{"id":309,"date":"2010-03-23T10:53:37","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T10:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=309"},"modified":"2010-03-23T10:53:37","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T10:53:37","slug":"spring-best-season-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/spring-best-season-of-the-year","title":{"rendered":"Spring – best season of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nAlthough we’ve had some hints of spring over the last weeks, today really feels like the first day of spring, with warm temperatures (just a hint of chill early on), pale, watery sunlight and loud birdsong. The blossom has started to come out. It’s such a hopeful time of year, full of promise.<\/p>\n

The birdsong was particularly loud today. Although it can be noisy, it’s never obtrusive. We just tend to filter it out. But it is quite relaxing. I can’t think of a more relaxing sound in all the world than birds twittering away. Perhaps there’s an evolutionary reason for this: do birds only sing when all is well? Do they stop singing in the presence of danger?<\/p>\n

We don’t think much about aural beauty. While we recognize beautiful or ugly views, the quality of the sound around us is more-or-less ignored. Yet there’s a lot of aural ugliness in a typical urban environment. I find traffic noise particularly disturbing, and one of the things I love about the countryside is the quietness – except, of course, for the birdsong, or the distant breaking of waves on the shore.<\/p>\n

I’m off to Spain this lunchtime, but just for a one-nighter. Barcelona tonight, and then Cava tomorrow. I’m hoping to get back in time for football.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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