Stepping stones

This is such an early post for me. Usually I'm gathering my thoughts at the end of the night. I guess I have a lot to say right now.

The last few days have not been easy, so today I decided to go clear my head with a walk.

(Note - all photos can be enlarged by clicking on them).

Taking a book, camera, post stick notes and two pens, I went up to my university (involves walking up a big hill), even though I knew it was closed, to take a photo of the city below. Feeling a bit awkward, I waited til the coast was clear before taking any photos.

This photo was taken when I was walking uphill. It has always been a heart pounding walk!


This was the view of the city from the top of the road. Welcome to Sheffield! I've always wanted to take a photo of the city on a clear day, but this will do. Along this stretch of road are some cats I like to play with. Me and friend have decided to name all of them, but we hardly see them anymore.


This was the view going back down the hill. I've always told one of my crazy friends, Rick (who has snorted washing up powder), to grab a trolley and get pushed down there. Sadly, he refused.

My housemates and I have always wanted to walk up here drunk as clouds in the air. You can see why we don't.


On my way down, I happened to see this written on a dustbin. It made me chuckle because Miss Ashley was telling me last night that I was gay for Liono from Thundercats.

If someone teaches me this Panthro dance, then I could so easily pull a cartoon character.



Also on my way down, I saw some potted plants that were starting to grow in these old pots. Hopefully no one was in their house spying on me whilst I took photos of it.

Summer is coming!





I like this one because it seemed the contrast of the colours had been changed by computer, giving it a much brighter feel to it. Just as I was coming up to it, a bumble bee had flew off after muchos sex with it.





After my walk down from the giant hill, I was ready to go home, yet seemed quite unfulfilled by the photos I had taken. Remember there was a park nearby, I decided to walk through it toward the playground.

This photo was taken just as a few spots of rain were coming down. No, bird flu is not coming to Sheffield.



I walked along to this small river stream and I sat down on a rock. I changed the music to some Sigur Ros and just watched the water flow down. I hunched myself up, knees on chest and I just took it the small amount of scenery around me.

This dog jumped into the water and he was quite cute. Don't think his owners were to pleased about me taking a photo of them throwing sticks at their dog.


On my way back out of the park, I came across this sheltered part of the river and it just made me wanna go sit down there and gather my thoughts of today's walk.

When I was younger I used to have hiding places around the house, from when I was scared to being in trouble. And this reminded me of my childhood.

What did I learn today from the walk? A lot of things about myself.

1. It is easier to go on a walk to move the thoughts out of your head, rather than holing yourself up in your room.
2. For being miserable, find something that makes you smile. Today just going around the park, I saw so many kids just running around, having fun on swings and slides.
3. Life is like stepping stones - you can try and move quickly through life, living it to it's full, but there will be a time when you're pushed back down again. Life is never constant, it flucuates and we're here to cope/deal with it.

That's all I have for now. I'm glad I went for the walk, it's helped me realise the beauty of everything big and small. There's more to life than being miserable.

(Thank you Ashley. You know why).