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Tag Archives: Walks
Escape to the Black Mountains
So we decided last Friday night to have an adventure. We got up at 4.30 Saturday morning and headed off to The Black Mountains: Y Mynyddoedd Duon in Welsh. Continue reading
Posted in Walking
Tagged Abergavenny, Black Mountains, Forest of Dean, Hay Festival, Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, Oscar's Bistro, Ross-on-Wye, Wales, Walking, Walks
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Walking into Love, a Sonnet: The Loving Quark
The Loving Quark
Said Einstein, “into nature look, look deep
and better all things will you understand.”
To look into the heart – the seat
of love – he was, it seemed, imploring man. Continue reading
Posted in Christian writing, spirituality, Walking, Writing
Tagged atom, Christian Writing, Einstein, love, molecule, Petrarch, Poetry, Poetry Writing, quark, Shakespeare, sonnet, Spiritual, Walks, Writing
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Walking Rye Harbour
I found this shell (mollusc) while walking the beach at Rye Harbour Nature Reserve last Saturday. Look, it’s a fan and at its centre, another smaller fan. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Inspiration, Printmaking, Science, Walking
Tagged Bi-valve Mollusc, Cambrian Explosion, Cambrian Period, Cockle Shells, Coffee Filter Art, Eco Printing, Fauna, Flora, Fossil Record, Molluscs, rust dyeing, Rye Harbour, Vinegar Mordant, Walking, Walking by the Sea, Walks
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Walking and Falling (Salt and Snow)
Snowdrop
snow drop
lamb drop
In snow
salt circles
burns snow
Life flowers Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Haiku Writing, Imagism, Inspiration, spirituality, Walking
Tagged beach walk, Fauna, flint, Flora, Haiku Writing, Hythe, Imagism, lambing, seaweed stem, Snow, snowdrop, Spiritual, stone circles, Walking, Walking by the Sea, Walks, Wye near Ashford
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A Drawing and On Drawing
I began this drawing earlier in the year – before breaking my shoulder. I haven’t done much of this kind of drawing – in situ, in front of a subject, with just a pencil and a piece of paper, and for a long time. I am out of practice. Clearly, by all the alterations. But you have to get it right, no matter what it takes. Or how long. This took about 4 hours over 2 days. It’s of a group of plants on a pedestal table with a round metal top, in our garden. Continue reading
Posted in Art, Drawing, Walking
Tagged cave drawings, Drawing, drawing plants, line drawing, North Downs, pencil drawing, Rock art, Veronica shrub, Walks
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