Archive for November, 2009

Seven Photographs: Headless Swan and other creatures

Continue reading Seven Photographs: Headless Swan and other creatures

Headless swan, on the banks of the River Exe, Exeter, Devon, England. Swan beside the banks of the River Exe, Exeter, Devon, England. On the beach in Exmouth, Devon, Exeter. Corralled sheep near the town of Exmouth, Devon, England. Corralled sheep near the town of Exmouth, Devon, England. Corralled sheep near the town of Exmouth, [...]

read more »

Morning Sun Warms Fur

Continue reading Morning Sun Warms Fur

In a brief moment of sunshine, the teddy bears come out to relax in the sun, in the beautiful seaside resort of Budleigh Salterton.

read more »

Five Photographs: Winter Dark [Black and White]

Continue reading Five Photographs: Winter Dark [Black and White]

Some days, when the clouds roll in over the sea, blotting out all but a glimpse of the sun, winter smiles in his darkness. And sometimes winter is visible as the skeleton of a tree, set against the flat gray of the sky.

read more »

Six Cemetery Photographs: By Death to Ease

Continue reading Six Cemetery Photographs:  By Death to Ease

On the outskirts of Exeter sits a cemetery immense with it’s perfectly squared walkways and monuments lined up like tract homes. At one end are the older monuments, weathered, and classic, angels standing over the fallen dead. Clear on the other side, with clean, sharp and crisp markers, some with fresh flowers, sits those who [...]

read more »

Nine Photographs: Streaming Sun, Clouds and the Sea

Continue reading Nine Photographs:  Streaming Sun, Clouds and the Sea

Eight Photographs: Clouds, Sunlight, Sea-Gulls, and the Sea

Continue reading Eight Photographs:  Clouds, Sunlight, Sea-Gulls, and the Sea

Seven Photographs: The Exe by Exeter

Continue reading Seven Photographs: The Exe by Exeter

There is a walkway that follows the river Exe south, out of the town of Exeter. Part of the path follows the old spur waterway, that once fed the mills. Now the water rests comfortably in its banks. By the playing fields, owned by Exeter University, trees are felled. An impromptu memorial, underneath a symbol [...]

read more »

Five Photographs: Hmm

Continue reading Five Photographs:  Hmm

In England after the traffic light has been green, it goes to yellow then red; as it does in the United States. But after it has been red, the yellow lights up for a moment with the red, to give the rider a moment to take off the hand brake, and put their horse into [...]

read more »

Four Photographs:Birds, Birds, Cross, and a Lady Set in Stone

Continue reading Four Photographs:Birds, Birds, Cross, and a Lady Set in Stone

The darkening sky is the background for a dying tree and flying birds on the edge of the river Exe, near Exeter, England. Seagulls fly in the darkening sky over the Exe estuary, over Exmouth, Devon, England. Wooden cross, sitting in the church yard in the center of Lympstone, Devon, England. Detail of stone work [...]

read more »

Once By Train: Walking From Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth

Continue reading Once By Train:  Walking From Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth

Once upon a time, there were two train lines that terminated in Exmouth. One is still in use and travels from Exeter to Exmouth through Lympstone. The other one came through Budleigh Salterton to Exmouth. The branch line that came through Budleigh was closed in 1967, when many of the smaller lines in England were [...]

read more »