I can’t leave you with ‘My Oak Tree‘ looking in such a sorry state so I leave you on a happier note with one of my posts for Vision & Verb:
From Little Acorns
I often take photographs of what I refer to as ‘My Oak Tree’. Of course the old oak tree isn’t mine, it is [...]
I took advantage of the glorious sunny weather and took a Sunday afternoon stroll in Attingham Park. I did of course have a little bit of lunch in the coach house cafe before setting off on my favourite walk;-)
Autumn…the year’s last, loveliest smile.
William Cullen Bryant
A Light Exists in Spring
A light exists in spring
Not present on the year
At any other period.
When March is scarcely here
A color stands abroad
On solitary hills
That science cannot overtake,
But human nature feels.
It waits upon the lawn;
It shows the furthest tree
Upon the furthest slope we know;
It almost speaks to me.
Then, as horizons step,
Or noons report away,
Without the [...]
I invite you to join me at Vision & Verb where I contemplate this year, which has flown by and realise that we are now on the ‘count down to Christmas‘.
The question is not really whether or not you go on, but rather how are you going to enjoy it?
Robert Thurman (B 1941)