Nature's Drama Unveiled
How a morning walk altered my mindset
At 5.55am I woke up with palpitations. My mind racing through a laundry list of concerns. Whatever the cause it was not a pleasant feeling. Not giving it much thought, I had ridgebacks to walk and meetings to host, so there was no time for wallowing in self pity.
Once out on the fields, the hounds did their usual morning walk checks, pacing along the perimeter to ward off any lurking lions. Honestly, one has to be so careful living in the wild countryside of South Wales.
Typically I was trying to capture the sunrise peeping over the morning mist, but for some reason the dogs weren’t in sight. I gave it a minute, called on them both, still nothing. Once over the brow of the hill, there they were, heads hung low, Obi, the male ridgeback poised over Nya, the younger female.
As I thought, they had caught a rabbit.
Warning: look away now if you’re eating your breakfast or get queasy over the thought of dead animals being shredded.
The shift in my perspective changed in a split second.
I was …