Abbey in a haze
A glimpse of the cathedral on a hazy day, St Albans, Hertfordshire, September 2021(taken and edited on iPhone11) – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 5 September 2021 Posted as part of […]
Reflection
Refreshing reflection in my local park, July 2021 – Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own reflection post.To join the challenge, […]
Llama spotted on the River Ver
St Albans, Hertfordshire, July 2021 Now over to all of you. Do come and join us in our Saturday six-word musings. I’ll admit that many of us openly break the […]
Seeking shelter
Rainy day in Hertford, 31 July 2021 (Last 2 shots in July on my iPhone) Copyright Debbie Smyth, 2 August 2021 Posted as part of Brian’s Last on Card …
No man can make a tree (or four)
I kicked off the month of trees with the start of Kilmer’s poem about trees, and am ending with his final lines. … Poems are made by fools like me, […]
Slabs of gold and brown
A sleeper, they used to call it— … like coffin lids, those leftover slabs, their new-sawn faces turning gold and brown … – from Sleepers by David Black read more […]
When great trees fall
When great trees fall, rocks on distant hills shudder, lions hunker down in tall grasses, and even elephants lumber after safety. – from When great trees fall by Maya Angelou […]
Disrobed in an English winter
All the complicated details of the attiring and the disattiring are completed! – from Winter Trees by William Carlos Williams (1883-1963) read more Heron Island, St Albans, December 2016 […]
Jolly holly tree
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, … Heigh-ho! sing, heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho, the holly! This life is most jolly. […]
The apple tree
… What plant we in this apple-tree! Fruits that shall swell in sunny June, And redden in the August noon, … – from The Planting of the Apple-Tree by William […]
Four Trees
Four Trees — upon a solitary Acre — Without Design Or Order, or Apparent Action — Maintain — – from Four Trees upon a solitary acre by Emily Dickinson read […]
Travel with Intent 