In My Garden There Is A Tree – Full of red berries
I live in a place where the interior can often be disappointing, but the exterior performs so much better in the shape of the plants, shrubs, lawns and magnificent, mature trees contained within the gardens. One of those trees is looking particularly magnificent right now. It is a holly tree, or some kind of hybrid, […]
Walking in Bristol (UK) – And finding carvings from trees in Purdown
* Photographs by Sandy are provided with permission to use in this post When I encountered Purdown during the Autumn of last year, I was quite taken by the bright sunshine, the clouds and the great views, finding a huge tract of land, running down into Stoke Gifford and Stoke Park in one direction, and […]
The Journey There – And the rhythm…
He feels it rather than hears it. It is like a deep, piercing, heart-felt, gut-wrenching feeling that tears his limbs apart. And yet, it is also a sound screeching out of the earth and the sea, sent, like a screaming banshee from the heart of his homeland to the depths of his mind, insistent, taking […]
Not So Cute – But absolute skill
This cat creeps throughthe lawn and I viewthe slinky muscle flowas she gently goesabout her pursuit I don’t find it cutebut admire stillthe absolute skillof the co-ordinationpresent in this creation She makes her prey screamand I know she will dreamof this particular momentreliving the tormentshe delivers with glee when she sets it freeonly to pounce againand […]
Arriving Slowly – From the legacy of damp
The leaking gutter which has since been fixed leaves a presence behind. Of velvet touch and hair combed back smoothly, her insidious, creeping, thickening, presence is symptomatic of chlorophyll hard at work. Combined with the legacy of damp and a bit of warmth from the sun, it culminates in the photosynthetic processing glory of the plant class “musci” known to the rest of us as moss. FraserAugust 2023
Underground – Labyrinthine burrows
Life passing and worms working.Flesh from the bones, and maggotswrithing through the stench and decay.A life ever after, all the souls away. And we are left with the dank, earthy,labyrinthine burrows beneath our feet,adding depth and richness to our soil.A thousand years pass, the farmers toil. So it is that lifetimes pass unannouncedand humankind falls […]
Quercus Robur – The joy of English oak
Sturdy and tall.Robust in the gap,like nature’s wall.Royal heart of English sap. Air-filled, tannin scentand leaves of pale green,acorns in cupules rent,branches high, scarcely seen. King of the forest,or in panelled rooms,rough bark bestfor Druids, brides and grooms. Oak tree creaking.For many, a home on high.A thousand years seekingthe bounteous light of the sky FraserAugust […]