Pandemic Pastimes

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absorption, Cambridge, Fitzwilliam, Old Masters, pandemic pastimes, re-interpretation, reading

Photo I captured of a paper napkin my friend issued me yesterday. It apparently came from the Fitzwilliam, Cambridge, so full marks to the artist and some free publicity!

St Hilaire, Talmont-sur-Gironde

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Charente-Maritime, French churches, Gironde, Romanesque, St Hilaire, Talmont

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Organ Pipes

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Buckland St Mary church, church organ, organ pipes

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Avebury Reflections

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after Monet, Avebury Manor, l'heure bleue, pond reflections, water lilies

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Land Girl

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allotments, Cotswolds, Filkins, Land Girl, NGS, Oxfordshire, scarecrow

In Filkins Allotments, Oxfordshire

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Asthall Manor

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Alconleigh, Asthall Manor, BBC drama, childhod home, Mitford sisters, Oxfordshire, Pursuit of Love

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Windrush Washing

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Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Little Barrington, washing, Windrush valley

Photo by Candia, taken in the Windrush Valley.

Komorebi

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Impressionism, komorebi, nystagmus, parasols, pixels, Pointillist

Wikimedia- Madame Monet and her son

Another leftover poem from my series a couple of years ago.

Komorebi is

a word for dappled light seen

under, or through trees.

The Impressionists caught it

in flickering strokes,

or in Pointillist pixels.

Women’s parasols

shielded them from nystagmus.

Wide-brimmed hats stilled the dancing

tones’ fluctuations.

Yet the bare-headed shimmer

and they scintillate

with the mirage of brief youth

and half-realisation.

Build Me Up, Buttercup!

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Buttercup, Cotswolds, Gloucestershire, Klimt, Lechlade, Oxfordshire border, Thames path, water meadow

Today’s pick-me-up perambulation

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart

Psalm 95 v 7

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Cotswold churches, pasture, Psalm 95, sheep, stained glass

Photo by Candia Dixon-Stuart