We buy the Countryfile calendar every year. Wonderful photos of the British countryside. This year chosen from 57000 amateur photographs. Proceeds to charity. What's not to like?
My only problem is we already live in the countryside. True, I can't capture any of these moments on camera, but I do see many of them in real life on my daily walks. The flash of iridescent blue of a kingfisher fleeing Bobby down by Evelith or a badger cub asleep in the sun near Grindleforge. Crows downing buzzards, red in tooth and claw. Foxes fornicating.
When I return home for my lunch and a snooze I don't actually need a calendar of animals doing things that make us go aah. What I could do with is a hit of what I miss. A Cityfile Calendar: An impromptu game of 30-a-side on Tooting Common; The Bristol Sweet Mart of a Sunday morning; Craven Cottage on a half-empty Tuesday night, Waterloo Sunset. It's all in my head. Just looking for backers....
My only problem is we already live in the countryside. True, I can't capture any of these moments on camera, but I do see many of them in real life on my daily walks. The flash of iridescent blue of a kingfisher fleeing Bobby down by Evelith or a badger cub asleep in the sun near Grindleforge. Crows downing buzzards, red in tooth and claw. Foxes fornicating.
When I return home for my lunch and a snooze I don't actually need a calendar of animals doing things that make us go aah. What I could do with is a hit of what I miss. A Cityfile Calendar: An impromptu game of 30-a-side on Tooting Common; The Bristol Sweet Mart of a Sunday morning; Craven Cottage on a half-empty Tuesday night, Waterloo Sunset. It's all in my head. Just looking for backers....
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