Month: August 2019

Crescent over the Midland

I snapped this while walking the collie along Morecambe’s seafront in a strong wind, earlier today. And then I was reading about WordPress’ new iOS ‘share’ extension for Apple iPad and iPhone, which can instantly convert online content (eg pictures or a block of text) into a there-and-then post. It seemed the perfect test! However, I was expecting a ‘preview’ dialogue, but apparently not.. … Read More Crescent over the Midland

Summer Dragonfly

Originally posted on Windmills of My Mind:
Your flashing wings suddenly appear on a warm spring day; Wings quick, turning, zigzagging to catch a micro insect in the warm air. Then, your brilliant colors flashing wings, delicately enjoying the last days of summer before you disappear.

#FurryFives – Passenger

– Tess, I’m not criticising your driving Sniff – I just think…. Sniff, sniff – I just think we took that corner a bit too fast! ©Stephen Tanham

Dreaming Stones: Pause for thought?

Sue and Stuart’s enormous journey crosses back into England…

Vexed by the Tribe (part one)

I am vexed… It’s a word you don’t hear much, now. Old English, I believe. It describes an agitated state of mind – and possibly body – when something nagging can’t be solved. What I’m vexed about is the entrenchment of nationalistic opinion across the world, in the face of much more important issues – like the world’s climate problems and the undermining of … Read More Vexed by the Tribe (part one)

Slimegrobbels and custard…

Let us tell you a story… Sue’s post The Silent Eye “Tell me a story…” My granddaughters and I were sitting on the floor of their pink-painted cabin at the bottom of the garden. I had evicted yet another invading spider and, while the youngest sat on my knee, her almost-five year old big sister was sprawling in the pink armchair. The three of … Read More Slimegrobbels and custard…

Above the Lion and the Lamb (Part Two)

We were on the Helm Crag plateau, about to climb up and beyond the Lion and the Lamb rocks to reach the start of the ridge. When you’ve just done a steep climb, it’s natural to feel that you’re ‘at the top’. In our case, this assumption was to prove expensive… It was time to say goodbye to the glorious views of Grasmere – … Read More Above the Lion and the Lamb (Part Two)

#FurryFives – Fallen

-Tess? Yes, Misti – I think we need to practice Practice what, Misti? – That piggy-back trick! ©Stephen Tanham

Primal screen

Somewhere in the frontal cortex of our brains there’s a very special junction – a place where we learned to do something truly different with our minds… Let’s call it the Primal Screen… Our spines can be considered the highway of our historical evolution: the inherited paths of form and energy that developed from single cells in oceans, through fish, lizards and apes. At … Read More Primal screen

mindfulness

Originally posted on rivrvlogr:
mindfulness gulls wheeling overhead, their cries mingling with the sound of waves lapping at the shore cormorants diving, surfacing downstream, carried by the current a great blue heron raising its head, its catch grasped firmly in its bill a soft breeze coming off the water, a mild caress, warm day or cool beside the river or upon it, and my…

Above the Lion and the Lamb (Part One)

We were delighted to meet up with some friends from the UK who had emigrated to New Zealand many years ago. Bernie went to school with Kathryn and the couple had kindly collected and put us up in Auckland – their home, now – at the end of our short cruise from Sydney, last November. Jon is a keen walker, and has fond memories … Read More Above the Lion and the Lamb (Part One)

Dreaming Stones: A room with a view…

Sue and Stuart’s Islands adventure continues…