Category: Time
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Naming Convention
She looked down at the newly-born child in her arms, and gently caressed its face. It was a he. “I think we should name him after the year” she said, gazing into the large round and deep blue eyes that gazed back at her, slightly confused, but mostly content. She was confused and content, although…
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White Out!
Driving earlier this evening, I found myself in the midst of a white out. Usually, white-outs occur during heavy snowstorms, where the falling snow is so dense the volume of snowflakes obliterates the view in every direction. My white out was slightly different, as for one, it wasn’t snowing, and two, I only couldn’t see…
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In Half-Light
Shadows stretch forward as the the Sun disappears behind the derelict abbey, attempting to reach the trees that mark the perimeter of this now disused estate. The trees are clouded in complete darkness, but the space in-between, the space occupied by the elongating shadows, is bathed in a cooling twilight. An eerie half-light, neither day…
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A Fraction Out Of Step
I woke early with the usual Sunday morning feel… All was calm, quiet, peaceful – actually quite tranquil The sky was overcast and the morning seemed quite dark And the outside world seemed so very far away I checked the time; 7:48 the clock said When I remembered suddenly that I hadn’t altered the time.…
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Blue with a hint of green…
I’m celebrating Good Friday with a series of photos (taken on my mobile phone, of course!) concentrating on the colours blue and green. It may be a tad early in England for bluebells to appear, but here in the Grinds anything and everything happens in its own random order. You can get some pretty nifty…
The Mansionic Perspective 