sunburst bathed in rain dispelling night’s toxic fears newborn day washed clean This post is for the Macro Moments challenge run by Susan over at the blog Musin’ With Susan. This is the first time I’ve joined in with this challenge, but seeing as I take a lot of macro photographs I thought it was about time … More Macro Moments Week Seven: Sunburst
Last month I again spent many pleasant hours photographing the wildflower meadow, wooded area and stream for Cardinal Guzman’s Changing Seasons photography challenge. As you may know by now, this is my favourite place in the village, and where I like to go to write. In June the main feature of the meadow had been the daisies. During July these … More Changing Seasons 2016: July
weary bloom withers past beauty soon forgotten life yet lies ahead crone’s wisdom cradled within next generation’s promise
warm rain tumbling free scattered gems on richest green wealth in abundance
light breezes caress swaying to silent music may I have this dance? may I have this dance? a murmur of sweet nothings advantage taken
Breathe Deep Feeling nature’s embrace, I Breathe deep. Cascading perfumes entwine, senses take to the sky, Feeling nature’s embrace, I Hear the buzzing, the singing; let it fade to a sigh, Welcoming a serenity indigenous to sleep, Feeling nature’s embrace, I Breathe deep. This is my first ever attempt at a triolet, a poetry form that intrigued … More Breathe Deep
Awakening touch Virginal blossom caressed Before bees arise Today’s pictures were taken at the wildflower meadow on a beautiful June dawn. Yes, after months (possibly even years) of saying I was going to go out at dawn to photograph, I finally did it! And it was an enchanting experience. As I watched the sun slowly extend its … More Beautiful Dawn
It’s time for June’s Changing Seasons post, a challenge that asks you to photograph the same place over the course of a year and to share a monthly gallery of pictures. Yet again I’m afraid I have a few more photos than the Cardinal asks us to share. Oops! You probably wouldn’t believe just how long it took … More Changing Season 2016: June
Air fills with movement Fleeting insects buzz, dart, dance A feast on the wing I had intended to share my monthly Changing Seasons post today but unfortunately I haven’t actually finished sorting through all of the photos I’ve taken. I’ve visited and photographed the meadow so many times over the past few weeks that I have … More On the Wing
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a picture with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Adrift on warm air Future’s promise soaring free Seeking fertile ground
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s Changing Seasons photography challenge. This year I’m sharing a selection of pictures taken around my favourite place in the village – the wildflower meadow, wooded area and stream. I was determined to get this month’s galleries up before the end of the month! Don’t forget to click on the galleries … More Changing Seasons 2016: May
This post is for Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood challenge. Unfortunately it’s a day late as today was the first day I’ve had free where the weather was actually nice enough to leave the house! This week I decided to wander around the village and photograph a few of the views that I haven’t captured in a while. … More Echoes of my Neighbourhood – The Village
I know this is very late but I was determined to get it out anyway! As some of you may know, I spent April joining in with CampNanoWriMo. Nearly all of my free time was spent working on my novel which is why this wasn’t posted then. My favourite writing spot, however, (when it wasn’t … More Changing Seasons 2016: April
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s monthly Changing Seasons photography challenge. This year I’m photographing my favourite place in the village – the little wooded path alongside the wildflower meadow that runs down to the stream. The main feature during March has been the daffodils, which were much later to bloom beneath the shelter of the trees … More Changing Seasons 2016: March
This post is for the Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is harmony. Exultant voice trills Joining triumphant chorus Harmony embraced I encountered this incredibly tame robin when I was down at the stream last week. He flew from branch to branch in the tree above the bench where I like to stop to write, singing … More WPC: Harmony
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s monthly Changing Seasons photography challenge. I joined in with this challenge for the first half of last year, taking photographs along all the lanes around the village that I live in. Unfortunately I was taking so many pictures that it reached the point where I couldn’t find time to sort through them all … More Changing Seasons 2016: February
This post is for week four of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. This is a quarterly photo editing challenge that asks us to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. I would have liked to spend a little more time working on this final edit but, as today is the … More One Four: February Week Four
Clad in purest white Innocence personified The land awakens
This post is for week three of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. This is a quarterly photo editing challenge that asks us to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. . I know I said I’d try to remember what I did to achieve the final edit this … More One Four: February Week Three
Robyn’s One Four Challenge is back! Yay! This challenge has always been one of my favourites so it’s great to see it return. For this challenge we’re asked to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. I’m a little late joining in so rather than posting … More One Four: February Weeks 1 & 2
This post is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. This week’s theme is Things that are Cold. I have to admit that I got a little muddled this week. I had it in my head that ‘things that are cold’ was the theme for the Black and White Challenge. I dug out a selection of cold pictures from my … More CFFC: Things that are Cold
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
This post if for the Flash Fiction for Aspiring Writers (FFfAW) Challenge, run by Priceless Joy. This week’s picture was provided by Ady. The challenge is that you write a story of 75-175 words inspired by the photo prompt below. Here’s my entry. I hope you like it. Goddess Made Flesh Some days the longing to … More FFfAW: Goddess Made Flesh
Winter Sleep Winter’s chill creeps and the urge to sleep engulfs nature’s domain, with earthen blankets overlaid with the softest of white coverlets concealing dormant heads, as life retreats from frosty air to await the sun’s return.
