sense of wellbeing

We went for a lovely walk this evening. It was just me and the children. It had got warmer and we had had tea up the garden, and everyone was just pottering about and I manged to round them up and put shoes on.. Where are we going? how long for?... I don't know, just a walk... We just crossed the lane and wandered up and found some bilberries, which we had to eat as no-one wanted to go back and get a container. When we got back Allie headed off up the lane and we all followed. He edged around the corner of the gate and onto the footpath that runs along the top of a field. We heard some interesting birdsong: doves and something that Fugs said sounded like someone farting (!) When we got to the field we saw three large rabbits in the next field down, so Allie headed down towards them saying "babbits". Two of them hid, but the biggest one remained, still, and sitting up like a hare and didn't move away. We couldn't get into that field so we stopped there in the corner for a bit, talking to the horse in the field to the side. It was one of the horses that lives across from us. Jem also found an amazing stripy spider on the wall. Fugs asked me what the lichen on the wall was and Allie kept touching it and calling it stars. The fields look really lovely at the moment with all the foxgloves. The big fallen tree is still alive and has grown some leaves. Jem saw a lovely big tree that she said would make a good tree house. We pottered back slowly, not really wanting to go inside. We sat on the wall while Allie played with some puddles on the lane. The sun was still shining but with long, hazy shadows. It all made me wonder how I could ever want to leave this place as it is a little piece of paradise. On the way back I had an incredible sense of wellbeing. I must remember to go for a walk more often. It has been peaceful all evening.