Category Archives: Landscape

Soggy Bracken and the Fairy Mine by James Elkington

Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

On our recent travels, we did something we have been trying to do for some time… we met up with our friend James, from Walking with a Smacked Pentax, for a bimble across the moors to a mysterious and well-hidden … Continue reading →

Posted in Ancient sites, Landscape, Moors, Photography | Tagged archaeology, ilkley moor, mysteries | 4 Comments

Atrocity… Stuart France

Posted on September 30, 2017 by Sue Vincent

* “This is the way…” * * “Step inside…” * * “Sense the horrors of A far away place…” * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

Posted in Ancient sites, Landscape, Workshop 2017 | Tagged albion, Consciousness Studies, mystery, perception, Photography, psychology, Silent Eye Teachings | 2 Comments

Crossing the stillness

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It is dark as we walk down the lane, the small dog and I, yet a bird is singing, opening the gates of dawn with a joyful song, heralding the day without yet knowing what it will bring. For now … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, nature, Photography, Spirituality | Tagged birds, dawn, dog, mist, morning, song, woodland | 50 Comments

Greeting the Sun by M.C. Tuggle, Writer

Posted on August 31, 2017 by Sue Vincent

My wife and I just got back from visiting our daughter and son-in-law at Scott Air Force base. One of our stops was the Cahokia Indian Mound near Saint Louis, Missouri, the site of the largest Native American city north … Continue reading →

Posted in ancient mound, Ancient sites, History, Landscape, Photography, Sacred sites | Tagged Cahokians, Native Americans, prehistory, Sioux | 6 Comments

Overlooked

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is a little private car parking area outside my son’s home through which I pass every day. Today I was weeding his driveway and, casting a glance around me, realised that the parking area is once again becoming carpeted … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Life, nature, Photography | Tagged berries, exepectations, foraging, herbal medicine, reality, summer, taking a second look | 26 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd – Within the living land

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Sue Vincent

It had been a long time since I had first come across a reference to Thor’s Cave when I was doing some research for Dark Sage. We were not, at that point, feeling the call to go there; caves were … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, History, Landscape, Mythology, Photography | Tagged burial, Don and Wen, Lair of the White Worm, legend, legends, prehistoric site, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, Thor's Cave | 30 Comments

Rombald’s Moor – Reblogged in honour of #YorkshireDay…

Posted on August 1, 2017 by Sue Vincent

There is a place the heart calls home, I think, for each of us. Sometimes we are lucky enough to live there. Sometimes it simply lives within us and pulls at the heartstrings, calling us. It may be the place … Continue reading →

Posted in Landscape, Life, Love, Photography, Sacred sites, Uncategorized | Tagged being, consciousness, family, Life, spirituality, The Silent Eye, yorkshire | 3 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd – Imps and crosses

Posted on July 29, 2017 by Sue Vincent

To be fair, the weekend was over…officially at least… but we had scrounged an extra day to go exploring so, for us, the current of discovery continued. The day dawned fair but overcast, with that strange quality of light that … Continue reading →

Posted in albion, Ancient sites, Books, Churches, History, Landscape | Tagged Anglo-Saxon, celtic, Christianity, Don and Wen, Folk Tale, Ilam, landscape, mystery, psychology, Saxon, Staffordshire, Stuart France and Sue Vincent | 33 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Caught on the Edge

Posted on July 28, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We had almost stopped there on our way to Wales. The suggestion had been made, but for some reason I had been reluctant to turn aside from our road west, for what might be no more than a walk in … Continue reading →

Posted in adventure, albion, Ancient sites, Books, Don and Wen, fantasy, fiction, Landscape, Photography, Stuart France and Sue Vincent, The Silent Eye, travel | Tagged Alan Garner, Alderley Edge, Brisingamen, caves, Weidstone, wizard | 34 Comments

The Wyrm and the Wyrd: Side by side…

Posted on July 17, 2017 by Sue Vincent

We decided to leave the main road and take the back roads, just for a last look at the hills. Add that to the possibility of avoiding a long traffic jam just ahead and the fact that there was a … Continue reading →