Fisherman’s Blues Away from everyday concerns, from civilisation’s stress filled existence, gaze out over sun caressed waters, and let the current erode all cares. Today’s picture is a painting (acrylic on canvas, 20″x 20″) which I painted for my brother’s Christmas present. He has always loved fishing and can spend hours on end down by … More Fisherman’s Blues
Midwinter Child As winter strengthens its hold on the land, the light of the sun fades into oblivion’s void, endless night draining joy from the world. Hear the solstice bells chime as pale rays glimmer in a cloud-laden sky, a midwinter child, new-born, cradled in the Mother’s arms, a bearer of hope for future life. … More Midwinter Child
Divisions We draw lines, create walls and fences, borders, to divide the ground into mine and yours, claiming ownership of a landscape, of an Earth, that will persist long after our demise. Does it belong to me? To you? Can it belong to anyone? We are but a fleeting presence in an existence that … More Edge
Bee Awaken in shades of amber to a life of fertile creativity, performing the timeless dance for the queen, Mother of the hive. Defiant of earthbound laws, find harmony and take flight on diaphanous wings, following the entrancing essence in search of precious gold. I adore bees – I’ve always said that someday I will … More Treasure
Dandelion Wandering with blissful disregard for boundaries, watch as they are carried wherever the wind will take them. Floating, they fill the air, a swarm of wingless creatures in search of a site for future proliferation. Drifting, they begin their journeys into the unknown. I hadn’t originally planned on putting up a second post for … More Photography 101 -Swarm 2
Reaching A writhing, coiling mass, a swarm slithering in serpentine formations out of the darkness of concealing earth, into sunlight, in search of nourishment, tendrils stretching in longing for richer soils. I have to confess that today’s pictures were actually taken a few months ago. Unfortunately, I wasn’t really happy with anything I took … More Photography 101 – Swarm
From Autumn Embrace the season’s hues, an array of mellow golds and browns, with flame like hints of brighter shades, beguiling hearts and minds with memories of summer’s lost radiance Observe the contours of nature, sweeping, stark and elegant, with myriad detail to entice and enthral, curling reminders of the spiralling year as autumn eases … More Photography 101 – The Natural World
Wide Sky A sweeping canvas painted in untamed elation, ever-changing swathes of colour flaunting nature’s unforced splendour. A beauty that says ‘home’. When I first moved back to Lincolnshire after several years of living in the rugged hills of central Wales, I found it hard to appreciate the incredibly flat landscape surrounding me. Slowly the beauty of the … More Photography 101 – Home
Daylight dims as the wheel turns, encroaching darkness held at bay by autumn’s vibrant expression, a flame-like conflagration painted across nature’s canvas. Seeds settle to ground, cradled amidst fallen leaves; future’s promise nurtured by yesteryear’s sacrifice. A balance of life and death. Time to reflect and remember all that passed before as earth transitions into … More Autumn
In amongst the minutiae, the everyday, the hither and thither of life rushing by – there’s no time to talk, no time to rest, no time… Stop. Take a breath. Tilt your face to the sun. Feel the warmth on your skin. The world will wait. See the beauty of the budding trees, the blossom … More The World Will Wait
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