Head to Head
“Love does not consist in gazing at each other, but in looking outward together in the same direction.” -Antoine de Saint-Exupery Linked to Shoot and Quote: Direction.
Intangible World
“O world invisible, we view thee, O world intangible, we touch thee, O world unknowable, we know thee, Inapprehensible, we clutch thee” -Francis Thompson, “In No Strange Land” Linked to […]
Look Up, Look Up, Whatever You Do
-Look Up, Look Down Challenge, Week 13 Every Thursday, I publish a post containing photos taken from above or below, and invite you to join the challenge by posting your own photos with an up […]
Alluring Mirage
“The world, indeed, is like a dream and the treasures of the world are an alluring mirage” -Hindu Prince Gautama Siddharta, Supreme Buddha The two shots above are taken in […]
Obsessed with Colour
“Colour is my day-long obsession, joy and torment.” Claude Monet I have featured Manchester’s Northern Quarter several times on this blog before. Maybe it’s a bit of an obsession for […]
Better to be Drunk or Ugly?
“I may be drunk, Miss, but in the morning I will be sober and you will still be ugly.” -Winston Churchill Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (1874-1965), British Prime Minister 1940-1945 and […]
Vibrations of Beauty
“In every man’s heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of beauty” -Christopher Morley The beauty of the English landscape is shown off at its best […]
John Rylands Library
“There is no desire more natural than the desire for knowledge.” Michel de Montaigne The John Rylands Library in Manchester is housed in a beautifully striking late-Victorian neo-Gothic building on […]
City Silent and Bare
“This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent bare, ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky; All […]
Scary!
Loneliness is about the scariest thing out there. -Joss Whedon Linked to Ese’s Shoot and Quote Challenge: Loneliness.
Nelson Mandela
“The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” ― Nelson Mandela I am not going to attempt a biography of Nelson Mandela […]
Travel with Intent 