Category: The World
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Celebrating Sixty Glorious Years (and one song)
I’ve just finished watching the Diamond Jubilee celebration concert for Her Majesty the Queen, and I have been quite moved. The crowds… the music… the lights… the fireworks… the Keep Calm And Carry On… it was an amazing concert. I was moved not by the images from yesteryear throughout the Queen’s reign. I wasn’t moved…
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Lakeside
Into the depths of the lake I looked and saw the fishes swimmingThe ducks were paddling gently by with faces that were grinningThe heron stood looking out with one eye on something distantA terrapin basked on a rock, not moving for an instantA blue dragonfly hovered and looked me roundly in the eyeMy attention, though,…
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Hoof and Storm
Galloping along the beach on horseback Waves crashing onto the shoreSeagulls shrieking overheadClouds rolling high aboveFerocious motion is all around Leaves rustle as the wind rushes through the trees on the cliff topWater droplets thump into the sand as the rain starts to fallAs the rain falls heavier from the thickening cloudsThe skies darken, the…
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Between the snowflakes
It’s been an odd day today, weather-wise. I think I may have used that line once or twice before in a post or two… but I’m saying it again today! It’s been a pretty non-descript day otherwise, but we can’t have too much going on in one day, can we? Or can we? I mean…
The Mansionic Perspective 