Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart
May have been seen in La Rochelle…
29 Thursday Apr 2021
Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart
May have been seen in La Rochelle…
28 Wednesday Apr 2021
Posted art, Celebrities, Literature, Personal, Photography
inOwn drawing, then variegated. Candia Dixon-Stuart
27 Tuesday Apr 2021
Posted Bible, Literature, Personal, Religion
inTags
affirmation, Book of Job, confidence, Divine assistance, expectation, faith, Job 23:10, Old Testament, trials
and when He hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart
26 Monday Apr 2021
Posted Environment, Nature, Nostalgia, Photography, Spring
inBluebells galore. Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart
24 Saturday Apr 2021
Tags
Avaris, hippos, Hyksos, neighbour dispute, revanchism, Seqenenre, Thebes
Extreme revanchism row with neighbours:
no statutory nuisance laws back then;
no one issued an abatement notice.
He was ‘the Brave’ – at war with the Hyksos.
It’s amazing what lack of sleep can do.
They just snapped over his noisy hippos.
A desire to cull turned to lust to kill.
We’ve all been maddened by a noisy pool.
The disturbance carried on the night air,
travelling from Thebes, up to Avaris.
Then his younger son captured their city,
almost twenty years into his own reign.
A little bit of poolside decorum
may have prevented an execution.
Users of swimming pools should roar quietly,
to avoid the fate of Seqenenre.
23 Friday Apr 2021
Posted Architecture, Crime, Environment, History, Nostalgia, Photography, Social Comment
inTags
Cotswolds, Inglesham church, lead thieves, Oxfordshire, St John the Baptist church, The Society for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments, William Morris
The unspoilt church William Morris was inspired by when he founded the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Monuments. A gem, sadly attacked by heartless lead thieves a couple of years ago.
Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart. All Rights Reserved.
22 Thursday Apr 2021
Posted art, Nostalgia, Photography, Relationships
inPhoto by Candia Dixon-Stuart. Cuppa, anyone?
21 Wednesday Apr 2021
Posted art, gardens, Personal, Photography, Spring
in…from the Buscot Park estate. Acrylic painting and photo by Candia
Dixon-Stuart.
20 Tuesday Apr 2021
Posted Animals, Environment, Nature, Photography, Spring
in18 Sunday Apr 2021
Tags
Scordatura is
an alternative tuning.
In the Sarabande,
Bach’s audience is showered
with Baroque pollen
and hears cello strings vibrate
in harmony with
the frequency of a bee.
The musician’s taut thighs grip;
ground the instrument.
Way up in the clerestory,
there’s a resonance
which might have provoked a hum
from the composer himself.