Heroes Not Zombies

Strange how the universe works huh?

I was struck by this scene of neat piles of fallen leaves on the wide paths in the garden of the Royal Palace at La Granja and earlier I noticed this on coming out of my hotel in Segovia……

Have you ever seen that level of tidiness in a Public space? I’m not sure I have…which is one of the reasons why I took that photo.

So did that earlier experience of the pile of leaves next to the pile of cut grass prime me to notice the neat piles of leaves in the gardens? Maybe but even that is part of a bigger picture….

I emigrated from Scotland to South West France seven years ago and because I didn’t know if I’d really want to stay here – reality meets dream – I decided to rent somewhere to stay instead of buying a home. I ended up liking living here so much I wasn’t very motivated to go house hunting. Then came the chaos and uncertainty of Brexit and Covid.

Well now the new regulations are clearer and my permissions etc are all in place it seemed the time was right and we went housing. It really took no time at all to find a place we fell in love with and we’ve bought it. Well, still some legal steps to complete but hopefully about a month from now we’ll get the keys.

So – tidying – in the broadest sense of the word is my world at the moment. Sorting through everything I own, giving things away, getting rid of broken things, forgotten things I wonder why I ever kept, and filling boxes to transport from here to the new house.

Maybe this is a good time to be creating some order in the chaos of this pandemic?