A bronze statue of a Tibetan (?) mink sitting sideways on a large ox. The monk wears a large, bowl- shaped hat and is reading a book in his hands. The ox has his head turned slightly towards us. The statue stands in the middle of a bed of flowers and small shrubs in front of a large conifer tree.
Travelling monk spotted in Duffryn Gardens, Glamorgan. #PalacesandGardens #TravelandTransport #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #Gardens #Wales
Breezy Norfolk morning coffee and
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Early stroll. Security lights greet me brightly. Clouds almost too heavy-duty for the sky. The same house number three times on a bin: 40 40 40. A man who usually waits at that bus stop waits at another bus stop. A rabbit appears/disappears/appears.
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A red brick two storey building with clocktower on the right. Three attic windows in the roof with two tall chimneys between. An arched colannade runs along the ground floor, the arches supported by red brick pillars. The windows are uniform rectangles set in twos and threes, each multi paned. A large tree grows in front of the clocktower and the sky is cloudless bright blue.
Part of the facade of the old Britannia Barracks overlooking Mousehold in Norwich. Once HQ of the Royal Norfolk Regiment, now HMP Norwich #WallsonWednesday #WindowsonWednesday #photography #out&about #buildings #Norwich
A view over the rooftops and spires of a city as light starts to fade in the evening. Just off- centre a tall spire silhouetted against the skyline and a large tree on the left.
#Home for a few days #Norfolk #dailyphoto
Early stroll. A banana skin’s anticipatory grin. That emotionless wall. Two drunk blokes try to hail passing cars. On a vast screen, a newsreader’s head dominates the room. I wonder where the snail is that I saw on the corner yesterday?
An Invention of Collective Nouns A reckoning of spreadsheets. A distraction of smartphones. A prattle of podcasts. A mispronunciation of scones. A clique of photographers. A heard of precedents. An enjambment of poets. A grope of presidents. A pile of haemorrhoids. A bunion of personal trainers. A bout of estimations. A condescension of mansplainers. A stroke of geniuses. A spot of adolescents. An embarrassment of Richards. A collection correction of pedants. Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘An Invention of Collective Nouns’.
Sunny Norfolk morning coffee and
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Yes - it seems to tower above the other buildings and the red brick really makes it stand out. This was the first time I'd actually been inside - it's superb, inside as well as out!!
A grey stone staircase rises through two turns between walls covered with turquoise, brown and white tiles arranged in large framed squares with a border running above. The banisters see red stone with a polished green handrail. A pillar topped with a tiered pediment stands at each turn in the stairs. The walls above the tiled border are painted white.
Tiled entrance hall and staircase in the Pierhead building, Cardiff Bay. #TilesonTuesday #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #buildings #Cardiff
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Two horses grazing on a rough, grassy clifftop with an expanse of blue sea and a distant headland behind them.
Pembrokeshire coast view for #BlueSkyMonday #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #horses #coast #Wales
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Easterly Monday morning coffee and
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The gable end of an old stone barn. The stones at the bottom are rectangular but varying size and thickness. A small arched window has been blocked up. The top half of the wall is made of mainly grey bricks. An opening has been boarded up with wooden slats. Rough grass grows at the base of the wal..
Barn in Comer Woods #AlphabetChallenge #WeekOforOld #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #buildings #Shropshire
View down a cloister with four modern carved stone symmetric shapes in a row on the ground
Old and new. The cloisters at Norwich cathedral.
#Medieval #Architecture #AlphabetChallenge #weekOforOld
The Question Erm, well – I begin, shifting nervously in my chair – if it’s true there is no heaven and no hell, no eternity or long hereafter, no divine plan or offstage direction from an invisible hand, then how do we make sense of it all, how do we make our way through this life, this glorious, ridiculous, ramshackle world of ours, with its wars and brutality, conflicts and petty arguments, the ten thousand tiny acts of kindness which happen unnoticed before breakfast, and all that love and pain, happiness and loneliness that comes to us unannounced, by turns, as if we ourselves were pitched daily onto the waves of one of its vast, mysterious oceans, not knowing whether today is the day we drown or we find ourselves washed up on some strange but friendly shore? Mmm – you say, after a lengthy silence – what I meant was … do you have any questions about the job? Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘The Question’.
Sunny Sunday morning coffee and
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There was a 'Doll's Hospital' in the city where I grew up but I think I love him as he is 🧡
🤣 They're on your trail!!
But yes, a good look later often reveals little details.
A sloping patch of rough grass leads up to the edge of a forest which continues up the hillside. The trees are tall and thin with leafy branches towards the top.
Forest #Edge #BlueSkyArtShow #photography #dailyphoto #out&about #woodland
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Utterly Betrayed The Rt Hon. Ralph St John Cholmondley having moped around glolmondley for three weeks in Belvoir with glandular felvoir, decided to surprise his fiancé in Frome. Bursting into the rome, he found her cavorting with an awick from Hawick (via Worcester), whose close attentions had left her all of a florcester. His fiancé, who hailed from Beaulieu, begged him not to get upset undeaulieu, as Ralph stared at them, boggle-eyed. Things aren’t how they look, she cried. Brian Bilston
Today’s poem is called ‘Utterly Betrayed’.
Bright Saturday morning coffee and
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A view from a hillside path, framed by trees, looking out over an oval pond towards distant hills. The pond reflects the surrounding trees and the white clouds in an otherwise blue sky.
View from the Landscape Garden at Hestercombe, Somerset for Friday #Scape #photography #dailyphoto #landscape #woodland #Somerset
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Assorted Haiku Haiku #2511 Tourists wait in line to enter Machu Picchu. Oh, look! A high queue. Haiku #564127 how dare you suggest I have a short attention spanish omelette Limeraiku There once was a young limerick from Kew who turned into a haiku. The Constraints of Haiku Tied up all night with a haiku dominatrix and her three-line whip. Shakespearean Haiku Shall I compare thee To a summer’s day? Alright – Thou art pretty hot. How to Write a Haiku The last line should flow seamlessly from the first two – hippopotamus. Brian Bilston
It’s International Haiku Day apparently and so for today’s poetry offering, here are a few assorted haiku.
Grey Friday morning coffee and
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