Meet a Plant: Cinquefoil
22/08/2020
Meet, Cinquefoil. … More Meet a Plant: Cinquefoil
Tag: folklore
Meet a Plant: Meadowsweet
05/08/2020
Meet, Meadowsweet. This delicate, sweetly scented flower has many names. Its Latin name is Filipendula ulmaria. … More Meet a Plant: Meadowsweet
Toadstools
07/10/2016
If you hear merriment echoing enticingly amidst lengthening shadows, strands of beguilement entwining your senses whilst sunbeams scatter like raindrops upon fertile soil, look carefully: there you’ll find ephemeral shelters emerging for other-wordly festivities I photographed a lot of toadstools around the meadow and in the little wooded area during September. As I had a few too many to include in the Changing Seasons post, I … More Toadstools
Cee’s B&W: Older than 50 Years
26/07/2016
Proudly they stand, ancient stones steeped in mystery, weathered and windblown on the lonely roadside, sheltering stories of times long past. Name carved in stone, black feathers bathed in blood, warrior fallen in battle, legend unforgotten. Crawling on hands and knees, scrabbling and squeezing, hoping and praying that aches and pains are drawn away by weathered stone during undignified rebirth. … More Cee’s B&W: Older than 50 Years
Saturday Songsters #3 – Clannad
23/01/2016
This is another of my Saturday Songsters posts where I share a video of a piece of music. This week’s track is ‘Strange Land’ by the Irish group, Clannad a group that consists of the siblings Moya, Ciaran and Pol Brennan plus their twin uncles, Noel and Padraig Duggan. Their younger sister / niece, Enya, was originally also … More Saturday Songsters #3 – Clannad
Six Word Story: Believe
12/12/2015
I enjoy writing six word stories so much that I decided to join in with another challenge. This post is for the Sometimes Stellar Storyteller’s Six Word Story Challenge. This week’s theme is believe. She’d always known they were real.
WOW: Kelpie
12/04/2015
This post is in response to Heena Rathore P.’s Word of the Week (WOW). This weekly meme is a great way of improving your vocabulary. If you wish to participate, simply create a post with your word and leave a link in a comment on Heena’s WOW post. Here’s my WOW for this week: Word … More WOW: Kelpie
One-Four Challenge: January Week 4
28/01/2015
This is my entry four week 4 of Robyn’s One-Four Challenge, which asks that you edit the same picture in four different ways over four weeks. For this final edit I wanted to create a more psychedelic image, drawing on the slightly more esoteric role of mushrooms (though ink caps do not have any hallucinogenic … More One-Four Challenge: January Week 4
Cee’s Which Way Challenge 2015: Week #3 – Devil’s Bridge
22/01/2015
The sounds of water lapping against the rocky outcrops below drift soothingly to your ears as you traverse the Devil’s Bridge, following in the footsteps of centuries worth of travellers. Your hand trails over the stone balustrade as so many have done before. The structure may be mottled with moss and lichen, it may be … More Cee’s Which Way Challenge 2015: Week #3 – Devil’s Bridge
An Enchanted Place 