Yesterday it rained, it rained in the morning, quite heavily from what I remember. It rained at lunchtime, still fairly heavily but I was hiding inside well away from the weather 😉 It rained in the afternoon too, actually, it rained from early(ish) morning to early evening. Rain isn’t all that unusual for us around here, but it is unusual for me to be actually off the day after it rained and for me to have a little free time to go play in the stream through the wood 🙂…
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Eyes of Tol in Gaurhoth
When I first saw the ‘wolves’ theme over at john-howe.com this scene sprang to mind, from Tolkien’s tale of Beren and Lúthien… “Then Sauron stripped from the their disguise, and they stood before him naked and afraid. But though their kinds were revealed, Sauron could not discover their names or their purposes. He cast them therefore into a deep pit, dark and silent, and threatened to slay them cruel, unless one would betray the truth to him. From time to time they saw two eyes kindled in the dark, and…
Read MoreOn Ederachillis’ Shore
I was looking for inspiration for ‘wolf’ themed paintings when Julie pointed me towards this poem… On Ederachillis’ shore The grey wolf lies in wait- Woe to the broken door, Woe to the loosened gate, And the groping wretch whom sleety fogs On the trackless moor belate. The lean and hungry wolf, With his fangs so sharp and white, His starveling body pinched By the frost of a northern night, And his pitiless eyes that scare the dark With their green and threatening light. He climeth the guarding dyke, He…
Read MoreIt’s the best I could do ;-)
I forgot the camera this morning (or rather my head wasn’t in ‘thinking mode’ when I set off for work at 0500hrs), anyway, the mist and light was too good to miss and so I took a snap on my phone 😉
Read MoreIn reflection
We had a run down Ullswater way fairly early on as the weather looked good and with it being a Sunday the roads would soon get busy, it was lucky we did set off early as the reflections were looking particularly clear. We then continued on to Hallin Fell for a wander. And of course Hugo was happy to be out in the Fells again 😉
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