The Bard, William Shakespeare, would have been 458 years old sometime around today; a veritable Methuselah! Of course, our national playwright died on 23rd April 1616. According to tradition, he was born on 23 April 1564, but that’s speculation. We do know, however, he was baptised on 26th of that month. I wonder what he’d …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Apr/22
These ancient scowles have been trod by Iron Age settlers, Romans and their slaves, film and TV actors, and people like you and me. Puzzlewood, an unusual geological space in the Forest of Dean, has a long and somewhat mysterious history. Formed when cave systems were exposed at the Earth’s surface and subsequently collapsed, it’s …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 25/Apr/22
For how many million yearshas the headland facedunquiet seasfor how many more will itstand unchanged indifferentto humanity’s brief span? +++++++++++++++++ Much of humanity lives among natural wonders, though many millions are also forced to dwell in ugly, overcrowded, unsanitary slum cities, of course. Some people ignore and others actively dislike natural beauty, even working to …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 24/Apr/22
Years, nay decades, nay centuries have breathed life into these ancient giants. They stand, one beneath the cliff of a quarry long neglected, the other above an abyss that’s the space left by an even more ancient quarry. Their location is known and enjoyed only by the adventurous few who travel boar trails, weave through …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/Apr/22
It is possible for humanity live in the landscape without ruining it with high-rise buildings, ugly warehouses, and industrial monstrosities. But, of course, that would require us to stop breeding like rabbits, reduce our overburdening numbers, and live with nature instead of trying to either overrule or actively destroy it.This shot is of the charming …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 22/Apr/22
Calm windless days gift natural pools of water a mirror surface to reflect the beauty surround them. Here, a larch has tumbled but remains held by roots still lodged in the ground to prevent it falling into the pond. It’s an interesting feature of the photographic image that a reflection off water invariably produces a …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 21/Apr/22
A different view today. I used to live in East Yorkshire, a county that’s mostly fairly flat and very arable. Wide skies and fertile fields are the most common features here. This was taken on one our favourite walks from our previous home, in early April. To me it’s an essentially English landscape. What do …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 20/Apr/22
A rainy day in the forest. This puddle is a more or less permanent feature in this spot. So much so that local amphibians (we think either toads or newts) have taken to laying their spawn there. We often used to walk past and watch the tadpoles wriggling. But, recently, there’s been work carried out …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 19/Apr/22
This spot is a favourite of my lovely wife, Valerie, whose birthday is today. Don’t worry, this post was scheduled so I could spend the whole day with her and treat her.The place depicted is called ‘Janet’s Foss’, and nestles in the Yorkshire Dales National Park, not far from Malham. It’s a popular spot that …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 18/Apr/22
Guardians of the gravel, but how will they fare when sea levels rise? +++++++++++++++++ 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 to encourage joy in nature, respect for the natural world, in hope of inspiring …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 17/Apr/22
Spring brings colour and life to the forest as the trees don their bright new leaves to flutter and grow in the increasing sunlight. Once skylit paths now lie beneath the shade of foliage, dappled here and there by openings above. The air is milder. Birds chirrup and sing their mating calls as they collect …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 16/Apr/22
Fast flows the fresh brookfalling over rock and stonedown to distant sea +++++++++++++++++ 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, respect for the natural world, in hope of inspiring …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 15/Apr/22
A tree should stand upright tall andreach toward the life-giving skybut I have fallen felled by combinedweight of clinging ivy and theviolent winds of recent stormsyou cannot see my grandeur nowI lay flat along the incline I once ruledmy roots remain up there tentativein their connection to ground thatonce sustained and grew menow I intrude …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 14/Apr/22
I stand a lonely sentinel of ages pastmy purpose lost in all those passing yearsand now my aged flesh is worn and batteredtwice a day as tides bring waves to wash mesometimes with a gentle rinse of brinebut often now with violent breakersas the level of once constant seasrises and the atmosphere growsever more disturbed …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 13/Apr/22
Decades past, this small bridge once carried steam trains loaded with coal, iron, and stone, hacked from the ground that bears it. It crosses a defunct watercourse, altered to flow a different way, and now occasional home to some unusual fungi. It bears a small wooden label to identify it as ‘Horton Bridge’, but who …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Apr/22
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