Golden grasses kissboards curving oversodden groundso walkers may crosssparing the wildlifelurking beneath A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.Or you could search over 2000 here to use for book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate your home …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 20/Mar/22
Blue the spring skyand blue the swollen riverempty the benchesawaiting bums to sitonce weather warmsthen will come canoesbrave souls swimming swans in pairs with new signetsherons perching one-leggedin search of elusive fishand trees of greenpacked full of songbirdscelebrating new life *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But you can search over 2000 here …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 19/Mar/22
When first planted on the sloping field, these larch trees were placed in rows. It made it easier to put them in and will make it easier to harvest them. For they are a crop. The forest is a working forest, trees grown for timber. But, because it is also a nationally owned enterprise, Forestry …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 18/Mar/22
Dusk or dawnday’s ending or beginningpaints the sky with huesunseen through daytimetouches imaginationwith possibilitiessets the spirit soaringends or beginsthe new daywith hope *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 17/Mar/22
Tall and dark stand the sentinelssoft green carpet at their feetdo they wanderEnts in the nightthere is a magic to this placeso perhapsnocturnal perambulationis not so far fetched here *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 15/Mar/22
How blue that winter skyhow still the surface of the lakehow bare the branches of the treeshow full my heart with loveof the world of naturethat sustains us all *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 14/Mar/22
Sinuous the shadowsstriping the winding pathleading the eyeinto mystery wheredeep shade may hidewhatever lies there *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find over 2000 here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 13/Mar/22
To reach this place we take a path diversion leading to a valley carrying the brook that forms this pool above a small waterfall. We cross a bridge, a slab of solid stone, across what once was a small stream but now is no more than a depression leading to a dry, steep sided former …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Mar/22
Serried rows was how they planted usbut time and wind and mishapinterrupted their impositionand now we grow more naturallythough it’s true our origincan still be seen by those who see *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use on book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/Mar/22
There are days of magic, when the light and clear air throw everything into stark focus. Such days beg commemoration, demand recording, present opportunities for spectacular creation. This was taken on such a day. The brook that tumbles in its rocky course flowed only gently into the swollen river, water levels overriding the normal obstruction …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Mar/22
Sunlight dapples the trackand the hillside centuriesof carting and feethave worn into ittrees tall and straightrise in welcome to theirwilder wandering cousinswho spread out their limbsin search of lifegiving light. *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Mar/22
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 …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Mar/22
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, …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Mar/22
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
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