The Night Before New Year

[Owl-Light]

Nights in the quiet suburbs in England are just that - quiet. With the window ajar there was little to hear but the wind blowing and the BarkBark of the neighbourhood Fox on patrol. At the beginning of Autumn he used to bark in threes but he seems to have dropped one with the onset of Winter. We never see him. We leave him a bowl of food each night and he leaves us a scented calling card most mornings. Eau de Vulpes - a scent I find quite pleasant and oddly exciting.

The trees in our garden allow us the luxury of not being overlooked by any of the neighbours so we rarely put up curtains. I didn't sleep much last night. The bright spotlight of the moon shone right into our room. I watched it for a while. It seemed determined not to be ignored. Each time I moved a little out of its gaze to try to get to sleep again it drifted back to shine enquiringly directly in my face. Yes, yes, you're beautiful and its lovely to see you but can I get some sleep now please, I squirmed.

A grey dawn, a pair of Magpies getting lovey dovey in the Poplar and a new day begins. So, this is the last day of 2006. For all our resolutions (or not as the case may be) nothing much changes when a new year officially begins but its a good time to reach out to friends and offer warm wishes for the year ahead. So I wish you all a very Happy New Year and what ever you choose to do tonight, a hangover free Jan 1st

[Garden Carpet]

The moon was bright last night
It cover'd the ground in silver light
A Fox or something the dogs did see
I dont know what but they sure woke me!!



Its my birthday today and I feel like being silly... sorry if the verse makes you all groan

jaki.. what a difference a day makes!!!!

[Rainbowmum]

Happy Birthday Jaki xxxx
and a lovely new year to you all

[Garden Carpet]

Thank you Louise. Happy New Year to you to.. and to all at WAB

[Beryl]

Happy birthday Jaki.
Oh don't worry about being silly for a day. I'm silly every day.

[Tinkerbell]

Lovely observations Owl-Light and sometimes the obvious escapes our notice. We've just been for a short walk and found it to be pleasantly mild - sun shining occasionally through cloud and a slight breeze blowing the washing dry. The frost caught some of my plants in our absence down in Cornwall (which was pretty murky and damp) last week, and on my return home I'm happy for this warmer climate to continue, for a while at least.

Thanks for your best wishes and here's to a healthy and happy New Year for all of our members and visitors.

Tinkerbell

[smartie]

Happy birthday Jaki.

I've just been for squelch round the local common (torrential rain yesterday) where a lot of work has been put into taking out the more encroaching undergrowth to free up the paths. There are now lots of useful piles of branches and twigs for the creepies. The wind was a bit bracing, but the air was alive with bird calls and we saw lots of the residents, plus a sparrowhawk and one of Letchworth's increasingly rare "black" squirrels (camera? of course not!). Then came back for some of my husband's hearty soup.

I'm now at peace with the world.

Happy new year, everyone.

[Garden Carpet]

Thank you for the birthday wishes everyone. I am so sorry to have hijacked Owl's thread. You can tear me limb from limb and beat me with the soggy ends Sheryl, but dont touch me dogs!!! Very Best wishes Owl Light and all of WAB for the New Year.

Jaki

[Owl-Light]

Originally Posted by Garden Carpet

The moon was bright last night
It cover'd the ground in silver light
A Fox or something the dogs did see
I dont know what but they sure woke me!!



Its my birthday today and I feel like being silly... sorry if the verse makes you all groan

jaki.. what a difference a day makes!!!!

Sorry the wish is a day late Jaki but Happy Birthday hun!

Love the poem it's really good

[badgerwatcher]

Happy Birthday, Jaki! Mine's next Sunday. It's a lovely time of year for a birthday, isn't it?
And what an amazingly beautiful day for the first day of 2007! Sunny, fluffy white clouds, birds singing, everyone, including us, out enjoying Kent's glorious countryside. We are so lucky to live in England!
And tonight, as I came back from the dog walk, the moon appears nearly full. Like you, Owl-light, I don't pull the curtains, a new luxury for me, and I so love watching the changing sky at night, and the birds welcoming the dawn in the ash tree outside our bedroom window.

[Garden Carpet]

Hi Badgerwatcher, Happy birthday for next week.. seems to be a lot of peeps here have birthdays around this time . I met an astralogical twin a few weeks back.. I am older by a couple of hours!

Owl light I only shut the sitting room curtains to keep the warmth in this room.. bedroom hasnt any yet. Only been here 5yrs

Thank you both for the good wishes. Would either of you care for an after eight mint?
jaki

[badgerwatcher]

Thank you, Garden Carpet. Don't mind if I do!

[Owl-Light]

Ooh thank you Jaki, I'm very partial to after dinner mints

Happy Birthday in advance Badgerwatcher

I wonder how many other peeps on WAB don't bother with bedroom curtains either? I'm told its bad Feng Shui but what the hey, I love it.

We only put a window cover up when the weather gets dreadful, which for me is high winds. Not keen on that and watching my trees flapping around like elastic bands in the night makes me too nervous to sleep.