Stuart Aken's Blog, page 37
April 15, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 15/Apr/22
Fast flows the fresh brookfalling over rock and stonedown to distant sea +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. Some people ignore and others actively dislike such beauty, even working to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts are my encouragement of joy in nature, respect for the natural world, in hope of inspiring …
April 14, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 14/Apr/22
A tree should stand upright tall andreach toward the life-giving skybut I have fallen felled by combinedweight of clinging ivy and theviolent winds of recent stormsyou cannot see my grandeur nowI lay flat along the incline I once ruledmy roots remain up there tentativein their connection to ground thatonce sustained and grew menow I intrude …
April 13, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 13/Apr/22
I stand a lonely sentinel of ages pastmy purpose lost in all those passing yearsand now my aged flesh is worn and batteredtwice a day as tides bring waves to wash mesometimes with a gentle rinse of brinebut often now with violent breakersas the level of once constant seasrises and the atmosphere growsever more disturbed …
April 12, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Apr/22
Decades past, this small bridge once carried steam trains loaded with coal, iron, and stone, hacked from the ground that bears it. It crosses a defunct watercourse, altered to flow a different way, and now occasional home to some unusual fungi. It bears a small wooden label to identify it as ‘Horton Bridge’, but who …
April 11, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/Apr/22
Massive curving concretefollows the arching linestrewn with bold blocksintended to defeatrising waves thattoo soonmay override a wallbuilt by human vanityin false hope ofescape from direconsequences as theyfailed to respectthe natural world thatmade them possiblebut too late nowis what they’ll hearabove the crashingsea of destructionthey have fed bytheir complacent neglect. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. …
April 10, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Apr/22
How many years have passed you by, old oak?How many people trod the narrow path beside you?What do you know of a world where we are fleeting?What might we learn if we could only talk with you?And would we benefit from your ancient wisdomOr continue on our wasteful and destructive way? +++++++++++++++++ We live among …
April 9, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 09/Apr/22
A day without wind. The pond lay still and silent. Nothing moved to disturb the peace. Until. Plop! Unseen, some creature of the water rose to take the air, or look around, or seek food flying overhead. Who knows? It vanished with as much speed as it appeared. Mystery. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. …
April 8, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Apr/22
Which way to goas the path divideswhere will the right onedeliver uswhere the left one leadwe will discoveronly by the choicewe makeas in all we do in life. +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. Some people ignore and others actively dislike such beauty, even working to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts …
April 7, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Apr/22
Thatched cottages overlooking the sea with an English spring sky above. What more could you possibly want? +++++++++++++++++ We live among natural wonders. Some people ignore and others actively dislike such beauty, even working to destroy the only world we can inhabit.These daily posts are my encouragement of joy in nature, hoping to inspire you …
April 6, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Apr/22
Early bright spring growthenlivens the old forestbringing new promise +++++++++++++++++ Our world is full of natural wonders. But some people ignore such beauty, some actively dislike it, and work to destroy the only world we’re able to inhabit.These daily posts of words and pictures are my encouragement of joy in nature, hoping others may be …
