Stuart Aken's Blog, page 42
March 7, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Mar/22
To climb or stay on the flat?It’s a dry day, so the path following the fence to the left will be free of the sometime, shallow, flowing stream it harbours after heavy rain. Down there is the nearest route home, and now, after much work has been completed, that rough fence has been replaced by …
March 6, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Mar/22
Just a pair of pretend bunnies posing in the snow as lovers. Here specially for those who like a bit of the cute. *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or …
March 5, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Mar/22
Sunlight dapples the trackand the hillside centuriesof carting and feethave worn into ittrees tall and straightrise in welcome to theirwilder wandering cousinswho spread out their limbsin search of lifegiving light. *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in book covers, calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or …
March 4, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 04/Mar/22
The ground here is rarely dry, as witnessed by the growth of juncus. A little used track carries walkers, and the occasional mountain biker, to a wild plateau that overlooks a railway cutting last used over 60 years ago, and now seasonally swamped by a small stream that flows from the tunnel that leads from …
March 3, 2022
Lessons from our Peers.
As writers, we often rely on our peers for advice, comment, even insight relating to our output. I suspect there are few other occupations as mutually supportive as the writing community. I recently submitted a short story, written some years earlier, to a small print magazine, Scribble, that publishes quarterly. The idea is that subscribers …
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 03/Mar/22
Graffiti is so personal, and sometimes a little inexplicable. This piece, found inside a deserted and damaged home in a spot difficult to access on a Greek island, can only be seen by anyone adventurous enough, and curious enough to venture inside a building that is far from welcoming from the outside. So, who sprayed …
The Imposition of Restrictions
Published on Medium here.
March 2, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 02/Mar/22
These ancient mature beeches are protected, safe from damage and destruction by humanity. Will the small, colourful, beech sapling gain the same status, or will it be removed as a nuisance lying too close to the path beside it? *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use …
March 1, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 01/Mar/22
The 1st of March is the beginning of meteorological spring here in the UK. Where I live, in the Forest of Dean, we see snow only rarely, and even less frequently in March. In fact, this winter we’ve had no more than a few flurries. The shot above is from the middle of March 2018, …
February 28, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 28/Feb/22
Another month closes, ending the meteorological winter of the UK and summoning the sunshine of the coming spring. A welcome change following a time of necessary restriction, incompetent governance, divisive political moves, and threats of war.So I give you a picture of hope for better weather, better places, better times to come. The sunset here …
