This challenge has my focus on a few places we explored during our first year housesitting and before I pressed that "publish" button on my blog [previously known as Globalhousesitterx2].
Category: Photography
The Funeral of the Former Year
#SundayStills This week's challenge, "Birthday". Most of us see this occasion leaning towards more of a form of jubilation and celebration. A certain gentleman and poet, Alexander Pope (21 May 1688 – 30 May 1744 / London / England) thought otherwise. Pope's poem to his friend Martha Blount knows that birthdays are melancholy for many.… Continue reading The Funeral of the Former Year
A Dedicated follower of Lines and Squares
#SundayStills When I started to think about what images I would include in this post, I realised how much of what we see in our lives is formed by boxes and lines. We literally follow lines wherever we go. Here are a few lasting lines and squares that have stood out. In Black & White… Continue reading A Dedicated follower of Lines and Squares
The Hues and Moods of Autumn – McLaren Falls Park
“How beautifully leaves grow old!” wrote John Burroughs, the American naturalist and essayist. “How full of light and colour are their last days.” Burrough’s himself could have been shuffling through the colourful leafy carpet around McLaren Falls Park when he made his equally vivid autumnal observations more than 100 years ago. A few weeks ago,… Continue reading The Hues and Moods of Autumn – McLaren Falls Park
Life at No. 22 