The starkness of winter. Tall, bare trees becoming one with their own dark shadows in the low afternoon sunshine.
Three Identical Strangers
For the second time in just over a month I am planning to write about a powerful, moving and heartbreaking documentary.
Modern And On Trend
It suddenly feels very modern and on trend to pass judgement and declare our moral outrage
New Art. New Artists. Same Old Glorious London
But today it was rather different. The crowds of tourists were missing and, rather bizarrely, it became more a case of parakeet watching than anything else.
Living My Best Life
And I've done a lot. Visited new countries and places closer to home. Challenged myself to take more photographs on a regular basis. And, perhaps scariest of all, I have tried to write and see if I could find a voice for myself.
Waiting For The Clock To Restart
The time between Christmas and the New Year. It's difficult to define. Frequently, it feels as if everything is on hold, almost in limbo, before we restart the clock again in January.
A Simple And Beautiful Christmas
The routines and traditions that so often remind us of our parents and our own childhood. A rare opportunity to remember a world that seems more innocent and so much kinder than how we live now.
Beauty Is Forever And Not Just For Christmas
Stand next to something beautiful and close your eyes.
Life In A Southern Town
Winter in a southern English town. Centuries old houses with wood-smoking chimneys and visible breath on their doorsteps.
Evelyn
For us, there were inevitably tears during and after the film, based around our empathy for the family and also on our own personal experience of suicide.
Happiness....Or How To Bring Delight To A Persons Soul
It’s no bad thing to remember and understand that happiness is achievable and within our grasp, whatever the timing or circumstances.
A Smile Is Still A Smile
A smile is still a smile, no matter where you find it.
A Collective "Wow" Moment
What is this life for, if not to sit on the top of a mountain and marvel at the setting sun?
Preening Supermodel or Girl-Next-Door?
It really is as romantic and enchanting as the guidebooks say, and also staggering in as much as there are breath-catching buildings literally around every corner. It is full of history, character and charm and houses some of the greatest and most important artistic treasures in the world.
Long May We Be Brave, Spontaneous and Motivated By Art
Even that old bastion of English grumpiness, the security guards on the main entrance, were engaging and funny on our visit.
A Glimpse Of Green In A Blurred World Of Grey
Life is, I believe, mostly blurred and confusing.
Petrichor
A shaft of light breaks through the canopy and shines like a spotlight on ground-cover plants that will soon be gone, their last hurrah before hibernations embrace.
Breakfast Can Wait
There is a bit of a chill in the evenings and disappointingly, the heating has already made a brief appearance in our house.
Moments of Beauty - Number One of an Occasional Series
We sat under the trees after hours on our feet, tired, thirsty and just a little irritable, as naïve tourists have a habit of being in warm countries.