Category: The World
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As Seasons Pass

As days grow shorter And trees put on a display Change is underway As nights grow cooler And birds start to disappear Change is in fact here As Summer leaves us And Autumn begins to show Constant changes flow Change is in control We can just sit by and watch As the seasons pass
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Sometimes, odd things happen
Indeed. Normally, every Monday morning at 10am the air raid siren goes off. Absolutely diabolical noise it makes, which sends chills beneath my skin and fills me with dread. Awful. I can imagine how fearful it sounded when it was actually needed, but nowadays I think it’s just sounded to test it. During the 1970s,…
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Freedom Filler
I’m still elsewhere at the moment, but, as I have a target of 2,000 posts to reach by New Year’s Eve, today’s post must go ahead. It’s one of a photograph… well, part of one, anyway. The subjects very kindly posed for me on their way passed – and I didn’t even need to ask…
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Morning Star!
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyseven Well, we’ve recently visited the Dawn of Time, so it’s only fitting that we visit the Dawn of Today as well! There used to be a time when I’d sleep in until lunchtime and beyond, only because I had the notion that I didn’t like mornings. What a ridiculous notion to have!…
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Daybreak at the Dawn of Time
#WorldWatercolorMonth Day Twentyfive Here we are just after the Dawn of Time. At dawn. Thick, dense volcanic clouds obscure the morning Sun, and only the sturdiest of trees and grasses can make this volatile world their own. Animal life is yet to emerge on land, although there are a few tiny creatures swimming in the…