Stuart Aken's Blog, page 43
February 27, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 27/Feb/22
Autumn colours from beech and bracken linger to lap up the promising warmth of a winter sun shining on a rural lane. Passing through the forest, above the narrow way, its noise and steam no longer present, a railway bridge now forms part of a peaceful path permitting wanderers to walk through birdsong and the …
February 26, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 26/Feb/22
Still the day air unmovedunfathomable depth belowmirrored face reflectingall it sees of the quiet worldas it waits in silencefor breeze above orfish below to rippleperfection with thevanity of existence *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.And you’ll find many more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you …
February 25, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 25/Feb/22
Cold was the night this fallen leaf encountered as it lay among the autumn discards of its neighbouring oaks and beeches. The elegant finger of green that brought life to the sweet chestnut that bore it through spring and summer now lies drained of active colour and frilled with frost following a sub-zero February night. …
February 24, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 24/Feb/22
Wind washes in wavesbrightened by a fitful sunon an arc of bay *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But you’ll find a lot more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate your home or office.
February 23, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 23/Feb/22
In the distance, you’ll see an old railway bridge, locally known as the Black Bridge. It’s currently in use as a casual public footpath, joining the English side of the land with Wales, which is where this photograph was taken. The River Wye forms part of the border between the two countries. Illustrating the peculiarities …
February 22, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 22/Feb/22
Bright light on the fernhighlights a winter promiseof better to come *****…*****A few of my pictures appear in the Gallery.But you’ll find a lot more here for use in calendars, greetings cards, jigsaws, advertising, or anything else you fancy in print or online, or as art quality prints to decorate your home or office.
February 21, 2022
10,000 Comments on My Blog!
Is 10,000 comments some sort of milestone? I don’t know. But it seemed worth celebrating, so I thought I’d put up a photo of my published books in a stack. The picture in the background is of a modern sculpture depicting a man reading. I came across it in a park in Lyme Regis, Dorset.Do …
#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 …
