Rain and wind and wind and rain
“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. […]
Grey towers of Durham
“”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 […]
Looking to the future
“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 […]
Summer in exile
“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 […]
Christmas and our imagination
“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 […]
Roses linger
“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 […]
Take many, many pictures
“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 fruit
“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, […]
Fly not fall
“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 […]
Anything is possible
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
“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; […]
