#ScenicSaturday 17/Sep/22

Woodland Walk near Upwey This month, all the photographs in the series were taken in September, though not this year. My digital pictures go back to when I first bought a DSLR camera, and I like to share them.This image is from a small woodland we walked in 2011 while visiting Dorset to explore the …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/May/22

Dorset, May 2013. Spring has yet to reach this lone tree on a Dorset hillside. The picture was taken in May 2013. Can it be that climate change has moved spring so much earlier over such a short period? All the pictures in this month’s series were taken in May, but during different years. Are …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/May/22

Porlock on a May Day. The small seaside town of Porlock sits on a dip in the coast of Dorset. Moorland rises on either side. The sea forms a wide, shallow bay with a beach. It’s a quiet place, or it was when we visited midweek in early May some years ago. It’s one of …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/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 …

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Today’s Pictures: 30 Apr 21

A narrow tracks weaves through spring trees in the Forest of Dean. ‘No longer the round shoulders and stooping walk, no longer the shuffle of shame.  She was upright and open.’Stuart Aken, Breaking Faith. This is the final post in the series of photographs from our local forest walks. I’ve posted almost 1,000 of my …

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Today’s Pictures: 27 Apr 21

Quiet stream ‘They won’t have me back because I walked out, there and then, of course.’Stuart Aken, Breaking Faith. This series of photographs from our local forest will finish at the end of April, by which time I’ll have posted almost 1,000 of my pictures in this series. For the last few days, I’m adding …

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Today’s Pictures: 22 Apr 21

A circle of stones around a hearth in the forest. ‘I am thy father’s spirit:Doomed for a certain time to walk the night.’William Shakespeare, Hamlet Daily photographs from our local forest will continue here until the end of April. I’m adding another from my collection to show more of the world and its wonders. I’ll …

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Today’s Pictures: 16 Apr 21

A fast flowing stream in the forest. ‘As for myself, I walk abroad o’ nightsAnd kill sick people groaning under walls:’Christopher Marlowe, The Jew of Malta Daily photographs from our local forest will continue here until the end of April. I’m adding another from my collection to show more of the world and its wonders. …

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Today’s Pictures: 9 Apr 21

A horse rider in the forest. ‘Not to go back, is somewhat to advance,And men must walk at least before they dance.’Alexander Pope. Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue here for a little while longer. And I’m adding another from my collection of pictures to show more of the world …

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Today’s Pictures: 8 Apr 21

Afternoon sunshine ‘For a week they lazed and loved, swam in the hotel pool, ate in restaurants, took in Virtual shows, walked, danced, drank together.’Stuart Aken, The Methuselah Strain Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue here for a little while longer. And I’ll add another from my collection of pictures …

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Today’s Pictures: 31 Mar 21

Steep track down toward the beaver enclosure in the forest. ‘Walking brings me back to myself.’    Laurette Mortimer For now, the daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue here. And I’ll add another from my collection of pictures to show more of the world and its wonders. But these posts take up …

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Today’s Pictures: 28 Mar 21

The remnants of one of the old quarries now softened by decades of natural growth. ‘The body is like a machine requiring to be well-kept for full service.’     Mohandas Ghandiji Today sees the start of British Summer Time, which means we set the clocks forward an hour in the early hours of last night, resulting …

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