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Category: Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

One of the advantages of taking Tess the collie out for her first dog-walk of the day is that feeling of being ‘immersed’ in the sights, smells and sounds of the seasons. Here in Cumbria, the summer fades off abruptly and the chilly early morning air is accompanied by often beautiful mists. The dog loves this time of year – perhaps favourite doggy smells … Read More And out into the misty morning

December 1, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Summer Solstice, Time

What if the week didn’t exist? (2) : the planting of life-seeds

by Steve Tanham

At the close of last week’s post, we concluded that, although the ‘week’ was only broadly defined as a fraction of a moon-cycle, it had become an essential ‘container’ in our our outer lives. Our working and social existence depends on the week being in place. International travel would be unworkable unless we had agreement on which day of the week was being swept … Read More What if the week didn’t exist? (2) : the planting of life-seeds

November 24, 2022 + #Silent Eye, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Summer Solstice, Time

What if the week didn’t exist? – Part 1

by Steve Tanham

I don’t know about you, but I find the week comforting… Over the years, I’ve built up a pattern of working through things that I need to do, in order to get to the things I regard as ‘me-time’. There is the stuff of keeping an orderly house. Then the dog has to be walked… and time to visit my mother in her care … Read More What if the week didn’t exist? – Part 1

October 10, 2021 + #Silenti, Biology and mysticism, Consciousness, Lake District, nature, Photographic techniques, Photography, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

Web over Cumbria

by Steve Tanham

It was late Friday afternoon – two days ago. I set off with Tess for our usual evening walk; now getting earlier each day to capture that last bit of, hopefully, sunlight. Over the stone wall, something shimmered in the golden light. Something silver. It took me back several hours. I hadn’t paid it much attention at the time. Two tradesmen loading their tools … Read More Web over Cumbria

September 21, 2021 + #Collie dogs, #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Seasons of the year, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

Into the Autumn

by Steve Tanham

©Stephen Tanham 2021 Stephen Tanham is a Director of the Silent Eye, a journey through the forest of personality to the dawn of Being. http://www.thesilenteye.co.uk and http://www.suningemini.blog

July 6, 2021 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Photography, Poetry, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

A Deeper Summer

by Steve Tanham

To a deeper sun I felt I had respondedSoft light behind the eyesLike crossing tidal lines upon a beachA scent, a fleeting touchA feeling words can seldom reachThe light like artist’s silk upon the breezeI struggle to define this placeOr point a finger at its heartSave that it was as far again from summerAs summer is from winterAs entered space yields motion Whose duration … Read More A Deeper Summer

June 29, 2021 + #Poetry, #Silenti, Consciousness, Mystical poetry, Photography, Poetry, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

Summer’s Retort

by Steve Tanham

A circulating seedThat knows no deathFinds purchase in the soilOf spring’s awakened greenAnd in the silky, shortest nightExplodes. Born a child of solstice lightThe summer’s lust for lifeEmbeds itself withinThe coalescing heart of flowerTo fall as seed returnedThe forms of life are eatenBaked and rolled As harvest yields tomorrow And bonfires mark the end of lightCasting free this single sparkProjected, angel brightInto the heart … Read More Summer’s Retort

May 4, 2021 + #Silenti, English Lake District, landscapes, Mystery Schools, Photographic techniques, Photography, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

Seeing with Clouds

by Steve Tanham

In clouds, I find endless joy and food for both emotion and meditation. People often say, humorously, “You seem to be able to get clouds to do things for you!” I’m not sure that’s the case, but I am sure that I have an affinity with the sky and with the formation, shape and movement of these wonderful entities – and that has altered … Read More Seeing with Clouds

April 11, 2021 + #Silenti, Consciousness, landscapes, nature, Photography, Seasons of the year, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,

Turning Tides

by Steve Tanham

There are some moments when you just know that a seasonal tide is turning. It’s not often that they are capable of being recorded. This morning, I stepped out of the house, carrying the recycling, to find the brightest, most energetic cloud I’ve seen for months. It was ‘climbing up’ the sky behind the larch trees and seemed to be accelerating in a way … Read More Turning Tides

November 1, 2020 + #Silenti, Collie dogs, Photographic techniques, Photography, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Stream of Consciousness, Travel and people, Travel and Photography

Mellow moods for Autumn (5) : sounds of the forest stream

by Steve Tanham

We’re lucky to live close to two forests. The first is a few minutes’ walk away, the other is further and larger, the main path taking the walker in a slow ascent through the ancient Sizergh estate. At the highest point, you emerge into the open air within a few hundred metres of the local organic farm shop and cafe. Tess loves the walk. … Read More Mellow moods for Autumn (5) : sounds of the forest stream

May 31, 2020 + #Poetry, Seasons of the year, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Spirituality

Hissing Curve of Summer

by Steve Tanham

A curve of summer hissing A ripple in the eye A bending line of space and time A bluer kiss of sky —- A light that dances richly A silken masquerade So filled with longing long ago So poignantly now fades —- In gaze that opened slowly Upon creation’s art Which only dies before our eyes Remembered in the heart —-

November 9, 2019 + #ShortWrytz, #Silenti, Consciousness, nature, Seasons of the year, Seasons, Four Seasons, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter,, Spirituality

#ShortWrytz – Heysham Village

by Steve Tanham

Heysham Village on the Lancashire Coast. I love the way the autumn colours cling onto the year, knowing that Christmas will bring its own brief riot. And then the season of long grey days, unbroken, will begin, again… ©Stephen Tanham