“Rain and wind, and wind and rain. Will the Summer come again? Rain on houses, on the street, Wetting all the people’s feet, Though they run with might and main. […]
“”To read a poem in January is as lovely as to go for a walk in June.” – Jean-Paul Sartre Words of Sir Walter Scott on Prebends Bridge, Durham, 2015 […]
“Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.” Theodore Roethke,American poet, 1908-1963 St Albans, December 2020 It’s time for a weekly quotation-inspired […]
“Winter, the aged chief, Mighty in power, Exiles the tender leaf, Exiles the flower.” – Robert Fuller Murray,(1863-1894), A December Day St Albans, December 2020 It’s time for a weekly […]
“Trust that little voice in your head that says ‘Wouldn’t it be interesting if…’; And then do it.”. – Duane Michals Oxford Circus, London, December 2020 Christmas is coming to […]
“God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” James M. Barrie Roses at Anglesey Abbey in June and Kew Gardens in October 2020 It’s time for […]
“Photography is pretty simple stuff. You just react to what you see, and take many, many pictures.” – Elliott Erwitt Palm House, Kew Gardens, London, November 2020 It’s time for […]
“Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.” – Samuel Butler, The Way of all Flesh Pumpkins at Wimpole Hall, Cambridgeshire, […]
“Autumn leaves don’t fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” – Delia Owens, Where the Crawdads Sing Park Wood, St Albans, November […]
The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true. J. Robert Oppenheimer London, November 2020 As many of us are back in, […]
“The world is wide. No two days are alike, nor even two hours, neither were there ever two leaves of a tree alike since the creation of all the world; […]