Category: Nature
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Observing the weather
As I write, clouds are hanging dark and menacingly up above. And not only overhead – they seem to be covering miles around. Below them, and just above the horizon, thinking about it, the darkness is contrasted by the brightest of white, which tells me that the day’s sunlight is still hanging on, and shining…
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Ginny Greenteeth
Walk not upon the duckweedFor an evil temptress waitsShe appears by stagnant pondsLooking for anyone, young and old,To meet a grisly end Ginny Greenteeth, Ginny Greenteeth,The hag with the long green hairWhose offered hand of friendshipOnly brought about despairShe tempted tramps and beggermenWith a warm fireside to restYet when they slept, she’d quarter themSo evil…
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One Minute Doodle: Earth Day 2015
Amidst the chaos and the colour, within the time that passes by, between the conflicts on land and at sea, seeing clouds with silver linings, watching others reaching out further to the stars, ignoring ice caps melting, rainforests dwindling, species extincting, relics burning, history changing, neighbours arguing, particles accelerating, stars rising, celebrities falling, people failing,…
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The Spirits of the Sky
Do you remember the Solar Eclipse that we had the other week? March 20th was when we experienced it – I experienced a Total Solar Eclipse here at the Mansion, whilst the rest of the UK was either covered in cloud, or saw only a Partial Eclipse; and other countries probably saw something different as…