
Spring is a time of renewal as nature bursts into bloom with a colourful display of flowers and new leaves on the trees. Even us mere humans sense a time of renewal. In China, they celebrate for a week at the Spring Festival, which we in our ignorance call Chinese New Year. It’s a good time for change in all respects. (more…)
22, March 2015 | Categories: Art, culture, life, photography | Tags: addictions, daffodils, gambling, local history, renewal, shopping, smoking, Spring, writing | 2 Comments

Imagine medieval knights trying to find their way through the English countryside. They might follow the river. This photo might not look too much like the river, I think it been made deeper here and canalised. I can now reveal that beyond those trees, ‘treasure’ was found once! (more…)
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1, April 2014 | Categories: Art, culture, history, Humour, in search of..., life, local, NeoDigital Art, photography, Ramblings | Tags: Bagnall Street, Ethelfreda, local history, Sleipnir, Victorian, Vikings, Wednesbury | 3 Comments

Parks, museums and art galleries
Parks, museums and art galleries in the UK are usually free and there is a lot of public open space too. I took this photograph in a park this week and if you have a digital camera it’s a good place to find interesting landscapes. In museums you can find all kinds of treasures, in my local museum and art gallery I found lots of local history exhibits. Where I live there are also nature trails and farms that are open to the public. (more…)
23, September 2011 | Categories: Frugal Friday | Tags: art galleries, Art museum, Facebook, Google, Google Chrome, LinkedIn, local history, Microsoft Security Essentials, museums, Parks, Social network, Twitter | 6 Comments