Spot the difference?

Many thanks to everyone for your lovely comments on my 'birthday' yesterday!

I'm pretty sure there's no point holding out for a fireworks picture - I think tonight will be a wash-out in the South East - so instead, here is almost the same shot I started with on this day last year - hopefully a little bit better, though. After all, I've had a year to practice!

:-D



Below is a well-known poem that I was going to use yesterday (but I forgot!) as I've thought for a long time now that it's almost like a 'Blipper's Anthem'.


Leisure

What is this life if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare?

No time to stand beneath the boughs,
and stare as long as sheep and cows.

No time to see, when woods we pass,
where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.

No time to see, in broad daylight,
streams full of stars, like skies at night.

No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
and watch her feet, how they can dance.

No time to wait till her mouth can
enrich that smile her eyes began?

A poor life this if, full of care,
we have no time to stand and stare.

~ by W. H. Davies