A natural fence/handrail? I love the way this eccentric wooden barrier blends so well with its location. The whole place carries the air of an imaginary fantasy scene. +++++++++++++++++ Much of humanity lives among natural wonders, though many millions also dwell in ugly, overcrowded, unsanitary slum cities, of course. Some people ignore and others actively …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 27/Apr/22
The Bard, William Shakespeare, would have been 458 years old sometime around today; a veritable Methuselah! Of course, our national playwright died on 23rd April 1616. According to tradition, he was born on 23 April 1564, but that’s speculation. We do know, however, he was baptised on 26th of that month. I wonder what he’d …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Apr/22
Years, nay decades, nay centuries have breathed life into these ancient giants. They stand, one beneath the cliff of a quarry long neglected, the other above an abyss that’s the space left by an even more ancient quarry. Their location is known and enjoyed only by the adventurous few who travel boar trails, weave through …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/Apr/22
This spot is a favourite of my lovely wife, Valerie, whose birthday is today. Don’t worry, this post was scheduled so I could spend the whole day with her and treat her.The place depicted is called ‘Janet’s Foss’, and nestles in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, not far from Malham. It’s a popular spot that …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 18/Apr/22
Spring brings colour and life to the forest as the trees don their bright new leaves to flutter and grow in the increasing sunlight. Once skylit paths now lie beneath the shade of foliage, dappled here and there by openings above. The air is milder. Birds chirrup and sing their mating calls as they collect …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 16/Apr/22
Decades past, this small bridge once carried steam trains loaded with coal, iron, and stone, hacked from the ground that bears it. It crosses a defunct watercourse, altered to flow a different way, and now occasional home to some unusual fungi. It bears a small wooden label to identify it as ‘Horton Bridge’, but who …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Apr/22
How many years have passed you by, old oak?How many people trod the narrow path beside you?What do you know of a world where we are fleeting?What might we learn if we could only talk with you?And would we benefit from your ancient wisdomOr continue on our wasteful and destructive way? +++++++++++++++++ We live among …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Apr/22
A day without wind. The pond lay still and silent. Nothing moved to disturb the peace. Until. Plop! Unseen, some creature of the water rose to take the air, or look around, or seek food flying overhead. Who knows? It vanished with as much speed as it appeared. Mystery. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 09/Apr/22
Which way to goas the path divideswhere will the right onedeliver uswhere the left one leadwe will discoveronly by the choicewe makeas in all we do in life. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. Some people ignore and others actively dislike such beauty, even working to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Apr/22
Thatched cottages overlooking the sea with an English spring sky above. What more could you possibly want? +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. Some people ignore and others actively dislike such beauty, even working to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts are my encouragement of joy in nature, hoping to inspire you …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Apr/22
Early bright spring growthenlivens the old forestbringing new promise +++++++++++++++++ Our world is full of natural wonders. But some people ignore such beauty, some actively dislike it, and work to destroy the only world we’re able to inhabit.These daily posts of words and pictures are my encouragement of joy in nature, hoping others may be …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Apr/22
Quiet flows the Wye this daythrough a vale of natural beautywhere it leaves the forest for a whileand flows through farmlandwhere graze sheep and cattlewhere narrow boats carrycurious paddlers with the currentand walkers tread soft pathsthat follow curves and bowsBut some days this benign flowswells with rain fallen ondistant hills in our neighbour Walesand floods …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Apr/22
Quiet waters lie stillawaiting a breeze aboverising fish below +++++++++++++++++ Our world is full of natural wonders. But some people ignore such beauty, some actively dislike it, and work to destroy the only world we’re able to inhabit.These daily posts of words and pictures are my encouragement of joy in nature, hoping others may be …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 03/Apr/22
Early April arrivesannouncing springwith fresh greensemerging from damp earthand budding from trees. +++++++++++++++++ We live in a world full of natural wonders. But some people either have no appreciation of natural beauty, or actively dislike it, and look to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts of words and pictures are my small …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Apr/22
We live in a world full of natural wonders. But some people either have no appreciation of natural beauty, or actively dislike it, and look to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts of words and pictures are my small contribution to encouraging enjoyment of nature, in the hope others may be inspired …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Apr/22
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