Today has been a sadder day than normal, for me
anyway.
It began with news that a much-loved pet had died. Biscuit was 17 years old, a sibling of my
dearest Taffy that had brought so much joy into our lives for such a short
period of time in 2004.
Biscuit has passed away “peacefully underneath the
grapevine” and has been laid to rest beneath some feijoa trees.
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| Biscuit |
The weather today has been dull and grey, overcast with
frequent showers and much colder than we have had it before. We lit a fire last night, the first for the
year – it was more for comfort than needing warmth, as we could have survived
without it. However, it was nice to see
its cheery glow and our old cat, 15 year old Teenie, loved it. She sprawled out in front of the fire like
she was in heaven.
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| Teenie |
Then, this afternoon, I watched Andrea Bocelli singing on
Easter Sunday in Milan, Italy (look up “Andrea Bocelli: Music For Hope – Live
From Duomo di Milano” on YouTube).
It brought me to tears.
Humanity is able to build great cities and huge beautiful
buildings, to develop incredible cultures and make amazing discoveries and
create so many inventions – yet it is brought to its knees because of a virus.
A simple disease that has inflicted all of mankind. Nature continues on all around us, unaffected
by our sorrow and our fears. It makes me
feel like our species is so insignificant yet we think we are so great.
That is why I cried.
Please be safe everyone,
Margaret xx
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| R.I.P. Biscuit 2003 - 2020 |
