Friday, July 27, 2012

Twelfth Night at Tolethorpe


Twelfth Night in July
mistaken identities
on open-air stage



Excellent performance by Stamford Shakespeare Company on a fine summer's evening.



Monday, July 23, 2012

The waxing moon

Yesterday evening:

above a chimney
in a pink gold evening sky
the moon's question mark



and today:


in the midday sky
the moon is a pale sunshade
as parachutes fall



I didn't attempt to take photos of either though.

Tuesday, July 17, 2012

Bits of Southampton

Outside the City Art Gallery

On the wall of the 'Juniper Berry' pub
the town I thought of
as the passage to the south
is much much more . . .


Southampton - 
transit to somewhere else 
with history


Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Seasonal cappuccino

small cappuccino 
dressed for summer -
sunshade? umbrella?





or turn it upside down
whatever floats your boat.

Tuesday, July 10, 2012

sheela-na-gig

stone carving
female with fearsome features
to drive out evil spirits






at Braunston in Rutland.


She may be a relic of a previous pagan site. Used face down as a step until rediscovered in 1920 or so.

Thursday, July 05, 2012

follow on from soggy socks

Two online friends have added lines to the haiku - we are having fun this month with a thing called tan-renga. One person writes a haiku, and another person adds two lines to turn it into a tanka. 
5-7-5-7-7 syllables, or short long short long long. Or shorter.

So - "jazzmuzz'  turned it into this:
soggy socks and boots 
open church has a picture 
- Noah's Ark (aliqot)
should we have entered  
port in a storm two by two? (jazzmuzz)
which raised a grin!

"goldenlangur" turned it into this:
soggy socks and boots 
open church has a picture 
- Noah's Ark aliqot 

brimful of cloud-animals 
sails into the rainbow gl 
playful and light-hearted!

Wednesday, July 04, 2012

soggy socks . . .


soggy socks, wet boots
open church has a picture
 - Noah’s Ark