Massive curving concretefollows the arching linestrewn with bold blocksintended to defeatrising waves thattoo soonmay override a wallbuilt by human vanityin false hope ofescape from direconsequences as theyfailed to respectthe natural world thatmade them possiblebut too late nowis what they’ll hearabove the crashingsea of destructionthey have fed bytheir complacent neglect. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. …
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How many years have passed you by, old oak?How many people trod the narrow path beside you?What do you know of a world where we are fleeting?What might we learn if we could only talk with you?And would we benefit from your ancient wisdomOr continue on our wasteful and destructive way? +++++++++++++++++ We live among …
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A day without wind. The pond lay still and silent. Nothing moved to disturb the peace. Until. Plop! Unseen, some creature of the water rose to take the air, or look around, or seek food flying overhead. Who knows? It vanished with as much speed as it appeared. Mystery. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. …
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Which way to goas the path divideswhere will the right onedeliver uswhere the left one leadwe will discoveronly by the choicewe makeas in all we do in life. +++++++++++++++++ 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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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, …
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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
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 contribution to encouraging enjoyment of nature, in the hope others may be inspired …
Continue reading #Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/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
Last weekend a new monument was unveiled in the Forest of Dean, at a location we often visit on our walks. We’ve been watching the construction over the months, and discovered it’s now complete.This is the Waterloo Colliery disaster monument. The mine had two shafts, 70m (230 feet) deep. The main shaft had an inclined …
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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, …
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