Endless blue. June has been a lazy hazy month spent by the sea, sunbathing, kayaking, swimming, reading, being. I've been writing haikus, helping with wedding flowers and slowly starting to tie up my time here in Cornwall. I have around 6 weeks left before i head back up north and then across Indian ocean to Asia. Adventure and mystery lie ahead. The past 10 days have been spent in Sennen Cove, a wild and beautiful part of South Cornwall, with my parents and little sis. It was blissful to have them here and share some really special days. I'm sad they have left but so grateful for them and the holiday they gifted me with. Family are to be cherished and appreciated, loved and supported; always. I'm so close to my little clan and being so far away has been hard but knowing that they are always there to listen to me, comfort me and help me through whatever i'm struggling with is incredible; i am so very lucky. I feel ready to pack up, to wind down, to lose myself in new places . I want to see who i’ll be when i return this time. What i’ll learn and how i’ll change. Because i always do; each time I leave life behind, i step out of myself and into a different version. An adventurer, a free spirit, a seeker, a human being looking to experience something else, something more. To breathe under a new sky is to exist as yourself in an alternate space, the same person but not the same at all. If we choose to surrender to all that travelling can gift us with then we learn more than we ever have. Its intoxicating and addictive and often quite uncomfortable but we forget that, the good outweighs the bad in tonnes. I like watching the waves, sun overhead, scooping up silky soft sand and letting it trickle through my fingers. It’s easy to be fully present when the moment is so idyllic; how could i wish to be anywhere else? As always the great looming future lies ahead, unknown and fuzzy. Nothing is certain but I dont think i can cope with another British winter, the dark and the cold penetrates my soul and the world become a much more difficult place to be. There are sunny bright places so i think i’ll seek them out and perhaps return in the spring. Like a migrating bird. There’s something in me that is compelled to move, to fly, to leave. Its a silly childish way to be but i need to know that nothing is permanent, that i can leave it all behind if i want to. Yet i also want a place to root down, to settle and grow a garden. Antithesis. ![]() But for now, Cornwall is home and what a true joy that is. Being by the sea is amazing. I love having salty skin and sandy feet, its like carrying the ocean with me. I love watching my skin change colour from the suns powerful rays, i feel as if am glowing, beaming too. I love collecting shells and pebbles, driftwood and sea glass. I love the sound of the water lapping on the shore, the roar of the waves thrashing against the rocks. The frothy wild carrot and pale pink sea thrift growing on the coast path, framing the whole scene in flowers. I love beaches and cliffs, headlands and coves, just begging to be discovered and explored. Especially in the sun and we are having a lot of that right now. Its been quite a shock and the most wonderful treat.
basking in sunlight drenched in soft summer air true joy in essence Summer is our reward for making it through the harshness of winter, the grey scale is replaced with dazzling colour bursting from the earth and beaming down from the sky. Its a prize of the very best kind. Accept it with grace, gratitude and sandy feet.
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