Category Archives: Landscape

Magnetic north

Posted on December 8, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** August bank holiday weekend is approaching fast. The weather has been glorious, the skies clear and temperatures pleasant. As I get myself organised this morning it is, quite typically, raining. Today I once again throw the bags in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Sacred sites, travel | Tagged being, Life, Photography, yorkshire | 15 Comments

Free as a bird

Posted on December 3, 2022 by Sue Vincent

All, I have to say, is not right with the world. At least in terms of weather. Granted, it tends to behave beautifully when I really need it to…it is obligingly suited to purpose most of the time. Even … Continue reading →

Posted in Dogs, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality, The Silent Eye | Tagged being, Dogs, fear, Photography, relationships, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 16 Comments

Rowan berries

Posted on November 29, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** It started with a sleepless night. I was late to bed, as I couldn’t seem to relax. I wandered back downstairs a scant hour and a half after snuggling down with every intention of staying there for a long, … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, History, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Sacred sites, Spirituality, travel | Tagged being, history, Life, sacred sites, spirituality | 21 Comments

Blame the heather….

Posted on October 16, 2022 by Sue Vincent

*** “… See you soon…Stay in the car!” He must have known the futility of that message as it winged its way through the ether…I could hear the sighs of despair… I had texted my current location and “… the … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, England, Landscape, Life, Love and Laughter, Photography, Spirituality, The Silent Eye, travel | Tagged being, Life, love, Photography, spirituality, The Silent Eye | 24 Comments

Weland Mind-Weld…

Posted on September 21, 2021 by Stuart France

14th September 2021… * ‘On such a day as this two fools who laughed at death embarked upon the adventure of a lifetime…’ * …Today, the adventure is all but over with just a sealing of fire and water, inevitably, … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Art, biography, Books, Dogs, Events, Friendship, Heart of Albion, Landscape, Memories, Poetry, Relationships, Sacred sites, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged Life, love, magic, Photography, psychology, story, writing | 2 Comments

Crouching Tiger…

Posted on March 26, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Images and Text from the Silent Eye Workshop: Whispers in the West… Or maybe… * Not quite… Continue Viewing at The Silent Eye

Posted in albion, Landscape | Tagged mystery, Photography, psychology, The Silent Eye | 3 Comments

Gone

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

No ghosts remembered No permission sought for death No pardon asked No oaks will grow in grace here Profit sang a louder song The hedgerows have been uprooted. The avenue of stately oaks felled and carted away, mud-caked and unmourned … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Photography, Poetry | Tagged environment, haiku, HS2, tanka | 44 Comments

North-easterly: In Face of History

Posted on February 12, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We could hardly spend so much time in the churchyard at Rudston without visiting the church. While the Monolith alone was worth the long detour from our route home, we were quite interested to see what kind of place had … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Churches, clues, England, History, Landscape, Mythology, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged foliate man, green man, organ, piscina, Roman mosiac, Rudston All Saints, stained glass | 7 Comments

North-easterly: Sidetracked and Gobsmacked

Posted on February 11, 2021 by Sue Vincent

We had chosen to take a very long route home for one simple reason… there was something we wanted to see that was never going to be on our way to anywhere. So the possible three hour journey took us … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancestors, Ancient sites, Churches, England, History, Landscape, mystery, Photography, Sacred sites, Spirituality, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | Tagged cursus, East Riding, menhr, Rudston monolith, sacred landscape, standing stone | 3 Comments

Magical mornings

Posted on January 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

It was a luminous dawn, the world blanketed in a thick cocoon of frost against the darkness and silence of a newborn morning. The sun rose, pale and gold, strewing a million diamonds on the tarmac path; setting a fire … Continue reading →