“Stick to the forest-track, keep your spirits up, hope for the best, and with a tremendous slice of luck you may come out one day and see the Long Marshes lying below you, and beyond them, high in the East, the Lonely Mountain where dear old Smaug lives, though I hope he is not expecting you”. (Gandalf) J.R.R Tolkien.
Summer on its way.
We could have summer on its way at long last: being UK, don’t blink otherwise it could pass unnoticed !
Ivy takeover.
An Ivy takeover.
There is light.
There is light and it’s getting closer.
Tree stump.
Tree stump – from my files.
Life outside.
Life outside: from my files.
I thought this was rather appropriate with not being able to venture out much; shopping for food and short exercise walks can get a bit dull after a while. Miss getting out with a camera, but hay-ho better safe than sorry.
Storage pots.
Storage pots.
From my files.
Late afternoon.
Little did I know when I made this, that it would be the last walk in the grounds of Castle Howard for several weeks: if I’d known, I would have stayed out longer.
The blue bowl.
From my files.
Richard Feynman – The World from another point of view.
Shown when TV companies assumed that those watching, had more than
two brain cells.
“You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you’re finished, you’ll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird”
This video shows exactly why Richard Feynman was held in such great esteem for his ability to convey complex ideas in an easily understood manner.
Locked in or out ?
Locked in or maybe locked out ?
Garden Tulips.
Garden Tulips.
Always question certainty.
I have spent time during this isolation period, reading the CALTECH Feynman lectures.
He had an ability to make the most complicated subject understandable. Although he is famous for saying “if you think you understand it, you don’t!”.
‘We absolutely must leave room for doubt or there is no progress and no learning. There is no learning without having to pose a question. And a question requires doubt. People search for certainty. But there is no certainty’ . Richard P. Feynman.
Makes a change from all the doom & gloom found in the media at the moment.
Jebel Akhdar.
A couple of days camping can blow the dust away (see previous post) as this is on the other side of the Jebel, looking towards the sea.
From my files – made at about 7000ft.
Sand storm.
Sand storm starting.
From my files.
When one of these storms arrive, it means everything gets covered in a fine dust, which takes days to clear..
No one visiting No2.
Abandoned and forgotten.
No one visiting.
Alone – no one visiting.
Social distancing.
Nikon F with Nikkor 25-50 f4 Ai lens.
When I made this several years ago, I had no idea that they were doing a practice run for 2020. Even the bird is obeying the required distance !
Rub al Khali desert.
Rub al Khali desert. From my files.
Where I would like to be at this time, not much chance of meeting anyone else.
The Rubʿal Khali is the largest area of continuous sand in the world.
Rock reflections.
Rock reflections.
From my files.
Rocks with wild grass.
Rocks and wild grass.
From my files.
Worried trees.
Out for a walk and even the trees are huddled together in their haste to get away from me in these troubling times.
Overhead Lines.
Overhead lines in fog – Clapton in Gordano.
A ramshackle bridge.
Ramshackle bridge.
Waiting for Spring.
Waiting for the warmer days of spring.
