We are all OK and no-one on BI was hurt – but the sea strength has devastated roads and dunes and low-lying buildings. Sandy was much worse even than predicted – apparently the water was in a standing wave ABOVE the breakwater last night. The boats may not be able to get in to the … More Aftermath of Hurricane Sandy on Block Island
Warmth and light inside- outside – lets not go there today Thanks BI Power Company – its been flickering all day, but not yet OUT I stood on the deck to look at the sea – almost couldn’t hold the door. Sandy‘s worst is still to come. Lets hope all the preparation means not too … More A day inside
Hurricane Sandy is expected. I have just been out for an incredibly wild walk. Yesterday was warm, calm and yet another glorious day. Today, it is still glorious but very different as the wind is already blowing wildly. We are all ‘hurricane ready’. All the pleasure boats are out of the water. Outside, at the … More Sandy – we think we’re ready
Is it becoming harder to find the completely foreign? Shanghai Yu-yuan district Or – a little further north near People’s Square, When I was in Shanghai Botanic Gardens with my grandsons, it just felt like “being with the boys”. Now, when I look at photos and wonder what they were thinking in each of these, … More Weekly photo challenge: Foreign
The title to this post is a quote from my Mum, where she got it I do not know. Sidey suggested an unusual theme this week – she said: it is a garbled version of a Thoreau comment. Enterprises that require new clothes So I didn’t have any ideas apart from emperors and nakedness which … More Clothed in green, not fit to be seen
I mentioned Malala from Pakistan in a post a few days ago. I have not previously used the blog for charity purposes, but today I received the email I have copied below from FROK which stands for Friends of Khwendo Kor. Khwendo Kor (KK) is a Pashto language word meaning “Sisters’ Home”. It is a … More Extra post – KK Sister’s Home
This week the photo challenge asks for: silhouette. The photos I have are entirely accidental. In this one, a beach party last June, there was still plenty of light to see, but the camera responded to the strongest light, creating silhouettes. I have not previously thought of silhouette in terms of photography. A silhouette of … More Weekly photo challenge: Silhouette
Reading Speccy’s post about mothers, teeth, death and all that (and thanks to her for the way she has offered up my poem) has had me remembering all today that October 2012 is the twenty year anniversary of when my father died. My mother had died just six weeks before, her heart stopped, while Dad … More Twenty years on
Here on Block Island there is a group of folk, the Crazy as a Coot Bird Walkers. I got up early this morning, when heading along Corn Neck to our meeting spot I was overtaken by Kim (our leader) and thankfully left the bike by the side of the road and got in her car. … More Crazy as a Coot – BI bird walking
Inspired by Sidey’s weekend theme: the reality of illusion. And I am immediately muddled up – which way round is it, the Reality of Illusion oh no it is the Illusion of Reality? Does it matter? let’s Play First thought: TEDDY BEAR… what, why? Already done brilliantly by Tinman. Play, the stuff of childhood learning. … More Illusion and Reality
