A HEADSHOT IN A CHRISTMAS WREATH

This morning, under a waning moon and a bright planet, the swirling wind stirs up the scent of mud and brick dust. Alt text says this week’s photo is a person smiling in a wreath. I say it is me twelve years ago taking my turn to have a photo taken. A group of usContinue reading “A HEADSHOT IN A CHRISTMAS WREATH”

A CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SPRINKLES

Today rain and mist hold the scent of damp fallen leaves in the air. Alt text says this week’s photo is a chocolate cake with sprinkles on the top. It is indeed. And to add to this description I would also say it is a birthday cake for my lovely wife. For this bake, IContinue reading “A CHOCOLATE CAKE WITH SPRINKLES”

The Bandstand

Photo credit: Field of Dreams Photography Oswestry This morning the air brings the smell of many blooms. In my head I picture peonies and geraniums and in my heart I feel summer. It has been pretty cold, grey and rainy for June so far so this feels new and enlivening. It begins to balance theContinue reading “The Bandstand”

Is He Puffin or Is He Vulture?

This morning the smell of cut grass is in the air, slightly hayed by yesterday’s sunshine and today’s gentle misty drizzle. This week’s photo had to be ‘Ronnie Jumping for Joy at The Great Orme’. Not just because I love that orme, not just because it is the picture for June on the #LookThere calendar,Continue reading “Is He Puffin or Is He Vulture?”

A large Sturgeon, A Peppermint Tea and a Fizzy Water

This morning the air carries the scent of warm, damp hay. The birds were singing the day in loudly when I noticed this, and seemed to be telling me they had been doing so for some time this morning before I woke from my sleep to greet the day. I am currently celebrating the joyContinue reading “A large Sturgeon, A Peppermint Tea and a Fizzy Water”