Today promised warm fine weather, on only the second day from our very slow release from being locked up. I celebrated with a friend by visiting Blackbury Camp to take some photos of the trees before the place is overrun by selfie-obsessed hordes bent on trampling the bluebells…
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“Well, who isn’t?”, one might ask. Not only does it make eating meals less messy, but also gives the collector of unconsidered trifles (that’s me) an opportunity to add to my collection of odd jumble sale eating irons and washed up sea spoons! So it was with some…
To see a World in a Grain of Sand And a Heaven in a Wild Flower, Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand And Eternity in an hour. – William Blake, Auguries of Innocence In my rather small lockdown world, a walk on the beach at low tide…
I spent a couple of hours wandering on the beach with a friend, much needed downtime to clear my head and lift my spirits on a sunny winter afternoon. A lot of my beach snaps are big landscapes and seascapes, but sometimes it’s nice to look down and…
“Life is mostly froth and bubble, Two things stand like stone. Kindness in another’s trouble, Courage in your own.” Adam Lindsay Gordon A wild night left lots of algal debris and wind-whipped seafoam on the beach at Lyme. I’d actually gone to see if there was a good sunrise…
Today there was an amazing cloud formation in the sky that drew much attention, but I was equally entranced by patterns on the beach – my first venture on the sand for some days. I enjoy the landscape at large, but also like to find little details to…
I spent the afternoon on Eggardon Hill – the changing light and mist looked very enticing as we drove there, but shortly after arrival, it thickened and darkened and it felt very definitely wintry. We were hoping for a glorious sunset at this eastern end of the Marshwood…
It’s almost the end of a very strange and confining year. I usually get about the Southwest a bit, but have spent most of this year very close to home. So, my online advent calendar for my friends and followers this year is firmly local – views east…
I’ve walked past these outbuilding doors in Bridport countless times, seeing them gradually weather and peel over the years, and thinking “I must take some photos one day”. Their bright turquoise contrasts with the blackened brick walls in which they are set – another subject for another day.…