I went for my usual morning walk, and on the one side was the sunrise:

It’s nice to be able to walk through Forest Park in the late mornings or early afternoons at weekends (on weekdays, I must finish a brisk walk before 8am, when I begin Nanny duty, and KTB comes down like an angel from above!)….I haven’t seen any but the common birds, but they are quite beautiful:

A wonderful bird is the pelican… His bill can hold more than his belican. He can take in his beak Food enough for a week… But I’m damned if I see how the helican!

I got so many supportive messages in reponse to my post of self-doubt and uncharacteristic negativity…and