Motorbike is out - spring is definitely here!

As a follow on from the last post I decided this morning to get my motorbike going and have a ride into work instead of taking the car. It felt really great to be on the bike and to let everything else just wash away from me as I concentrated on riding.
It is still not what you would call warm and the wind left a lot to be deisred but it was well worth it just for the pleasant feeling of a clear head.
I did not do much riding last year and forgotten how much I enjoyed it so maybe I can get some more in this year.

It's finally arrived!

Spring that is! After a few weeks of an unrelenting easterly wind the direction has finally changed to south by south west and brought with it some warmer, but slightly blustery conditions. It seems to be also doing a better job of getting rid of the last remaining snow banks around here. The daffodils that were just beginning to peek out in March when the arctic weather arrived have now re-appeared and it feels like it just might linger for a bit.
As for me, well a few days rest and bit of exercise have improved my mood a bit however I still feel that there is something missing from me at the moment as I find it hard to see the joy in anything at the moment.

What a difference a few days, some exercise and a wonderfully bright morning can make. This  mornings dog walk although darker than it was before the clocks went forward was more rewarding than normal with the sound of owls hooting in the woods on one leg of it and hearing the foxes on the way back in. Not to mention the sounds of the birds all getting excited in the pre-dawn light. Even though some of the fields are still covered in snow here and it was bitterly cold this morning at least there is the hint of Spring.

Well into another year!

I know my posts are irregular but then that's me all over. A lot of things I do (or don't do) depend very much on my state of mind which of late seems to stumbling between a state of inertia and a state of severe depression. So much so I have started to look over my shoulder checking for black dogs (see Winston Churchill for the "quote").
I seem to be unable to find an interest in anything for very long and feel very uncommunicative with everyone else, I am also finding it hard to juggle life and work and downtime successfully and even writing this is an effort.
It is nothing to do with the weather since I actually really rather enjoy the snow shrouded landscapes around me and the enforced silence of most things mechanical giving nature time to open itself up a bit more with the sound of the birds and the rushing of the wind coming through more clearly now that the man made objects are struggling to move.
I will have to continue my search for some sort of inner peace though where to find it I am not sure