Stuart Aken's Blog, page 43
February 21, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 21/Feb/22
Wide skies and calm seawaders vie with gulls for fooda young mother tends her childcurious about life beneatha gentle pool of still waterand beneath distant cliffsa cargo vessel awaits departureto far off lands as yet unknown *****……………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use …
February 20, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 20/Feb/22
How bent the boleof a beech clingingto this steep slope’s edgeasking why and howit came to this fateand lives and growsdespite what timehas laid upon it *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you …
February 19, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 19/Feb/22
Strolling at day’s end from Janet’s Foss back to the hotel at Malham, we watched the sun slowly sink to leave a lovely winter evening sky. Just the two of us on the path at this stage in the day. Our earlier walk along the River Ribble from Settle to Stainforth had refreshed memories of …
February 18, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 18/Feb/22
The distance between uson this dying day of wintersignals what I wonderis this the final partingor a renewal of our loveor a simple misunderstandingtime will render comedywhen we glance back on yearswe have yet to walk together? *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, …
February 17, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 17/Feb/22
How many years have you passed on this steep slopewhat stories might you tell of that long timehow fierce the storm that brought you downto rest a broken wonder across our path? *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, …
February 16, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 16/Feb/22
The day held a surprise, a destination neither of us expected to see during our stay. It began with our enquiry at the ticket office for the various boats that tour Lake Maggiore in northern Italy. Our Italian was basic. The lady issuing tickets spoke barely a word of English. But we were confident enough …
February 15, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 15/Feb/22
‘I should warn you, you’re standing in what’s probably the most dangerous spot on Earth’, so said the tour guide we’d followed, with a small group of other tourists, to the emerging caldera of the reforming volcano at Santorini. She went on to tell us the fumarole a few yards distant was issuing at least …
February 14, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 14/Feb/22
Heady days under the sun, balmy evening walks to local tavernas, and pleasant meanderings back to the adults only hotel. Those were the days! Looks like overseas holidays are no longer a simple road to ‘get away from it all’ considering the combined barriers caused by Covid and climate change. But, with the most moronic …
February 13, 2022
Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen: #BookReview.
Fiction Classics/Literary Fiction288 Pages Jane Austen’s first published novel ‘Sense and Sensibility’ manages to capture all her humour and dissatisfaction with the age in which she lived. I felt the language was a little more convoluted and, occasionally, more obtuse than in the better known ‘Pride and Prejudice’, making it sometimes hard work to ascertain …
Continue reading Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen: #BookReview.
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 13/Feb/22
Walking in the woodsof autumn colours and warmthwe let fall call us *****………………………….*****Some of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But, if you want images to decorate your home or office, use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, you will find more here.
