Dusk or dawnday’s ending or beginningpaints the sky with huesunseen through daytimetouches imaginationwith possibilitiessets the spirit soaringends or beginsthe new daywith hope *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, …
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Fenced inbut why?beyond those rows of postseither side of this well-trodden trackthe land falls steeply awayto the left it drops to a long-dry water courseright it hides a brook tumblingover rocks and fallen treesa veritable jungle full of wildlifeand the bridge?crosses over a track once bearingcarts of coal and iron and stonedrawn by horseslong retireda …
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A novel by an author who always does her research thoroughly, understanding the moods, harsh realities, inequalities, priorities, and thoughts of the times she writes about. April Taylor’s ‘Loyalty in Conflict’ is a deep dive into the world of England during part of the protracted period of the Wars of the Roses. Her introduction to …
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Tall and dark stand the sentinelssoft green carpet at their feetdo they wanderEnts in the nightthere is a magic to this placeso perhapsnocturnal perambulationis not so far fetched here *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 15/Mar/22
How blue that winter skyhow still the surface of the lakehow bare the branches of the treeshow full my heart with loveof the world of naturethat sustains us all *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything …
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Sinuous the shadowsstriping the winding pathleading the eyeinto mystery wheredeep shade may hidewhatever lies there *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 13/Mar/22
Had another couple of reviews of ‘An Excess Of…’ so far this month. As writers and readers will know, reviews are never easy to get, unless you’re willing to spend a fortune on them, but paid for reviews have never struck me as a genuine way to discover the true value of a book.I’ve copied …
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To reach this place we take a path diversion leading to a valley carrying the brook that forms this pool above a small waterfall. We cross a bridge, a slab of solid stone, across what once was a small stream but now is no more than a depression leading to a dry, steep sided former …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Mar/22
Serried rows was how they planted usbut time and wind and mishapinterrupted their impositionand now we grow more naturallythough it’s true our origincan still be seen by those who see *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use on book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/Mar/22
There are days of magic, when the light and clear air throw everything into stark focus. Such days beg commemoration, demand recording, present opportunities for spectacular creation. This was taken on such a day. The brook that tumbles in its rocky course flowed only gently into the swollen river, water levels overriding the normal obstruction …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Mar/22
Tall they standrising to meet the sunlightno shade of pridein their struggle to surviveonly the lifeforcethe drive to livebut oh what talesthey might tell usif we would only hear them *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
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Coal in the making: this small area of the forest is permanently wet, acting as a pool for several tiny streams and springs, before they overflow to join the larger brook that drains the valley. Fallen trees will eventually be preserved in oxygen-deprived mud and lie to await the geological millennia it will take for …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Mar/22
To climb or stay on the flat?It’s a dry day, so the path following the fence to the left will be free of the sometime, shallow, flowing stream it harbours after heavy rain. Down there is the nearest route home, and now, after much work has been completed, that rough fence has been replaced by …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Mar/22
Just a pair of pretend bunnies posing in the snow as lovers. Here specially for those who like a bit of the cute. *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Mar/22
Sunlight dapples the trackand the hillside centuriesof carting and feethave worn into ittrees tall and straightrise in welcome to theirwilder wandering cousinswho spread out their limbsin search of lifegiving light. *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
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