Tuesday 8 May 2012

What do you hear?

I’m trying to get back out walking again as I’ve gotten out of the habit. So this morning I headed out to my usual place, Hillsborough Lake, which is just beautiful. As I came back around the lake I took a seat for a short time just to soak in the beauty of all that was around me and what struck me was the mixture of manmade and natural noises.

By the side of the lake there was a family of geese with their brand new goslings soaking up the sun, splashing in the water, the chatter and quacks of a couple of ducks nearby, the tweeting and chirping of birds in the trees, an aeroplane passing overhead, a fly buzzing past, the wind in the trees, a truck driving past, a dog barking in the background, the clink of glass as someone recycled old bottles, the honking of geese across the lake, the noisy engine of a truck passing by, the flapping of a swans wings and the splash of water as it runs across the top of the lake, chatter and conversation as other walkers come past, joyful shouting and laughter as a child sees the ducks and throws bread, another truck.


So many different noises breaking through the silence but each one breathing life into a place of beauty that was created so wonderfully by the Master Craftsman, a place of silence but yet a place of a wonderful sound track of God’s creation.