Nov 29, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
Autumnal fire blazes across the garden. The early morning sun bellows shafts of sharp light into flaming trees. There is a quality to the light that ignites the soul. It makes you want to breathe deeply taking the crisp air into the depths of your lungs, right down to...
Oct 19, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
A tsunami of devastation sweeps through the garden. The whining growl of chainsaws lay to rest several giant, aged ash trees wasted by disease. They do not go quietly. The trees look deceptively vibrant with lusciously rich green leaves that wave in greeting as I look...
Oct 10, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
Why does everything have to be dumbed down? Going on holiday meant that I had a TV. I watched it for a while, once I’d worked out how to switch it on. It’s been at least 15 years. I’m horrified at how programmes and most particularly adverts are designed to factor to...
Sep 20, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
Hedges scribe their messages across the green landscapes as deftly as Chinese calligraphers make their ink-filled brushes dance across the empty white scapes of their scrolls. The blank canvas is as wide as the sky and as deep as the ocean. The whiteness demands more...
Sep 19, 2021 | Life's Adventures, Social
I sit on the edge of a bridge crossing a steep, wooded ravine. I’m on holiday! A stream tickles rocks round-crowned with luxuriant mosses. The water here is clearly never a raging torrent & yet it has still carved an impressive gorge into the hill. Persistence...