Yesterday’s deluge continued, colder and windier today. Towards the end of the delivery the clouds lifted and the sun broke through. Flowers and blossoms sprung open and I was noticing colour all around. My eye was drawn to newly unfurling bushes.
Feeling like we deserve a drier delivery day tomorrow but the forecast predicts more rain !
Some sun, not warm. A pop of pink, a forlorn lost mitten, a magnolia blossom poised.
A light mail day, only 17,000 steps. 10,000 less than the walk last Thursday.
A still, sly morning, a wintery chill, a warming sun occasionally catching.
Noticing all the white blossoms around the walk.
The sun finally came out and all looked beautiful. Blossom filled trees glowed with light against the blue sky. The warming sunlight was bright and low, transformed the delivery from a chore into a pleasure.
All was moist and sparkly.
Today: Sumptuous Camilla bush, Newmarket Rd: Rain rolling down awning, Plantsmans Close: A raindrop bejewelled leaf skeleton, Lime tree road.
A disappointingly wet delivery, a second day of finishing work soaked to the skin. Fingers crossed for drier weather tomorrow.
Today: Blossom, 51 Mount Pleasant: Tiny fungi growing at the bottom of a wall, Christchurch Rd: Line of blossom flowing down the road, Mount Pleasant.
A wet day, not fiercely raining, but raining. All is green and moist and blossom filled puddles and rivulets catch my eyes.
Today: Crocuses: Japonica blossom, Mount Pleasant: Puddle reflection, Wessex Street: My heart has a particular soft spot for plants that thrive in difficult locations, here a splendid crocus at the edge of the pavement, Plantsman Road.
Finally, after all the last two week’s excitement all feels more settled and I have capacity to notice the world around me. We have been going through a resigning, a reallocation of who does which delivery. Sadly, I will no longer be doing Walk 206 with Kelly but will be the new postie for Walk 202 working with Craig.
Looking forward to getting to know new customers and their gardens and building a new set of relationships with the new places in walk 202 and my new partner Craig.
Today: The lovely garden at 14 Allens Lane starting to come into bloom. Light through the glass doors in Arundel Court.
A shocker of a day in the office. A resigning is underway, all posties get to re choose where they deliver. Priority of choice is related to seniority.
Posties are obviously unsettled by the thought of loosing their walks but until this day there were no major surprises. This morning though, Matt (my working partners partner) lost his walk which has been his for the last 13 years.
The brutality of the process is laid bare.
Today: Increasingly noticeable signs of spring all around today.
A lighter delivery day.
Ginny Bain 