Noli Timere

Walked out on the marsh towards Norton with my sister. Layers and layers and layers, more than I can get my brain round so I look up and watch the timeless geese fly overhead (extra) before heading home with the glass dish that I remember mum using back in the 70’s for her homemade pink blancmange where fresh raspberries drowned in slow motion.

Scaffolding - Seamus Heaney

Masons, when they start upon a building,
Are careful to test out the scaffolding;

Make sure that planks won’t slip at busy points,
Secure all ladders, tighten bolted joints.

And yet all this comes down when the job’s done
Showing off walls of sure and solid stone.

So if, my dear, there sometimes seem to be
Old bridges breaking between you and me

Never fear. We may let the scaffolds fall
Confident that we have built our wall.