Things coming up

 

Looking forward to being involved in a few things coming up at WWT Llanelli soon. 

On Monday 31st March i`ll be with some members of the WWT Llanelli Facebook Photo Club, meeting to take advantage of a good high tide before normal opening hours.

Easter Saturday, 19th April, i`ll be on the next "Walk with the Warden", meeting at 11.30am by the Information Desk.

On Sunday 4th May and Bank Holiday Monday 5th May, i`ll be helping with the annual Dawn Chorus walks, meeting around 5.45am for a 6am start. Let`s hope it`s fine weather.

I`m also currently involved with some Kingfisher work, and at time of posting it is hoped that it won`t be long before the first clutch is laid.

As well as WWT work, on Friday 4th April i`ll be with Carmarthenshire Falconry, taking photos during a customer experience day. For those who have purchased an Experience day, it`s a great way for the client to be able to "remember the day", when they can focus on flying and handling the birds. 

Alongside all this, we are in the run up to Easter, and currently nearly half way through Lent. Easter is an important time for the church, and there will be services at my church, St.Gwynogs, on Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. 

I`ve yet to start all the projects on my "New Year`s Resolution" to-do list, with lots of photography, nature and art stuff planned. Hopefully, one day, i`ll get around to them!

WWTW next Saturday

 Looking forward to Walk with the Warden next week (15th March) at WWT Llanelli.

Hoping that we`ll have some more of this lovely early-Spring weather.

Another year notched up

 

This last week it was my birthday, something I don`t make a song and dance about (and I often forget it`s coming up anyway), but can`t quite believe how the years are shooting by. What is difficult to take on board is that all my old school mates, who I last saw when I was 17, are now obviously all the same age as me too. Some of those now have grandchildren. Where did the time go?

It`s important to use time wisely, and that`s one thing i`ve always tried to do, going back to the days of my main employment, and when I was self-employed too. Even these days, with various personal responsibilities I have, I try and time-manage my full week, squeezing in time `for myself` if I can. 

With "notching-up" another year this last week, it`s made me feel grateful for what I have compared to so many in the world, particularly remembering all those in Ukraine. I have absolute admiration for President Zelensky, who has always shown tremendous leadership, but who had to endure the thuggery of Trump and his side-kick Vance this last week. With the Russians grinning from ear to ear, Trump and Musk already destroying democracy in the US, we are now in different are far more dangerous times. I am grateful for my family, friends, all those in my church and at WWT, my "second home" when I can get there, and all those I meet. Grateful too for this soggy-old but beautiful country we also call home.

I might be beginning to feel my age a bit, but while the joints are still working i`ll be out and about when I can, balancing a bit of time to allow for my volunteering too. Speaking of which, come June i`ll have been a volunteer for 20 years (another "where did the time go?" moment), but i`m just so grateful for that opportunity too.

So onward and upward into another birthday-year. I still have all those untouched New Year resolutions from the last few years, the plan to "definitely get back to art" promise yet to be started, a number of photography projects to take forward, plus some responsibilities for fund-raising to take forward. Just need bags of time.

Speak soon.