Taken by water

Taken by water by LoisJune 9, 2016October 8, 2017

Taken by water

Having been a water baby myself, and much of my childhood taken up in, on or by the water, by rivers and streams and the sea, I love and yet am wary of the element. I have always been safe, thank goodness, and perhaps because I’m not really a risk taker, and also the slow-moving […]

Swept away

Taken by water by LoisFebruary 12, 2016October 8, 2017

Down came the rain

Taken by water by LoisDecember 29, 2015

Shifting sand

Taken by water by LoisOctober 20, 2015October 20, 2015

Taken by water by LoisJuly 7, 2015July 7, 2015

Across the Thames

We were on the south side of the Thames and looking across he river we could see St Paul’s Cathedral beneath a darkening sky. There is a huge amount of building going on the north side of the Thames, and the crane on the right of the picture is only one of many. We saw […]

Names, naming and words by LoisJuly 1, 2015April 13, 2025

We write in water

Men’s evil manners live in brass… …their virtues we write in water. You may know where I was when I took this photo and what was behind me, or you may just know the quote. It is from ‘Henry VIII by Shakespeare, and the lines are spoken by Griffith adviser to Queen Katherine (Katherine of […]