Very impressed with the sun flower which appeared in the garden and is blooming beautiful this morning, 24th September and a message of hope for the winter. Not far away was a lovely vibrant Tortoiseshell butterfly, had two of these and two Red Admirals. I hope things are looking up in the world of these delicate creatures.
Last week presents from my daughter of cabbages and a cauliflower that grew under a bird feeder β not planted but presumably from fallen seeds! This is turning into a Harvest Festival! It is a strange situation to enjoy the fruits of the garden, the pleasure of friends, warmth and comfort and Strictly Come Dancing. Then you think of all those people throughout the world who are suffering dreadful trauma.
Mexico, the Mediterranean, Bangladesh, Syria, people still trying to get their lives sorted in north Donegal where floods devastated homes and families and all those individual stories of hardship right here at home. All these tragedies and what can we do.
Giving money to emergency relief is obvious but is it enough, anyway what else can we do? There are those brave people who go to foreign places to give physical help but not everyone can do this. The toilets were trenches where I saw a young boy hunkered down foot on either side of the trench and doing what he had to do. The result is dreadful, where those living there were mostly in bare feet wading through filth, I was in wellington boots, where they were stuck in those desperate conditions I was able to leave, shower, have a meal and come home.
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