Tag Archives: landscape

Portraits…

Posted on February 13, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Photographing stones… * * Is not like photographing people. * Continue reading at The Silent Eye

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Joining Don and Wen…

Posted on February 10, 2021 by Sue Vincent

I had been living in the area for years. I was aware of the hillfort hidden in the woods, could have pointed out the chalk-carved figures, shown you where the burial mounds were and explained how the Ridgeway had traversed … Continue reading →

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North-easterly: Legends…

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

There are many stories associated with the castles of the Northumbrian coastline, some historical, others apocryphal, but it is often buried within the myths and legends that some fragment of truth may be found. Few tales will pique the interest … Continue reading →

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Solent Sheen…

Posted on February 5, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Darkness is not Nasty. Darkness knows no Spite. Earth’s shadow is Natural As a Day’s sun birthed from Night. * Reblogged from France & Vincent

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A Big Top…

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* The Circus Clown Encircles us His made up  face And painted on Smile belies An origin Not thought Much less sought From a world inanimate. * Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Old Stones…

Posted on January 30, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Built by the sea But not of the sea These enclosing walls… * It is a ‘Celtic’ thing The Spirit tied-to-tide And it is still understood By today’s Old Bones… Continue reading at France & Vincent

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Remembered #midnighthaiku

Posted on January 26, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Mist and memory Dreams of other worlds and times Touch of joy remains Heart lifts when I remember Rain upon a mountaintop

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The day the stags roared ~ KIrsty Mill

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

Reblogged from Pondering the Past… a beautiful visit to the Isle of Mull… It was a day when the stags roared. We walked along routes used in ages past. Along tarmacked roads, past machair and grey-blue sea. Then inland. Green … Continue reading →

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The Prisoner…

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* Beauty dived into the bushes led by Prince then gasped as one of the thorns from the brambles traced the delicate skin of her inner arm. The blood came in spurts and rivulets. “No wait,” she cried, pausing to … Continue reading →

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Shadow Play…

Posted on January 23, 2021 by Sue Vincent

* ‘Shadowing’ is our term for the phenomenon whereby a standing stone, or group of stones, recreates a distant landscape feature and thereby renders it immediately apparent or tangible. Most other megalithic writers on the subject have also, independently, recognised … Continue reading →

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