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Tag: Gran Canaria

March 23, 2023 + #Humour, #Silenti, Consciousness, humour, landscapes, Photography, Places and Prose, Stream of Consciousness, Travel and people

Faro2 : The Shape that fell to Earth

by Steve Tanham

Looking back, it could have been the sunshine… The bright blue sky was such a contrast to the cold grey clouds of Cumbria in early March. But it wasn’t. There was something about the shape of Faro2 that actually spoke to me… It looks crazy – the words emerging on the screen here. Sounds even more lunatic putting it into a mystically oriented blog-slot, … Read More Faro2 : The Shape that fell to Earth

March 19, 2023 + #Humour, #Silenti, Consciousness, humour, imprisonment, Photography, Travel and people

Teach your Children

by Steve Tanham

The ‘great white hotel’, as we called it, began across the road from where our small apartments ended. Its elegant, curving facade made it one of the most impressive of the ‘grand hotels’ on the Atlantic island of Gran Canaria. Majestically, it hugged the line of the small ‘wadi’: a set of wide waterways designed to absorb the floodwaters from the nearby mountains. “There … Read More Teach your Children

February 28, 2023 + #Silenti, Consciousness, landscapes, Photographic techniques, Photography, Places and Prose

Lines against the Sun

by Steve Tanham

I never used to like strong sun. The temperate summer of verdant and lush England always suited me fine. The rain was the price of the incomparable greens of the Spring. Everything was balanced… And then I became more involved with creative photography… and my trusty iPhone Pro has never been far from my questing fingers and eyes, since. But then I noticed, while … Read More Lines against the Sun