‘’The bed of flowers
Loosens amain,
The beauteous snowdrops
Droop o’er the plain.
The crocus opens
Its glowing bud,
Like emeralds others,
Others, like blood.
With saucy gesture
Primroses flare,
And roguish violets,
Hidden with care;
And whatsoever
There stirs and strives,
The Spring’s contented,
If works and thrives.’
Goethe
This shot was taken in December on an amazing walk along the beach in Sand Point
Timeless sea breezes,
sea-wind of the night:
you come for no one;
if someone should wake,
he must be prepared
how to survive you.
Timeless sea breezes,
that for aeons have
blown ancient rocks,
you are purest space
coming from afar…
Oh, how a fruit-bearing
fig tree feels your coming
high up in the moonlight.
This year the splendour of Autumn is particularly beautiful for me – the sowing , the tending, the gathering and harvest-the celebration of Mother Earth who although so fragile can still bless us with her gift of life….
Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting and autumn a mosaic of them all.”
– Stanley Horowitz
Lucky to get these shots from the plane on route to Venice….
“All the best things and treasures of this world are not to be produced by each generation for itself; but we are all intended, not to carve our work in snow that will melt, but each and all of us to be continually rolling a great white gathering snow-ball, higher and higher, larger and larger, along the Alps of human power.”
John Ruskin
and on the return journey…
Taking shelter from the rain on a walk in a park in Cardiff last weekend and struck by the sheer beauty of green
The sheer magical forces of life revealing nature bursting forth into green – especially seen now in the trees, is absolutely breathtaking…… These shots taken at various locations around Bristol gave me such joy.
Every piece of the universe, even the tiniest little snow crystal, matters somehow. I have a place in the pattern, and so do you. T.A. BARRON
It was absolutely amazing …. we were so lucky to be in the right place at the right time . Freezing cold waiting but an awesome experience. Not only the visual of 1 million starlings – but the sound was a symphony of wings. Quite remarkable and unforgettable.
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What a wonderful experience to walk through the Wetlands in Slimbridge. I now see a joy in birdwatching like never before- below are a few images.
We are off to see a murmuration of starlings today- an amazing sight if we are lucky – a swooping mass of thousands of birds whirling above in the sky! So please watch this space………
The Wonder and Beauty in Shadow and Light 