60BTs: Long Past

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Watching the cat having kittens when I was about 8

2         Being woken by my parents to see the aurora borealis when camping in Scotland

3         Going back to Clachtoll Bay, & feeling quite at home

4         Picking up a fearlessly young bird which hesitated in my hand before flying off

5         A baby’s first cry, specially my own

6         Having  a 10^th birthday party in a new yellow dress

7         Walking up to Mayfield to run errands & the shopkeepers putting it in our account

8         The butcher delivering meat when we were all out, finding a plate & putting it in the fridge

9         The orchids in the paddock

10     Watching, fascinated as our golden retriever Cinders picked blackberries without hurting her nose

11     Trying to catch minnows in the pond and the variety of wild flowers in the enveloping fields

12     Not falling off my pony going over a jump

13     Coming top in chemistry every term

14     Finally feeling boarding was friendly&familiar

15     Making some flashy diagnoses as a medical student, and being right sometimes

16     Getting the first job I applied for

17     A colleague saying “I’m glad you were on duty when my (v elderly) Father died”

18     The size and translucent fragility of a 28 week pre-term baby

19     My first camera, a Kodak Coloursnap, which could take colour, but I never did

20     The first good photo, of trees, snow and sparkly water