Category: Photography (Page 1 of 42)

This is not really a sexy or sinful photo! But my blog is also a bit of diary of my antics and adventures with friends and so this shot is getting a placemarker.

I’ve got into outdoor swimming over this last year (yeah yeah, me and 4 million other middle aged women!) and I slip into rivers and lakes whenever I can. So far I’ve remained accident-free, but my luck ran out last Sunday when my coccyx hit a rock on the way into a river in Wales.

The progress of the bruise has been deeply fascinating, from a neat little circle of purple last weekend to the mass of colour it is now. I’ll be back with another amazing tree shot next weekend but for now I’m posting my posterior for posterity!

“The forest cradles my shadow as hers; and gives my soul company without saying a word.” Angie Weiland-Crosby

I think that quote may just perfectly sum up what the woods have meant to me over the last 16 months. I haven’t had as much time to lose myself in them since life started getting busy again. But in the midst of a ridiculous time at work it was glorious to escape to the forest for an afternoon of wandering with good company and my camera. I returned revived and calmed.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, my friends and lovers are exceptionally accommodating of my silly ideas. For every beautiful beach or woodland location there’s some questionable album cover to reimagine or something ridiculous to do with a food stuff.

On Thursday a partner was over for the afternoon and I was pottering in the kitchen making us scone, jam and cream when I started chuckling and shouted through that I’d had a ridiculous idea. As I walked back into the bedroom he shuffled up into a sitting position. “No no, stay there I want to lay these on your belly before we eat them.”

So unperturbed is he by my nonsense, the only comment was about the Devon versus Cornwall way of ordering the jam and cream. I’m sure you’ll agree that however you prefer your scones served, my afternoon tea was completely delicious.

“The world, according to the best geographers, is divided into Europe, Asia, Africa, America and Romney Marsh.” The Ingoldsby Legends

Another shot from mine and @19syllables’s day trip to Kent. After pottering about on the beach at Dungeness for a couple of hours we headed a couple of mile up the coast to check out the Sound Mirrors at Romney Marsh. This bridge, in the shadow of the mirrors, was too good an opportunity to miss.