Springtime??

I think there is a recurring theme coming through here..... albeit a well-spaced apart theme!!

My last post in October 09 was about Autumn and today I've been inspired to post about Springtime?? Note the questionmarks - there has been so much in the news recently about how Spring is late in springing forth... due to the exceptionally cold Winter we have endured.

For nearly a year now I've been walking into work in the morning from the top of Rownham Hill (by the top entrance of Ashton Court) for those who know the area. It is about 2.5 miles and takes me across the Brunel's Suspension Bridge and down through Clifton Village into the middle of Bristol. It is a lovely walk, especially going across the Suspension Bridge in all weathers and conditions - I nearly always thank God for the opportunity to walk across it as the views are absolutely spectacular. I am so grateful that I can walk in and also that my ankle is now completely healed.

But what really has struck me in the last week or so is that the birds are singing their hearts out........ morning and evening and I just love it. Walking in I am serenaded, particularly walking through one park in Clifton. Then walking up to my Mums last night, through a particularly dark lane, I was serenaded again.... it felt like it was a beautiful symphony of praise to their creator and I was so blessed that I praised my Creator too.

I have nothing more profound to say but just that I am well blessed and I am so thankful to God that I can enjoy such bountiful blessings every day.... it also helps me to be in a better frame of mind when I get into work - not an easy thing to be at times!!