Uphill

The Ship

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 11, 2013

Family Stories by LoisJanuary 1, 2013January 1, 2013

We went out for a New Year’s Day walk in glorious sunshine. We took our cameras even though the sun was low in the sky and clouds were beginning to bank up. The colours in my photographs are incredible – I haven’t adjusted them in any way, and they give a good idea of what […]

Drama on Christmas Day in Uphill

Bits and pieces by LoisDecember 26, 2012December 26, 2012

Bits and pieces by LoisDecember 15, 2012December 15, 2012

The old church of St Nicholas

This is the old church of St Nicholas in Uphill, it overlooks the village and the end wall you can just make out faces across the Bristol Channel to Wales. The nave has lost its roof, you may be able to make this out, and it is open to the elements. Part of the church is still […]

Bits and pieces by LoisNovember 10, 2012November 11, 2012

Corvids

Birds fascinate me, especially the corvid family. They always seem to have a keen intelligence and although they may see clumsy and ungainly when on the ground, there is a certain deliberateness in the way they ponder before they move. They are so intelligent, I don’t think we yet appreciate how intelligent they really are, certainly they use tools and recognize themselves […]