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Brightening
Mar. 9th, 2023 04:50 pmSnow! Snow!
Go out in it?
No!
The sky's bright blue, a magpie and a crow are sharing the roof opposite - nope, magpie's flown, to be replaced by two crows and a pigeon, all parking their tailfeathers among the tiles in search of escaping heat. It's very cold out there, and I am going nowhere. But it's pretty, I'll give it that. Dreams, dreams, such cluttered weird dreams, but one beautiful moment, seeing the parthenon covered in tropical and mediterranean flowers, lush and lovely.
Looks as though we have R's 50th birthday present worked out; Ecuador and the Galapagos. Our original plan was Machu Picchu+ Galapagos+ Amazon, but there looks to be no change out of £18K for that. For sure, we could work out cheaper ways, arrange it ourselves, but we've never been to South America before, and he doesn't want the hassle of organisation. So maybe next time a trip that concentrates entirely on the Amazon. The Galapagos has been a dream of his for a long time.
How do I feel about it? A bit strange, because of this dream I had. https://smokingboot.dreamwidth.org/972209.html
Sometimes my subconscious is weirdly clever.
I am excited. Never been to South America, this will be an entirely new story for me, and there is something about the heights, and loneliness of the Andes that evokes a,a what? What do I know about it beyond condors and panpipes? Nothing at all. I am brushing up my Spanish which is a)hopeless and b)Castilian with an Andalucian accent. Asakiyume kindly reassures me on this front, but I am still trying to work out if I can be any more coherent than 'tengo mal de estomago, donde esta el medico mas cercano?'
Which reminds me, I must not tell Mum before I go. It will be hard, because I want to bounce around with excitement, but she will simply lose her mind. And I must be careful about when I tell Bro, or he may just forget the need for secrecy and tell her anyway.
Having said that, it may not happen. Never can tell. Lost our Bulgaria trip and our Vietnam/Cambodia trip due to Covid restrictions, so I should contain my enthusiasm. I just can't.
Go out in it?
No!
The sky's bright blue, a magpie and a crow are sharing the roof opposite - nope, magpie's flown, to be replaced by two crows and a pigeon, all parking their tailfeathers among the tiles in search of escaping heat. It's very cold out there, and I am going nowhere. But it's pretty, I'll give it that. Dreams, dreams, such cluttered weird dreams, but one beautiful moment, seeing the parthenon covered in tropical and mediterranean flowers, lush and lovely.
Looks as though we have R's 50th birthday present worked out; Ecuador and the Galapagos. Our original plan was Machu Picchu+ Galapagos+ Amazon, but there looks to be no change out of £18K for that. For sure, we could work out cheaper ways, arrange it ourselves, but we've never been to South America before, and he doesn't want the hassle of organisation. So maybe next time a trip that concentrates entirely on the Amazon. The Galapagos has been a dream of his for a long time.
How do I feel about it? A bit strange, because of this dream I had. https://smokingboot.dreamwidth.org/972209.html
Sometimes my subconscious is weirdly clever.
I am excited. Never been to South America, this will be an entirely new story for me, and there is something about the heights, and loneliness of the Andes that evokes a,a what? What do I know about it beyond condors and panpipes? Nothing at all. I am brushing up my Spanish which is a)hopeless and b)Castilian with an Andalucian accent. Asakiyume kindly reassures me on this front, but I am still trying to work out if I can be any more coherent than 'tengo mal de estomago, donde esta el medico mas cercano?'
Which reminds me, I must not tell Mum before I go. It will be hard, because I want to bounce around with excitement, but she will simply lose her mind. And I must be careful about when I tell Bro, or he may just forget the need for secrecy and tell her anyway.
Having said that, it may not happen. Never can tell. Lost our Bulgaria trip and our Vietnam/Cambodia trip due to Covid restrictions, so I should contain my enthusiasm. I just can't.
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