by Patrick | Jan 29, 2026 | Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Remembrance, Travel, Uncategorized, wilderness
World War 2 hadn’t been over for two years yet. The British were still under a regime of rationing of food, clothing and fuel. The allocated rations were lower than they had been during World War 2 as supplies were diverted from Britain to feed starving peoples...
by Patrick | Jan 1, 2026 | art, art as language, Design, education, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, wilderness
Myths and legends form part of the culture of any nation. Norway only shook itself free of a union with Denmark and Sweden in 1814 and whilst much of its traditions are shared with those two Nordic nations, they have built on their own legends to foster and reinforce...
by Patrick | Feb 8, 2025 | art, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, wilderness
Wind rattles a piece of loose guttering against the bargeboard on which its mounted, irregularly and irritatingly. The trees at the bottom of the garden angrily tap their branches together as the wind buffets them. It’s not a full-on gale; it’s probably...
by Patrick | Oct 18, 2024 | art, education, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, Travel, wilderness
One of these mornings you’re gonna rise up singing. Yes, you’ll spread your wings, and you’ll take to the sky. But ’til that morning, there’s nothing can harm you....
by Patrick | Oct 13, 2024 | art, art as language, Environment, Lifestyle, photography, wilderness
Bore Da as they say in Wales. Good morning Some of us honour our roots, our predecessors and their construction of the Judeo-Christian culture in which we live. It expresses itself in many ways and yesterday I went on one of my favourite memory walks through a copse....
by Patrick | Jul 15, 2024 | art, education, Environment, Garden, Lifestyle, wilderness
One of the first things I do in the morning in my every day routine is as I come downstairs, I turn right while the cat sits and waits, posing. He knows what I’m doing, I’m going to turn on the computer and collect the camera from the office. I then return past the...
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