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
Which way will we wanderthrough tracks twistingrambling rough routesstepping sinuous switchbackpacing pinched pathway? +++++++++++++++++ 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, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 04/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
Tomorrow brings the first day of April, known in many lands as ‘all fools’ day’ or ‘April Fools’ Day’. It’s a strange custom, making fools of people, but there have been memorable instances of mass foolings here in the UK. Our renowned public broadcaster, the BBC once convinced most of the nation that spaghetti grows …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 31/Mar/22
March comes to a close soon. Here in the forest, the sleeping trees begin to wake. They’ve spent the winter months at rest, some wrapped in the living green blanket of moss that, indiscriminate in its choice of support, will just as happily coat random rocks and fallen branches. The fresh green always brightens the …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 30/Mar/22
Metal birds stuck on a pole? This eye-catching sculpture of birds in flight (I think they may be geese or cranes, but can’t now recall!) stands by the footpath winding its way through a park by the river in Ross on Wye. We rarely walk in a manicured landscape, but we’d had some lunch here, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 29/Mar/22
It is not alonethis road through treeshere are quite a fewsome in good conditionothers slowly rottingbut why are they herein this haven of naturewhat is or was their purposeup to eighty years agothey served as routesto carry coal iron stonedug from the groundbeneath the treesto the main linerailway that alsoonce split throughthis foresthow quiet it …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 28/Mar/22
Today, my mother would’ve been 102 years old. Unfortunately, she was killed in a traffic accident at the age of 44. A gifted painter, she never had the opportunity to demonstrate her skill and her eye properly. In her early life, she won a scholarship to a top art school in London. Unfortunately, her parents …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 27/Mar/22
Unseen here, the trees to the left harbour the nest of a buzzard pair. And, around the corner at the end, the path drops steeply toward the village. A short time ago, some trees were felled and then the trail was rutted by the tracks of heavy vehicles, the silence rent by the noise of …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Mar/22
Weeping March willowwith dark dry unseeing eyessoaks sun ‘neath blue sky *****…*****You can view a few more of my pictures in the Gallery.Or search over 2000 of my images you might like to use for book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or to order as …
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Quiet the forestpatient calm serene and stillas we wander there *****…*****You can see a few more of my pictures in the Gallery.Or, perhaps, search over 2000 of my images that you might like to use for book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or to order …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/Mar/22
Walking down this valley through the oaks on a day with bright sunshine and a soft breeze calms the spirit in a world so full of trouble. This is our sanctuary, our cathedral, our place of connection with the natural world. We come here often, a mile or so from our front door, and never …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 21/Mar/22
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