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Weekly Photo Challenge … Beyond
This picture taken on Sunday is of the Kennet and Avon Canal at Reading, Berkshire just before it meets the Thames that leads beyond to another world.
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Alphabe Thursday … Y is for Yellow
I didn’t have to go far to find Yellow and especially this Bank Holiday when I went for a walk along Thames. Before we left, I went to post letter and noticed some yellow brick work often seen in...
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Weekly Photo Challenge … Fleeting
Oh Dear! I don’t do fleeting or should I say they tend not to happen to me. My camera and I are rarely at the same place when a moment might happen. So any fleeting moment is pure happenstance; so...
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Weekly Photo Challenge … Curves
Each week the Photo Challenge takes me by surprise. You are all familiar with my excuses for my feeble attempts. I have no excuses this week. The Thames kindly provided me with bridges, a couple of...
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Wisdom on Wednesday
I never met Peter Hay (1951–2003) I wish I had! Just to say how much his illustrations have influenced me and motivated a new pleasure in my live. I am familiar with all the books that he and his...
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Yesterday I …
Yesterday’s walk at sunrise was quite different from previous weeks; especially as there was no sun. It was strange that I chose to take a different route; almost immediately I was disappointed. The...
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Monday …
Yesterday’s walk began in darkness; I wondered if it would be the last of my Sunday morning strolls. Although it was not raining it felt as though it might soon. However, within the hour the sun was...
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Weekly Photo Challenge …. Windows
This festive season here in many parts of the UK has been thwarted by appalling weather; lots of wind and rain. For many people their homes were flooded; although we were not affected in this way we...
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Wednesday … without work
There will be no blog post today from the land of Nela Bligh. I am taking a day off. I am going to take a walk I am not entirely sure where yet but it will be in London. I hope to go to the Grand...
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Monday …
As you know I don’t immerse myself in Christmas and less this year without the Brazilian contingent. I do buy gifts but never make a special journey to do Christmas shopping. I usually give cash to...
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Shopping … bike goes on the list!
While I cycled to and from work daily for 25 years, I had little need for other exercise unless I was preparing for an event and remained fit. When I retired, I didn’t think much about daily exercise...
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Do I or don’t I?
On Thursday I went to London and walked from Waterloo Bridge to Southwark Bridge; it was a lovely day and a walk I have done often before and enjoy. I was on a mission and planned to stroll back later....
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Boots don’t fail me now …
Yesterday I began walking beside the Thames. I leave near the river at Reading and have walked it often during the last 30 years, and even walked the paths in London. So, I have set myself the goal...
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River Flowing By … while I walk.
Towards the end of last year, I began walking the Thames , in sections starting at the Barrier and going up stream towards and past my home in Reading to Gloucester and her source. We have reached...
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The need to reconcile …
During bouts of depression, I do carry on working; although being creative doesn’t mean the pain will go away. The voices however, can make me go one of two ways, sometimes they nag others dangle the...
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Influencial story tellers in textile …
In this particular story my only influences in the world of stories woven in or stitched on fabric, thus far were John Craske, Hannah Ryggen and Arthur Bispo do Rosario and while their work was valid...
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Introducing Tulip
As early as the 11th century London was an international port, goods came to and from lands across the sea. Markets like Cheapside, Smithfield and Billingsgate were in existence. Wool became an...
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always need some embroidery
For a while it has seemed as if I had lost the plot in a world that has gone bonkers. Perhaps it has, but my self-absorption and grumbling does not change a thing. So, after a short break and holiday...
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