Crafty Vali

Long time since last used this space to share images, thoughts…good thing that there are lovely people around to remind me I should do so. A fair share of things have piled up, yet getting back with two very recent adventures, provided as per usual via a sense of adventure, love for country walks and attention to seasonal events.

Today’s serving includes visual content relating to two important…

Last summer’s poppies

‘The very spirit of summer breathes to-day, Here where I sun me in a dreamy mood, And laps the sultry leas, and seems to brood Tenderly o’er those hazed hills far away. The air is fragrant with the new-mown hay, And drowsed with hum of myriad flies pursued By twittering martins. All yon hillside wood Is drowned in sunshine till its green looks grey. No scrap of cloud is in the still blue sky,…

Blooms of June to warm November’s ‘doom’

‘IF I were a bee and you were a rose, Would you let me in when the gray wind blows? Would you hold your petals wide apart, Would you let me in to find your heart, If you were a rose? “If I were a rose and you were a bee, You should never go when you came to me, I should hold my love on my heart at last, I should close my leaves and keep you fast, If you were a bee.” ‘ The Rose And The Bee Sara…

A selected assortment of dragonflies and butterflies.    

…or, ‘Beatrix Potter approves of this’ (I’d like to think!). Hares captured during an early evening stroll in a lovely Oxfordshire village, this May. 

This year’s very busy months have marched onwards with a faster pace than I’d expected and it has made it hard to keep engaged with the space here, despite having a myriad of things to say and photographs to show for others enjoyment. However, I’ve decided to attempt a series of blog posts with some of the highlights that each month’s offered, starting with May. No singular post for each month…

September cobwebs for my October blog decoration

Taken on a Thames stroll, back mid-September. 

A few quirky things in Tórshavn

View from Skansin – iridescent clouds as a bonus.  Same view, from a higher point.  Entrance to Skansin Statue south side of Skansin Funny to see one’s name on things… 😉  …but I guess it’s better than being this guy. 

Snaps on the road – still looking back at the Faroe Islands

Roads, rain, rainbows. Taking pictures from the car, on the move. Not cropping them. Fun! Did I say rainbows above? Oh, yes: 11 of them on a day, if you’re lucky as we were. Essentially, that’s the Faroes for you: from mesmerising mists, to showers which only seems to mask hiding rainbows, then ending up basking in light of the magic of cerulean blue skies. Repeat and enjoy! Geodesic eco-friendly…

Snaps on the road – still looking back at the Faroe Islands

Roads, rain, rainbows. Taking pictures from the car, on the move. Not cropping them. Fun! Did I say rainbows above? Oh, yes: 11 of them on a day, if you’re lucky as we were. Essentially, that’s the Faroes for you: from mesmerising mists, to showers which only seems to mask hiding rainbows, then ending up basking in light of the magic of cerulean blue skies. Repeat and enjoy! Geodesic eco-friendly…