'So That You Can Come Back'

 A walk and a taste of home before we take off.

 There's something calming about two ducks slowly swimming across water at eye level.

 

Sitting back on a park bench to watch the end-of-day light on the water, is also very calming.

 

The view of the sea at the edge of the world, another soothing view.

All the restful hues of blue.

 Add in a tree to complete the picture.

 

Back home where I sit and write (mostly emails at the moment with any creative writing being pushed aside for more administrative type writing). I'll get back into the more fun stuff once I'm back. 

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Love this contribution to a project called Bags of Hope,where school pupils were asked to illustrate large, paper bags that cancer patients use to store and carry their personal belongings while in hospital.  

 

While at the mall buying last minute stuff for our trip,we were stopped by a volunteer and invited to take a look at the display. Both R and I were touched by the simple messages and bright art and I confess, both of us got a little attack of the 'I'm not crying, you're crying' - the messages were so touching. The fact that children were the encouragers, somehow making it all the more affecting.

 The names of the children and the school they are pupils at were on each bag, but for privacy I've cropped out that info.

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I always feel a little pang whenever I travel away from home, I'm such a homebody (my star sign is Cancer ... so that comes as no surprise). What always helps is knowing that I will be coming back. 

The title of this post refers to a Terry Pratchett's Discworld quote, principally from his children's novel, A Hat of Sky: 

 “Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.”