Acorn Bank

From Burnt Norton, Four Quartets - T.S.Eliot

Then a cloud passed, and the pool was empty.
Go, said the bird, for the leaves were full of children,
Hidden excitedly, containing laughter.
Go, go, go, said the bird: human kind
Cannot bear very much reality.
Time past and time future
What might have been and what has been
Point to one end, which is always present.

I spent the morning defrosting the freezer and faffing and then walked over to Acorn Bank, full of families with it being half term, and went a bit further along the river where I saw the blue flash of a kingfisher darting under the rickety bridge leading to the railway line (quiet now following the derailment).

Then I picked up the birthday girl from work and we swam to the sound of the deer roaring across the lake and then went back to theirs for a lovely birthday supper that her husband had prepared with a splendid lemon cake, to boot.
Dipped into the news and watched Rishi Sunak declared the new leader of the Tory party and PM tomorrow.