English: Dirty Weather Over Hagg Wood Not quite the May weather I had in mind for my walk. From the path above Swinburn’s Park (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
I set about to walk to town yesterday and it was a lovely walk, albeit a bit on the blustery side. For some reason, I always manage to walk when the nastier weather is coming down the mountainside. Yesterday was no exception. Fortunately I had my cloche hat on, though it did require me pushing it down squarely several times due to a brisk wind.
As I walked, I had a selection of French music playing on my mp3 player. There is something about spring, wind, rain and French music that just goes together. The old adage of springtime in Paris perhaps? Whatever the reason, Zaz’s La Pluie was tres parfait for the moment. I highly recommend the song.
As I walked I contemplated on how the weather was perfect for something to write about. Have you ever noticed that right at the height of a season, you are so immersed in it that you must write about it? And yes, even though it is right at the ‘first of spring’ we are smack dab in the middle of it. Spring started back in February when just the start of things came out. I’ve only come to this realization after reading Liza Dalby‘s East Wind Melts the Ice, which I commented on just the other day.
But seriously, when you are at the height of the season, you just want two immerse yourself in it and kind of wallow. I feel that way in the summer when it’s hot and muggy, or when that summer storm comes through with all it’s ravaging brilliance of a thunderstorm. The lightning and thunder, the oppressive moisture cloying the air and pressing down. Or in autumn when the leaves swirl around you as you walk home. The all consuming desire to wear plaid and eat apples while carrying a pumpkin home to carve.
Okay, it might be just me, but seasons, weather and nature are very important to me. They impress upon me not unlike music. It’s all very important to me and my writing. So, now I have to add or write something about walking in the blustery weather, wearing a cloche hat and French music playing….. Funny thing, all but for the French music thing, I started something last year that highlighted some of that. I just never finished it.
Typical.
Signing off
~Kate
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