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Fields Where We Live

Fields?

Having walked along and thought about the lanes where we live, that prompted a thinking about the fields around us.

field (noun)

an area, usually covered with grass, used for playing sports (Cambridge Dictionary)

Hedgeley Women's football team
Hedgeley Women’s football team on the field of play (1953)

field (noun)

an area of land, used for growing crops or keeping animals, usually surrounded by a fence (Cambridge Dictionary)

fenced off field at Powburn
Fields where we live at Powburn fenced-off (2020)
fence-protected tree in field
Tree in its own fenced-off field?
dark blue skies above row of trees at Powburn
Panoramic view of the fields where we live right now – so fortunate!

If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive.

Eleonora Duse
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