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Stuart Aken's Blog, page 44
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.
February 12, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 12/Feb/22
The grass lies cut and dryingstriping the gentle slopeand awaiting balingto feed the beastsin the cold daysof a winterawaitingtime *****………………………….*****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 …
February 11, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 11/Feb/22
Uneasy lies the truce between footfalls and wheels in the forest. Multitudes of narrow circles of rubber coated steel press harsh upon wet ground, forming grooves the rain cannot escape and making waterways of once sound walking paths. Slowly, those small streams erode the ground until the soil under walkers’ boots slips away to flood …
February 10, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 10/Feb/22
Day’s end or night’s beginningdepends on what’s been doneor what’s intended I suppose A warm summer’s day comesto a close softly lit by a moonfull of the promise of pleasure Gently the evening wavessettle to ripple a surface of calmsharing colours of dusk with a Sky yet blue as a summer daysets an evening gull …
