Blogger: Adam Murray, Communications Officer
Six months in and still going strong. I have been here at my desk in Norwich working for the RSPB since January 4th. It is curious how you start to collect the usual shenanigans on your desk even within a short (but happy) six months. The photos of nearest and dearest, funny newspaper cuttings that make you smile, well used coffee mugs, a desk organiser that isn’t that organised, all make my desk quintessentially me - my patch.
This has got me thinking about what makes you passionate, stirs you from the inside, makes you sit up and be proud of your little bit of planet earth.
Now that the planning for my wedding and honeymoon (on the wonderful Suffolk coast, will tell more on a later post) is over my weekends are a lot more relaxed. This Saturday I was up early (7.00am kind of early) taking my wee man out in his buggy. With bleary eyes (he is teething at the moment) we pottered around the streets off the Unthank Road with glorious sunshine breaking the roof top horizon. We were lucky enough to come across the local greengrocers and artisan bakers setting up for the day – half a dozen duck eggs and fresh-from-the-oven warm granary loaf later we had foraged ourselves a good breakfast. With a slight air of smugness and a sleeping baby, life was good. I then took a bit of a detour up another classic terraced Norwich street, rounding the block to keep him sleeping, there above me were my favourite neighbours - the swifts were in force. This time I had a real trouble counting how many there were (top tips gratefully received), there must have been more than ten and to top it off a majestic grey heron carved their way through the acrobatic mischievousness.
This is my patch of plenty, my little bit of planet earth I call my own. It may only be a few street blocks on a sunny weekend morning but this is what stirs me, gets me passionate. With no one else around me and my wee man were the kings of the streets.
Tell us about your patch or find your nearest bit of RSPB wildlife at http://www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/