"I look at what I write so I can see what I think"

I love this pic!

This is one of my favourite times of the year .... from a sports perspective, that is. Not only have I got rugby to watch most weekends but it’s French Open time and Wimbledon coming up ... Yay!! I might be spending a little more time sleeping on the couch over the next 6 or 7 weeks ... something to do with living at the arse end of the world and starting our day before everyone else.

YAYNESS levels were at an all-time high this weekend as the Sharks pulled out all the stops to beat the Stormers in a nail-biting match - it made getting up early on a Sunday so worthwhile! Even Gav got up to watch and he DOESN’T always join me for my early morning vigils.

This one looks EVIL!

We woke this morning to rain .... loads of it! As I listened to the steady drum of it on the roof I wondered if I’d have a walking partner. Sure enough, not 10 minutes later, a text comes through ... walking the hounds in the heavy rain did NOT appeal to Julia. I couldn’t blame her and snuggled back down under the duvet for a little longer .... no time constraints now so I could afford to leave later on my ramble.

The hound was impatience personified when I did eventually leave ... no steady ramble down the hill for her. She wanted to be on the beach ... in the waves .... and she wanted to be there NOW!

I wanted to take pics of the reflections in the puddles and the gorgeous autumn leaves all over the path. Every time I stopped and put down the lead she  just carried on down the road, hoping I wouldn’t notice. There’s something quite distinctive though about a large chocolate Labrador dragging a bright pink lead along behind her.

Our time on the beach was briefly curtailed by me spotting Denise on the road ... I haven’t seen her for ages and she was on her way to work. We caught up on each others news as we walked to the Co-op where Pete, having seen us coming, was filling up the water bowl. He rather cheekily told my hound to stay away from him as she was quite wet. He shouldn’t have said that ... it’s like a red rag to a bull. I encouraged her to shake ALL the water off ..... after all, if he was going to get wet, he might as well get VERY wet. Good job he has fast reactions.

..... and then the rain came down .... again!

He did give me SOME good news on the weather front ... apparently our weather’s going to be fine and settled for the next 10 days. Let’s see how accurate Pete’s forecast is.

Gorgeous reflections in the windows!

The Rosea were SO noisy today

Someone else who’s not fond of rambling in the rain is Suzanne. Her and Bella had arrived on the beach as I returned with my caffeine fix. The hounds were having a great time chasing logs and the ball in the waves until the storm clouds threatened once again .... and Suzanne headed home.

 I zip up my raincoat, pull up the hood and continue on along the sand. The hound doesn’t even notice the rain as she’s so wet already. 


The camera does notice the rain however and for some reason, doesn’t work too well when it gets wet .... I need to remember this.

I asked here where Indy is and this is the look I got.

I’ve just been reading a few articles on a blog titled “Perambulations” by a chap called Gerry Ellis who rambles all around the world “clicking away at all things amazing and alarming” .... his words not mine 
.... though so applicable to me too. 

This quotation from WH Auber, a poet, came up on his most recent blog. I’ve seen it before but never really given it much credence. Now that I’m writing regularly though it makes so much sense! 
“I look at what I write so I can see what I think”.  
That’s exactly what I do when I write ... what I write is what I see in my mind and what I see through my lens everyday ... it’s an epic quotation .... so thought provoking!