Category Archives: Photography

Love to Sue…

Posted on December 3, 2024 by Stuart France

R.I.P.  ANI  2009 – 2024 (Gone to play ‘Fetch’ with her Mum) *** “You’re not a Bird, Anu, you’re a Dog! And it’s not a game, this birth and death business, it is serious stuff. Do you understand?”             Anu … Continue reading →

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Door of Dreams

Posted on June 27, 2024 by Sue Vincent

* Would you walk the corridor of dreams Into the dark and unknown inner places Where silent voices whisper your desires From unkissed lips upon amorphous faces * Dare you cross the Temple chequerboard Where black and white in alternating … Continue reading →

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Year of the Pig…

Posted on February 14, 2024 by Stuart France

Image – Sue Vincent * The device of riddling is common to most traditional cultures. Maidens set riddles for their suitors: ‘What is sweeter than mead…?’ ‘What is whiter than snow…?’ ‘What is lighter than a spark…?’ * Antagonists use … Continue reading →

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Time travelling: A place of kings and “holy air…”

Posted on January 12, 2024 by Sue Vincent

“Holy air encased in stone” … that is how Sir John Betjeman described the crypt at Repton, and it was this that we had come to see… we hoped. On a previous visit, the crypt had been locked. This time, … Continue reading →

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Remember…

Posted on December 2, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Cold creeps in slowly, Bones, chilled and brittle Snap like twigs, Fragile and friable. Remembered warmth Turns the mind to memory; Sunlight and laughter And your hand in mine Murmuring dreams; Walking our future As our words entwine And our … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox in Holmfirth

Posted on November 10, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Flames light the night and the beat of the drum calls… Guardians await the coming of the Silver Fox… Foxes prowl the night… …and the revellers become aware… and they follow. Music fills the night… Trees blossom with fireflowers… and … Continue reading →

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Mister Fox: Winter’s Tail…

Posted on November 3, 2023 by Sue Vincent

Where is Mister Fox? The night howls in triumph… pale eyes watch from the shadows… It is the night of the Hunter’s Moon and the dancing ground should be alive with flame as the Foxes dance in the dark. But … Continue reading →

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A song in the darkness…

Posted on September 8, 2023 by Sue Vincent

“… It was like waking into a nightmare within a dream. I could feel sticky limbs attaching themselves to me all over, leeching the life from me. When I dared to open my eyes all I could see were these … Continue reading →

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Back to the Future…

Posted on July 7, 2023 by Sue Vincent

*** We went back once more to where it all began. Paying our respects to Dragon Hill, the ancient White Horse and the hillfort known as Uffington Castle, we left the car and the world behind and walked to Wayland’s … Continue reading →

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Old George…

Posted on June 2, 2023 by Stuart France

* Maggot always gets his man. Wherever they go. However far they flee. However cunningly they hide… * Maggot enters the Ol’ George: legendary menagerie of care-worn dreamers. This evening’s vibrantly clad gathering part to allow him to the bar. … Continue reading →

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