Today felt like spring and I spent most of it in the garden, tidying up, transplanting seedlings and admiring the spring flowers.
No social distancing was necessary between me and nature, which is just as well, as the robins kept breaking the 2 metre rule, hopping around my feet in search of worms.
And now I feel so much better after a day outside!
The robin in the holly tree
pours liquid song
into my ears.
A robin hops around the lawn
scooping up insects disturbed by
the recent passing of a lawnmower.
Not wanting to interrupt his feast
with tai chi,
I sit on a nearby bench
watching.
My practise becomes
simply sitting,
breathing,
relaxing,
focussing inwards,
as blackbirds
scold the approaching darkness.
Life in the Fresh Air 