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Caption: Week twenty five (and week thirteen) was a week of (mostly) blue skies. The ash lagoons had been transformed with the arrival of summer as the areas of grassland had become meadows of tall grasses edged with clover. This all sounds lovely but if you have hayfever you’ll know there’s another side to this. I can’t recall a summer of hayfever like this summer, but then I’ve never had a summer of walks like these. Bracken was struggling to breathe too, which was tough to see and it meant that he had to stay home more while we walked Harris solo. But we also had a few pollen-lite walks along the sea front, and some lovely evening light.

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Picture of Fisherrow Harbour

Caption: The next photo is one of my favourites from this week. The two spaniels in front were together, and they hit the beach running, full tilt, crazy excited. It was low tide and they ran all the way out to the water’s edge and back at full speed, followed by a golden retriever who’d been walking with his/her family. The three of them careened back to shore in a moment of freedom and joy, reminding me to find both in the simplicity of these everyday walks.

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Picture of Newhailes

Caption: Looking over the sea wall at the lagoons at low tide, watching the birds that feed out at the edge of the water. I’ve come to enjoy just pausing here, listening to the birds, watching this big and expressive sky.

Picture of Newhailes

Caption: It’s funny how photos can suggest one thing, while the moments within them can feel quite different. This next set are from a solo walk along to the harbour after picking up some meds from the vet. It was too bright for me, too sunny. I don’t like taking photos in this light. And also, it felt too busy. You can’t tell from these photos but there were lots of people around: on the beach, and a few on jet skies and on boats. Clearly, this was all outdoors, but there was still so much that we weren’t allowed to do at this stage, and after weeks of being very solitary, this ‘busy-ness’ felt strange and unsettling. I didn’t linger.

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Caption: This blue though.

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Caption: This was the week where I became slightly obsessed with taking photos and videos of grasses. Hayfever aside, there was something beautiful about walking through these meadow areas at the lagoons, the grasses undulating in the breeze and in this light. Yes, week twenty five was all about these simple moments.

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Caption: June 15 - 21 2020 #shotsoftheweek

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