Category: photos

  • Garden in the snow – spring 2018

    We have had quite a bit of snow this spring. The garden looks quite nice.

  • Photos from Montenegro

    I  took a few photos in Montenegro.   Nearly sunsetBudva

  • Iceland in the middle of winter

    I made my first visit to the Arctic Circle (give or take a few 100km) and visited Iceland. If you’re going to visit Iceland, you might as well do it in the middle of December when the sun rises at 11am and sets a few hours later. Throughout my visit I was frequently told how […]

  • Autumn trees

    A large beech tree in Oxford University Parks. Quite an atmospheric tree.

  • Mid Autumn Oxford Botanic Gardens

    This is Magdalen Bridge over the River Cherwell. It looks like the ducks are going to go for a punt! Magdalen Tower. The pink Nerines offer a dash of un-autumnal colour.

  • Garden September 2017

    I have written an article about this path and the tree below. See: “Making friends with an old adversary” at Write Spirit The Hazel Tree. Late summer colour. Asters in the sun. Part shade, part sun. Aster close up. Related Garden in July

  • Peace Run in Oxford

    Today the Peace Run visited Oxford. We visited the Oxford Union and two local schools. It was a rewarding day. Magdalen Tower. “Lasting peace must begin within the depths of the individual, and from there spread in ever-widening circles as a dynamic force for world change.” – Sri Chinmoy A local dog walker gets to […]

  • Spring in the garden

    Spring is here, and the star of the show in the back garden is this Cherry Tree coming into full blossom. Close up.

  • Different artistic perspectives of photos

    This is a photo I took on the road to Burnsall. The photo has an artistic quality. These are some artistic interpretations of the same photo. Good art hints at the underlying quality and soul of the image. Burnsall Road. Style of Camille.

  • Views through the arches

    Bodleian Library. Sunlight through the arch. Radcliffe Camera and All Soul’s from Queens College