#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/Feb/22

On 11/02/202206/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, opinion, Photography17 Comments

Uneasy lies the truce between footfalls and wheels in the forest. Multitudes of narrow circles of rubber coated steel press harsh upon wet ground, forming grooves the rain cannot escape and making waterways of once sound walking paths. Slowly, those small streams erode the ground until the soil under walkers’ boots slips away to flood …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Feb/22

On 10/02/202205/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

Day’s end or night’s beginningdepends on what’s been doneor what’s intended I suppose A warm summer’s day comesto a close softly lit by a moonfull of the promise of pleasure Gently the evening wavessettle to ripple a surface of calmsharing colours of dusk with a Sky yet blue as a summer daysets an evening gull …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 09/Feb/22

On 09/02/202204/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography8 Comments

Rugged beauty defies the violence of the sea that made it here on the coast of Devon. The landscape is indifferent to its influences, but humanity is blessed with an ability to detect the abstract quality we call natural beauty. Probably, such appreciation was initially an essential component of our make-up, a spur to make …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Feb/22

On 08/02/202204/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography7 Comments

This is a regular beginning to many of our walks in the Forest of Dean. It’s one of the popular ways into the trees, as can be seen by the numerous footsteps through the sprinkling of seasonal snow. Many of the trees here are reaching the end of their natural lives, and the Forestry Commission …

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#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Feb/22

On 07/02/202204/02/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography17 Comments

Malham Cove, a 300-foot-high limestone cliff, remnant of an Ice Age waterfall, is a magnet for walkers, climbers, and artists. The beck, all that remains of the once powerful river, has sunk underground and now emerges as a small stream from the base of the cliff. We walked the well-marked route from the village and …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Feb/22

On 06/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

So many tourist feet stepon the coast at St Tropezso few eyes rest on thefaded walls of its Citadellecaptured instead bypossible sights ofthose strange beingscalled celebrities *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Feb/22

On 05/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

Gentle flows the brookover soft falls of hiddenrock rounded by time *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 04/Feb/22

On 04/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry7 Comments

Wide the skies of early summerblue feathered with white puffsof promised rain to comefor crops emerging fromflat furrowed fieldsto make the food we crave*****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 03/Feb/22

On 03/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry9 Comments

Blanketed by delicate flakes of whitecrystal sparkles scatteredfine fibres of drowned grassstand proud pointing to thesun that brings them life*****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will …

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Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Feb/22

On 02/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry15 Comments

Gentle waves wash atchalk scattered sands that liebeneath birthing cliffs *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Feb/22

On 01/02/202231/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Author, Creative Writer, Nature, Photography, Poetry5 Comments

Stately oaks line thepath in its sinuous courseto a place not known *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.

#PictureOfTheDay: 31/Jan/22

On 31/01/202215/01/2022 By stuartakenIn Creative Writer, Nature, Photography8 Comments

*****………………………….*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you’re looking for images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.