Fields of gold

19 July 2010

I went for a walk yesterday, as part of an ongoing effort to clear my head and get my joints working. I’ve been out in the fields in recent days, among the seed heads of oil seed rape and horse beans, thin and fat, little red bugs and swarms of little flies that I then had to empty from my bra at the end of the day.

I went a different route yesterday though, heading south and then across the field towards the church. I couldn’t see over the hedgerow and hadn’t given any thought to which crop might have been planted there. I turned into the gate and – wow – it really was a field of gold. The sky was blue, the sun was shining and the field of barley was glowing before me. The footpath cuts all the way across the field and I wandered along it so slowly, enjoying the sun, the view of the oast houses and the Kent valley beyond and the feel of the one barley seed head I picked from its waving stalk. It really was beautiful.

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5 Responses to “Fields of gold”

Barry
19th July 2010 @ 12:48 pm

Lovely picture and lovely post, Sarah.

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Barb
19th July 2010 @ 5:17 pm

That really is quite beautiful and so different from anything I see here.

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Thursday
19th July 2010 @ 9:19 pm

I was right there with you.

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Emily
20th July 2010 @ 9:08 am

Gorgeous, although I now have Sting singing in my head

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Life moves fast in the country : dreamdust
29th July 2010 @ 12:41 pm

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