west. This Sunday afternoon I was looking out of the bedroom window and saw high above in the distance an elongated V of birds flying north. Not sure what they were, geese? Ducks? I watched them for some time as the 'v' became bow shaped or broke up in parts and then reformed. On the edge furthest away from me a bird seemed to keep station for the rest as various sections of the line wavered forward and back. It made me lament being out of touch with nature because I wanted to know what they were and where they were going. Were they just flying within the UK from one spot to another? Or were they going further north? From all the nature programmes I've watched I have this idea that as we're still in winter there are no major migrations yet but hey, what do I know? So I followed their flight until they became the thinnest of lines in the cold blue western sky and were gone.
The downside of city life, of living in the fast lane is that I don't do enough looking up or give the the world the consideration it deserves. However the fact that I stood and watched is a good sign because a New Year's resolution is to slow down and appreciate life a little more than I've been able to manage so far.
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