From the archives: The south coast of England at Abbotsbury, June 2019
Wherever you are I wish you a moment of healing solitude today.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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Rose Garden, Tylney Hall, Hook, Hampshire
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Somewhere near Bolton Abbey in rural Yorkshire, England, stands this old Roman (?) wall which someone some time ago appears to have tried to “integrate” into an expanded road system. Looks to me like the small archway helps to accommodate cyclists. At any rate, it’s a real study … and a bit of a head scratcher.
Kudos to the local government for not tearing down history in favour of all things modern.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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Wide open spaces
Water +
Antiquity +
Sacred spaces +
Select cities =
My wanderlust
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
(Missing from this gallery Paris and London as images are not to be found. Guess it’s time to wander across the pond again.)
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Nothing quite like the quest for the perfect dress.
Image taken at VE-Day re-enactment in Yorkshire, 2013.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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York Minster
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I am always inspired by the joy to be experienced when looking to a Higher source and rising above the travails of life.
When we look up we welcome a new horizon.
When we rise above we make room for the heart to heal.
Note the heart shape in this glorious stained glass window.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Landscape
* Yorkshire Moors *
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections
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Near Fishbourne, Isle of Wight
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This reflection written during our visit to England last fall.
A part of my heart
In England lies,
Upon the green hills
Under grey skies.
By acorns grown old,
In villages quaint,
By waters run cold,
By the church of a saint.
Embraced by a wood,
Entranced by a dale,
Enamored of history
Hearty and hail.
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Roman Baths, Bath, Somerset
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Near Skipton, Yorkshire
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The garden gate at Hilltop, home of Beatrix Potter, Windermere, Cumbria
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A swan upon the River Thames, Windsor, Berkshire
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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Not for the faint of heart
Those devil-dare roads
That wind and course
And spill o’er vale and rambling hill.
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‘Tween walls of stone unyielding.
Scarce room to breathe as
Bumper whispers to bumper
“Take care o’er there by Malham Cove.”
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As mists roll in a view obscured.
One dare not say, nor breathe, a word
As through the rolling roads we pass and
Pray for cushion of the grass.
Dorothy Chiotti
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Malham Cove
This short, haphazard poem was inspired by a rather haphazard drive through the Yorkshire Dales.
My husband wasn’t driving at the time. His uncle, who resides in Skipton, sped us through a jam-packed one-day excursion, which took us by many lovely ancient villages; up into the hills at Malham; over to Bolton Abbey and whatever else he could squeeze into a whirlwind tour.
The scenery was glorious. I really wish we could have spent more time there.
It was a long driving day and Lloyd’s uncle, who is 86 and has lived in the area for many years (and who swims 34 laps of a 25 metre pool four mornings a week), drove those familiar narrow, winding stone wall-lined roads like a speedway ~ that is to say FAST!!!
To be fair, everyone drives those roads ~ roads that were never designed for modern-day passing traffic ~ like speeding demons.
It’s all part of the charm, I suppose … and why it’s unlikely I shall ever take the wheel of a car in the Yorkshire Dales myself. 😉
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While in England, in September, I adopted a bit of a writing experiment.
As we travelled by car around the country, my husband driving, I kept a blank-paged journal and a pen ever at hand to write down whatever inspired as we went.
It was a fun exercise which, apart from leaving me with a few inspired gems (and some jibberish, but that’s the creative process, right?) also instilled a greater sense of how much of my heart still resides in this land where I spent my formative years.
The view inspired, the memories flowed, my heart was filled and the words came.
I’ll be posting them as the spirit moves.
Thanks for visiting …
Dorothy 🙂
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©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013
A few things have unexpectedly caught my eye during the past year or so …
Early morning light casts its rays into the front hallway and mesmerizes our feline family members.
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While standing outside the Museum of Contemporary Art in Sydney last year I caught this parading Australian White Ibis stretching the point on contemporary art.
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During a re-enactment of 1940s Britain this young woman steps back to the future.
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A bottle, but no message.
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An unexpected sun halo, caught on my cellphone in late May 2012 while I was in Calgary to visit a loved one who’d attempted suicide.
I remember looking up while taking a walk and thinking “It’s a sign!”
A sign of hope, indeed.
My loved one survived, and is thriving.
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Thanks for visiting,
Dorothy 🙂
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©Dorothy Chiotti, Aimwell CreativeWorks 2013
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