Category: Nature
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Beyond the Horizon
The sky was exciting that night. Reds and golds, and blacks and purples swirled and blended, yet remained completely separate from each other. The colours cast their reflections and shadows simultaneously across the vast and empty ocean. The destination was far beyond what could be seen of the horizon, but the journey had to be…
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Wolfsong
The Moon was strangely vibrant in colour. The most red it had ever been. The wolf, Alone, And frightened, Felt the need to set the scene. She howled, Silently at first, And then raised her voice more and more. The blood redness of the Moon that night had affected her for sure. She sang a…
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Fire and Ice: A New World Discovered
Reports are coming in of a newly discovered giant water-world, a mere 40 light years away from Earth. The planet is said to be over two and a half times bigger than Earth, and observations from the Hubble Telescope indicate that most of the planet’s mass is water. It is also said to have a…
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Feeling Freedom
The crisp white clouds made the solid appearance of the blue sky even more striking. The rooftops on the hillside seemed to make the sky appear higher, further away, if that could be possible. The roads, pathways, walkways, gardens, steps and streams below seemed to be immediately within touching distance, they were so close, in…
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The Wolf Moon… Inspiration
Here in Aqualand – which is a little like Lalaland only slightly more surreal – we have the Wolf Moon in February. Many people describe the Full Moon in January as the Wolf Moon, and the February one as the Snow Moon or the Hunger Moon. Well, in Aqualand we tend not to have that…