“Nature” is what we see— …. Nature is what we hear— …. Nature is what we know— Yet have no art to say— So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity. – […]
They lift you high above the earth tough, beautiful Araucaria from the southern heights,.. tower of Chile, crown of the green domain; pavilion of winter; ship of fragrance …. – […]
Palm House, Kew Gardens, London, June 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 […]
‘Maybe a breath of politic words Has withered our Rose Tree; Or maybe but a wind that blows Across the bitter sea.’ – from The Rose Tree by William Butler […]
Hahn by Katharina Fritsch, on the Forth PlinthTrafalgar Square, London, August 2013 The blue cock brightened the fourth plinth from July 2013 until February 2015, when it moved to the […]
Green is the plane-tree in the square, The other trees are brown; They droop and pine for country air; The plane-tree loves the town. – from A London Plane-Tree by […]
Details of Centauro by Igor Mitoraj, Canary Wharf, London, July 2021 And the full Centauro: Copyright Debbie Smyth, 7 July Posted as part of Cee’s Midweek Madness Challenge and Marsha’s […]