Tuesday stuff from Saturday...

[byslantedlight]

So... I finished this session's marking - huzzah! Very odd it is too - didn't know what to do with myself last night, not having to sit in front of the computer and decipher panicked handwriting for a couple of hours, so I watched some more Northern Exposure - one of my favourite ones, First Snow, which made me just a wee bit more homesick for Alaska... NE's pretty close in alot of ways (though the trees are way to tall for where I was... *g*)

Oh, and hmmmn - this is what my world looked like in February 2007!




But this is what my world looked like on Saturday, when I went off for an adventure somewhere new, which turned out to be the noisiest forest in the whole world...

There was mist, and a lake, and ancient, ancient trees...



And paths through clearings and through woods...

This was a lovely old tree...


And this one was an elegant old lady...


But this one had eyes... and this one had skellingbones dribbling down it! Ooooh... *g*

But over it all - Stansted airport! The M11! A thousand different roaring things, so that instead of feeling all peaceful for my walk, and quiet and still, the modern world was roaring and thrumming in my head and I had to get out of there! It was weird too - the deeper I walked into the woods, the louder it all was... Which is a real shame, because the trees were lovely - and properly old too, over 600 years, some of them - the "pollarded" oaks... Stoopid roaring world...

Except that stoopid roaring world also has Remakes, Reboots and Re-imaginings on at the BFI at Southbank tonight and I'm going! I'm going to see the lads on the big screen! Wheeeee! I suppose it's too much to hope that there'll be movie posters, but... *sighs happily* And there'll be an ep of The New Professionals too, which I've never seen, and which agentxpndble very cleverly and timelyly posted about last night...

And now I suppose I'd better go to work for - whee, three hours! - so that I can hit the road and brave the cold and get meself to the big smoke... *vbg*

Comments

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

Those trees are fabulous! I wonder why they made the noise louder - some sort of echo effect? Or was it just that you wouldn't expect that sort of noise in a forest and noticed it more?

I remember your fascinating posts from Alaska and especially the ice-bird.

Hope you enjoyed the R,R and R!!

[byslantedlight.livejournal.com]

They're great, aren't they - I love trees... *g* Actually I think it may have been the opposite - on the side I entered the forest, the noise was muffled by the forest, but as I went through there was less and less padding between me and it... maybe. Or maybe it was to do with wind directions, or... it was just odd, and most... disconcerting. Forests should be quiet places, with the shush of the branches and the rustle of the leaves, and the sound of birdsong, not... enginery...

I can't decide if taking those Alaska pics feels like just yesterday or if it feels like years and years ago - three years ago, in fact... Only three years ago? I dunno!

Not been to R,R &R yet - that's tonight - wheeee! *g*