These ancient mature beeches are protected, safe from damage and destruction by humanity. Will the small, colourful, beech sapling gain the same status, or will it be removed as a nuisance lying too close to the path beside it? *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use …
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The 1st of March is the beginning of meteorological spring here in the UK. Where I live, in the Forest of Dean, we see snow only rarely, and even less frequently in March. In fact, this winter we’ve had no more than a few flurries. The shot above is from the middle of March 2018, …
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Another month closes, ending the meteorological winter of the UK and summoning the sunshine of the coming spring. A welcome change following a time of necessary restriction, incompetent governance, divisive political moves, and threats of war.So I give you a picture of hope for better weather, better places, better times to come. The sunset here …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 28/Feb/22
Autumn colours from beech and bracken linger to lap up the promising warmth of a winter sun shining on a rural lane. Passing through the forest, above the narrow way, its noise and steam no longer present, a railway bridge now forms part of a peaceful path permitting wanderers to walk through birdsong and the …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 27/Feb/22
Still the day air unmovedunfathomable depth belowmirrored face reflectingall it sees of the quiet worldas it waits in silencefor breeze above orfish below to rippleperfection with thevanity of existence *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Feb/22
Cold was the night this fallen leaf encountered as it lay among the autumn discards of its neighbouring oaks and beeches. The elegant finger of green that brought life to the sweet chestnut that bore it through spring and summer now lies drained of active colour and frilled with frost following a sub-zero February night. …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 25/Feb/22
Wind washes in wavesbrightened by a fitful sunon an arc of bay *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But you’ll find a lot more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate your home or office.
In the distance, you’ll see an old railway bridge, locally known as the Black Bridge. It’s currently in use as a casual public footpath, joining the English side of the land with Wales, which is where this photograph was taken. The River Wye forms part of the border between the two countries. Illustrating the peculiarities …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/Feb/22
Bright light on the fernhighlights a winter promiseof better to come *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But you’ll find a lot more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate your home or office.
Is 10,000 comments some sort of milestone? I don’t know. But it seemed worth celebrating, so I thought I’d put up a photo of my published books in a stack. The picture in the background is of a modern sculpture depicting a man reading. I came across it in a park in Lyme Regis, Dorset.Do …
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Wide skies and calm seawaders vie with gulls for fooda young mother tends her childcurious about life beneatha gentle pool of still waterand beneath distant cliffsa cargo vessel awaits departureto far off lands as yet unknown *****……………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 21/Feb/22
How bent the boleof a beech clingingto this steep slope’s edgeasking why and howit came to this fateand lives and growsdespite what timehas laid upon it *****………………………….*****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 …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 20/Feb/22
Strolling at day’s end from Janet’s Foss back to the hotel at Malham, we watched the sun slowly sink to leave a lovely winter evening sky. Just the two of us on the path at this stage in the day. Our earlier walk along the River Ribble from Settle to Stainforth had refreshed memories of …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 19/Feb/22
The distance between uson this dying day of wintersignals what I wonderis this the final partingor a renewal of our loveor a simple misunderstandingtime will render comedywhen we glance back on yearswe have yet to walk together? *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 18/Feb/22
How many years have you passed on this steep slopewhat stories might you tell of that long timehow fierce the storm that brought you downto rest a broken wonder across our path? *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 17/Feb/22
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