Today’s Pictures: 15 Mar 21

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March mists in the forest. ‘The men walked like scissors; the women trod like cats.’ Katherine Mansfield I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will provide a wider view of the world and some of its wonders.If you share on social media, …

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Today’s Pictures: 14 Mar 21

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The path runs through young beech trees, lending their autumn colours even in early spring, until new growth will shed them. ‘Every walker is a guard on patrol to protect the ineffable.’ Rebecca Solnit I’m continuing the daily shots from our walks in the local forest for the moment. Another photograph from my collection will …

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Today’s Pictures: 13 Mar 21

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Curving forest road. ‘As she walked she lifted her knees high, her feet far out in front of her, like a drum majorette on parade.’ Nancy Huddleston Packer Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of …

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Today’s Pictures: 12 Mar 21

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Hillside village in the forest. ‘My steps became extravagantly buoyant, like those of a high wire artist walking on a hidden trampoline.’ Robert Traver Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its …

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Today’s Pictures: 11 Mar 21

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A rather tortured tree trunk. ‘It seems thus possible to give a preliminary definition of walking as a space of enunciation.’ Michel de Certeau Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its …

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Today’s Pictures: 10 Mar 21

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Pool in the Forest of Dean ‘All truly great thoughts are conceived while walking.’ Friedrich Nietzsche Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck …

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Today’s Pictures: 09 Mar 21

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Misty avenue of firs. ‘Walking makes us take problems in our stride.’ Andy Hargreaves Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media so more people stuck indoors due …

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Today’s Pictures: 08 Mar 21

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Evening shadows in the Forest of Dean ‘As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.’ John Locke Daily shots from our walks in the local forest will continue for the moment. I’ll include another photograph from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share …

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Today’s Pictures: 07 Mar 21

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Leaving a small ancient quarry in the forest. ‘Walking shares with making and working that crucial element of engagement of the body and the mind with the world, of knowing the world through the body and the body through the world.’ Rebecca Solnit The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, …

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Today’s Pictures: 06 Mar 21

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Sun bursts through mist in the forest. ‘Walking is man's best medicine.’ Hippocrates The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due to …

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Today’s Pictures: 05 Mar 21

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A marshy track through the forest ‘We make the path by walking.’ Robert Bly The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck indoors due …

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Today’s Pictures: 04 Mar 21

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A fishing pond in the forest. ‘Walking through this life really is walking through fire.’ Chaka Khan The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people …

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Today’s Pictures: 03 Mar 21

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Early sunshine. ‘Walk as if you are kissing the Earth with your feet.’ Thich Nhat Hanh The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders.Share on social media to reach more people stuck …

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Today’s Pictures: 02 Mar 21

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Forest stream ‘A vigorous five-mile walk will do more good for an unhappy but otherwise healthy adult than all the medicine and psychology in the world.’ Paul Dudley White The daily shots from the local forest will continue for the moment, and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of …

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Today’s Pictures: 01 Mar 21

On 01/03/202101/03/2021 By stuartakenIn Nature, Photography9 Comments

March mists. ‘Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.’ Martin Luther King, Jr. The daily shots from the local forest will continue and I’ll include other photographs from my collection to provide a wider view of the world and its wonders. …

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