Monthly Archives: October 2024

Bloom Under the sky

I took a good few photos of my prunus blooming this year, but haven’t shared many, so here’s one of them. Not the best of photos, but I do quite like how the light falls on the plant. I hope … Continue reading

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Yasunori Nishiki: Among Stately Peaks

One listen. This mostly came easy, and I’m happy about that, but I feel I also sort of didn’t let myself breathe enough. I think I could’ve pulled more from the song. Yasunori Nishiki’s (西木 康智) “Among Stately Peaks” (“悠然たる山腹の街”) … Continue reading

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Yasunori Nishiki: River of Life

One listen, though I did restart early on, and there was a point where I had to pause as I wasn’t sure if I’d heard something correctly. This did have an overall impact on the writing, though I’m not sure … Continue reading

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Centre of the Ripples

A duck cleaning itself, creating ripples as it does. This is my submission into Leanne Cole‘s Monochrome Madness for this week. Participating is pretty straightforward and something I recommend. If you do, then include the tag “monochrome-madness” in your post. If not … Continue reading

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Tim Larkin: Air Stream

One listen and it felt quick, and I struggled a bit, but that’s okay. Need to stop drawing out these sentences. I heard the song last night and decided to do it, but I don’t think I was loose enough … Continue reading

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The Underwater Look

A lot of people would say that this isn’t a good photo of a bird… I think. There seems to be a consensus on what does and does not make for a good bird photo, and usually it involves seeing … Continue reading

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Coloured Curves

This is a sculpture of sorts near where I work. Took a few photos of it and two turned out well enough to share. So here’s one of the photos, and I think it works well in terms of perspective, … Continue reading

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The Brain Fire

I wrote this yesterday after someone I speak to said something that gave me an idea. Recently this person has stoked a greater desire in me to write than I usually have, and so I’ve collated a bunch of ideas … Continue reading

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Five-Hundred Word Challenge 1413: Only so many hours

There are only so many hours and in those hours there are only so many interactions. The combinations may be close to unlimited, or perhaps they are unlimited, but there are only so many. You think about these things and … Continue reading

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Waiting Under the Clouds

Here’s a photo of my partner I took yesterday. She was waiting for me to finish taking some photos of waves and so she had a slight rest. I took this photo as I thought the view made for a … Continue reading

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