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Of literary giants and characters, bluebells and blossom, and some strange sights!

Sitting here in my office on a dull, dreary day, gazing out of the window across the local park, my … More

books, church, Churches, country life, Dorset, farming, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, spring, Thomas Gray, Thomas Hardy, village life, walking, wildlife, William Barnes

On White Nothe (or is it Nose) again :)

I did say that it was a place that I love to walk…….well, I walked there again last week so … More

books, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Llewelyn Powis, photography, quirky, rambling, reading, walking, White Nothe

On White Nothe.

I am sitting in my office this afternoon looking out of my window at the most amazing sunset……and I am … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, J Meade Falkner, mist, Moonfleet, photography, rambling, reading, weather, White Nothe

The long and short of it…..!

As you will know by now, I like L L o o o o n n n n g g … More

autumn, books, Dorset, local walks, nature, photography, rambling, reading, trees, urban life, walking, wildlife

Clouds

Have you ever considered clouds?  They are truly amazing and beautiful, almost a landscape in themselves with their ever changing … More

clouds, farming, photography, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, sky, sunbeams, walking, weather

The Drystone Waller – if that is a correct phrase ;)!

Sometimes, well very occasionally, I like to try my hand at a bit of poetry.  I say occasionally because I’m … More

country life, Dorset, drystone wall, farming, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, walking

Flying Crooked???

Cabbage White The butterfly, a cabbage-white, (His honest idiocy of flight) Will never now, it is too late, Master the … More

Flying Crooked, meadow, nature, new life, poem, poetry, rambling, reading, Robert Graves, wildlife

Of fond memories, war and peace, and a snake that is not a snake!

PERCHED on my city office-stool, I watched with envy, while a cool And lucky carter handled ice. . . . … More

books, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, Enid Blyton, flowers, meadow, nature, new life, photography, poem, poetry, rain, rambling, reading, Thomas Hardy, walking, weather, wildlife

And where are the souls?

Just a single picture today, taken on a recent walk.  This is the church of unknown dedication in the lovely Dorset hamlet … More

church, Churches, country life, Dorset, Iona, photography, poetry, rambling, reading, village life, William Barnes

Inspiring Dorset, a deserted hamlet, a destroyed coast path…..and a sore head!!!!

This is a walk that took me through the wonderfully picturesque valleys of inland west Dorset, along river meadows and … More

books, country life, Dorset, Dorset Coast Path, farming, rambling, reading, Thomas Hardy, walking, wildlife

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