#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Feb/22

On 08/02/202204/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography7 Comments

This is a regular beginning to many of our walks in the Forest of Dean. It’s one of the popular ways into the trees, as can be seen by the numerous footsteps through the sprinkling of seasonal snow. Many of the trees here are reaching the end of their natural lives, and the Forestry Commission …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Feb/22

On 07/02/202204/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography17 Comments

Malham Cove, a 300-foot-high limestone cliff, remnant of an Ice Age waterfall, is a magnet for walkers, climbers, and artists. The beck, all that remains of the once powerful river, has sunk underground and now emerges as a small stream from the base of the cliff. We walked the well-marked route from the village and …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Feb/22

On 06/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

So many tourist feet stepon the coast at St Tropezso few eyes rest on thefaded walls of its Citadellecaptured instead bypossible sights ofthose strange beingscalled celebrities *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Feb/22

On 05/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

Gentle flows the brookover soft falls of hiddenrock rounded by time *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 04/Feb/22

On 04/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

Wide the skies of early summerblue feathered with white puffsof promised rain to comefor crops emerging fromflat furrowed fieldsto make the food we crave*****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 03/Feb/22

On 03/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry9 Comments

Blanketed by delicate flakes of whitecrystal sparkles scatteredfine fibres of drowned grassstand proud pointing to thesun that brings them life*****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Feb/22

On 02/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry15 Comments

Gentle waves wash atchalk scattered sands that liebeneath birthing cliffs *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Feb/22

On 01/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry5 Comments

Stately oaks line thepath in its sinuous courseto a place not known *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

#PictureOfTheDay: 31/Jan/22

On 31/01/202215/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Creative Writer, Nature, Photography8 Comments

*****………………………….*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you’re looking for images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.