Tuesday, May 26, 2015
Clouds like a crowd of sheep, patches of bright green where sunlight gets through to the ground... Across the valley can be seen the turrets of Stonyhurst College, Tolkien's old stomping ground, and there we plan to go stomping, ourselves, later this morning. The Tolkien Walk is a loop footpath that starts and finishes in Hurst Green. I don't know if we will do the entire walk--about 5 miles, I think--or just through the woods, by some stately architecture near the River Hodder, and to the... Sign in to see full entry.
Monday, May 25, 2015
Souvenirs
A Sheffield Silver-plate tea pot (with no silver plating left but a nice antique look) A brass double ink-well A rock, striped black and white and very glittery A jar of bramble jam Yarns A pair of 'steampunk' costume shoes that actually fit me Two wide belts, also for costume collection Three chocolate mice for Charlie and his housemates An antique wooden box about the size and shape of a small meatloaf ~2000 photos assorted slips of paper that reflect that I have been here, visited interesting... Sign in to see full entry.
Old story, new story
I mentioned being inspired to return to an old story idea. In fact, I wrote some pages--long-hand in those days--and thought them pretty good, actually, and when they'd been lost... well, you know how it is with lost writing: It is the best you ever did and you'll never be able to recreate it again... I like to think, however, that in the past 30 or 40 years, I've grown into a better writer, and the idea of going back to those scenes and dialogues is not so daunting. In fact, there now exists a... Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 23, 2015
Gisburn Forest
https://www.flickr.com/gp/therovingeye/hL5Qn0 A walk in the woods on a damp and misty day... This feeds fuel to a long-ago story I began to write, and stopped because my character was walking across England, and I had no idea what she'd experience. Since walking in this shadowed wood, I find her wandering around my mind again, and my mind sorting out little problems the tale needs solved... More on this later. Sign in to see full entry.
We didn't make it...
...all the way to Giggleswick. We didn't even get as far as Wigglesworth. We got distracted along the way, wanting to walk in some old forest. The road to those little villages runs through the Forest of Bowland, and Gisburn Forest where there are many paths and bike trails. And photo-ops... The latest up on FAA are from that field trip, and more will be going up on flickr in a little while. http://cl-redding.artistwebsites.com/ Sign in to see full entry.
Friday, May 22, 2015
Stairing... Annacita, this one's for you!
I've fired up a contest over on Fine Art America this morning, called STAIRWAYS. It will run for 3 days of entries, then 3 days for voting. If you are fascinated and delighted by stairs, take a look--So far, the entries are a visual treat! http://fineartamerica.com/contests/stairs-and-stairways--photos-only.html?tab=overview In other news... It is a misty morning in the Ribble Valley, but the light is growing as the mist burns off from above. Today we will drive up to Giggleswick, which... Sign in to see full entry.
Wednesday, May 20, 2015
Sunny days and hedgehogs
The weather is at least consistantly inconsistant: sun and clouds and sometimes rain, once or twice, hail... pretty cool, most days. Today we drove out to the animal sanctuary and picked up the sturdy little hedgehog that will stay in the hutch my daughter acquired a week or so ago, and set in a corner of the field. The little guy, or maybe gal, will stay until it decides to go. This is a sort of fostering project, re-introducing hedgehogs to the wilds, that were injured or too young, and are... Sign in to see full entry.
Sunday, May 10, 2015
To all the mothers...
Mothers that are, were, and will be... Ideal mothers, and the real ones... Mothers that did a wonderful job, and those that fumbled it, but did the best they could... Birth mothers and adopted mothers, stepmothers, foster mothers... This is the day for saluting the best, the truest, the trying-hardest, the loved because and the loved despite... Happy Mother's Day! Sign in to see full entry.
Saturday, May 9, 2015
Clouds over England
It's a grey day, not raining at the moment, and the sky is filled with dramatic clouds sailing by. The elections are over, and people seem to be either happy or stoic with the outcome, some seeing darker clouds on the horizon as the Conservatives find it easier to have their way with anti-progressive agendas. http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/7-laws-the-lib-dems-stopped-the-tories-from-passing--gkKwqOshgb Today is VE Day: Victory in Europe, for those who don't remember the German surrender... Sign in to see full entry.
Thursday, May 7, 2015
After the road trip
Two days with a lot of walking, many steps and stairs... churches, shops, ruins, winds, chill and rains... Amazing how much one can fit into two days! Back at Hollin Hall Farm, next morning: a hot bath helped with some of the aches before bed, and I am taking it easy this morning while uploading the many photos I had polished up by last night. It will take more than two days to share the evidences and experiences of the two-day road trip! Catching up on reading here, too--making a few comments... Sign in to see full entry.