other jobs. How did I ever fit it all in? Household, shopping, meeting friends, going out... amazing!!
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