Stuart Aken's Blog, page 44
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 …
February 9, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 09/Feb/22
Rugged beauty defies the violence of the sea that made it here on the coast of Devon. The landscape is indifferent to its influences, but humanity is blessed with an ability to detect the abstract quality we call natural beauty. Probably, such appreciation was initially an essential component of our make-up, a spur to make …
February 8, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 08/Feb/22
This is a regular beginning to many of our walks in the Forest of Dean. It’s one of the popular ways into the trees, as can be seen by the numerous footsteps through the sprinkling of seasonal snow. Many of the trees here are reaching the end of their natural lives, and the Forestry Commission …
February 7, 2022
#Words and #PictureOfTheDay: 07/Feb/22
Malham Cove, a 300-foot-high limestone cliff, remnant of an Ice Age waterfall, is a magnet for walkers, climbers, and artists. The beck, all that remains of the once powerful river, has sunk underground and now emerges as a small stream from the base of the cliff. We walked the well-marked route from the village and …
February 6, 2022
Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 06/Feb/22
So many tourist feet stepon the coast at St Tropezso few eyes rest on thefaded walls of its Citadellecaptured instead bypossible sights ofthose strange beingscalled celebrities *****………………………….*****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 5, 2022
Poem and #PictureOfTheDay: 05/Feb/22
Gentle flows the brookover soft falls of hiddenrock rounded by time *****………………………….*****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.
