Beach-Combing Magpie

Far from the beach, but still surrounded by treasure of all kinds just ready to be found, looked at, gloated over, gleaned and swiped or simply created! Here are my latest finds....

Wednesday, December 25, 2024

Peace and Beauty... Assumption of the Virgin

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Wondering why I just cannot 'feel' the Christmas mood anymore, be it in France or England, nor experience any desire to spend time...

Sunday, December 22, 2024

Stark Winter in Hyde Park...

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My first stop on arrival in England is invariably Hyde Park, and this time was no different. The bare, skeletal trees with their dark, spi...

Lovely Lichen... In Mount's Bay.

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Even on the greyest of Winter mornings, there is always something to catch the eye when meandering along the coastline path that borders M...

Friday, November 29, 2024

A Long-Winded Project....

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Sometimes you consider something finished, but finally you come to the conclusion that there is still a considerable amount to do before y...

Forgotten Memorials...

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One of the main traffic roundabouts in Reims isolates a grassy central island on which is set a monument that is rather hard to see in any...

Monday, November 11, 2024

Traces of... Juliette Lambert.

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It always strikes me as strange and somehow magical when you follow a random track and it leads you into areas that you had never been awa...

Tuesday, October 29, 2024

A Winter Jewel... Purple Hellebores.

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The fleeting flurry of snowflakes such as we experienced last week probably does not represent the arrival of Winter, but perhaps the beau...

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