Although the sun is shining I can't read the sundial because it is under water. It has become an round, shallow pool after a month's rain fell in two days. In this saturated landscape every low area and dip - including the sundial, the sunken garden and the polytunnel - is now filled with water.
The temporary pool is beautiful though, and I enjoy looking at the perfect reflections of the winter trees and blue sky. Then another thought strikes me, that reflections show the world turned upside down, and if this extreme weather is a sign of climate change we will see a lot more of nature being turned topsy-turvey.
Another reminder that we are of nature, and what we do to the planet we do to ourselves.
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