We all need a touch of magic! So I’d like to share with my readers a video presentation of my photography and participation on the Stolen Child exhibit at Itakos Gallery by Akim Alonzo and CybeleMoon. I had a lot of fun putting this together (with my very rudimentary program- Wondershare). read the short story…
Tag: Fantasy
The Stolen Child (a story dedicated to Yeats and Ireland)
also called A Summer’s End -a short story: Megan looked over the last of the Black -eyed Susans glowing in the morning sun. It was time to lock up the summer cottage forever, she thought. Something happened yesterday that had confirmed all her old fears and misgivings about the place. Some years before she had…
Not always here and never all there
I wonder if I’m missed!! I’ve really fallen by the wayside in blogging. I admit to using Flickr on and off as it has been a lot easier to post and poof. Here I must be more thoughtful and with my previous bout with depression (SAD) plus, and then a painful sciatica in…
Now is the winter of my discontent
Hello my dears! Well, you won’t believe! I received my new Canon only to find it was defective! This is now two strokes of bad luck! The first being that my old camera got wet and died, supposedly from taking a few pictures of the lovely snow, and the second in receiving a lemon (also…
Back again with Monochrome Madness
I’ve had a disastrous week!! My companion eye who presents me with the inspiration to develop my visions has up and died. That lovely day I spent out in the snow apparently was the cause, as moisture somehow got inside the camera while I was shooting (though the camera was in the pack otherwise). After…
Monochrome Madness
Leanne Coles’ Monochrome Madness 3-2 Here we are again and of course I have always loved monochrome so this is always a treat- and a walk in the park!! Cherry tree blossoms fall like snow during a peacock race! Coloured versions and the magic of a firefly evening
Life on Mars and other fine places – and a little Monochrome Madness on Mars
The Biosphere project on the upland region of Tharsis (This is my submission to Leanne Cole’s wonderful Monochrome Madness 2-12– visit her site for all the great images) If we as humans can’t get a hold on our own environmental issues how will we fare on other worlds? And how will other worlds fare with…
Tales of the Tuatha (Chapters 35 & 36)
We are nearing the end my dear readers- only one more installment to go after this and why has it become such a struggle and so, so hard!!? I revised and re-revised these two chapters till my eyes fell out and my brain froze. I hesitated to push the post button. I have to stop. I can think…
Monochrome Madness # 2-5 ( and fairies)
The way to Monochrome Madness!! Do check out Leanne Cole’s wonderful gallery of submissions Here I played with an older photo I like and had some fun with fairies “Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. Edgar Allan Poe, I wanted to include a…
The Chronicles of Niamh
I am going to be taking a few days to deal with some family and other related things. I’ve had to slow down the last while and take a breath!! Back after the weekend! Happy Easter to all!! http://www.mediafire.com/download/thftxod9winf6c0/wind_from_the_south.mp3 I’m also hoping to finish my Tales of the Tuatha that I have been working on,…
Tales of the Tuatha (chapter 34 of the keep it sweet and short tales)
Background: The story is rapidly coming to it’s conclusion and becoming harder for me to write knowing this. I started the tales a year ago as an exercise in writing simple little fantasies about a young girl of the Tuatha de Danaan trying to find her lost dreams, but as I went along it began…
Tales of the Tuatha – Niamh’s Journey (chapter 32 & 33 of the keep it sweet and short tales)
Finally I’ve continued with my fairy tale and Niamh’s dream journey, – and to catch up from my hiatus I have written two full chapters ( that are still, as usual, a work in progress- arghh). Bear with me fellow story enthusiasts and read at your leisure- or like Alice, just enjoy the pictures!! Meeting…
Alice’s Twinkling Winter’s Tale
Twinkle Tales or Alice in Winterland a short story for all the believers among us ( a Daily Post WordPress Prompt – Twinkle) ” Oh my!” thought Miss Alice Beamish, after having finished off the bottle that said Drink Me, “Rabbit has been busy!!” The whole warren was filled with a rather erratic mess of…
The Dream Threshold- and Monochrome Madness
( fun with an older photo) Somewhere beyond the cold and dusty sweep of Orion’s arm and the garden, Andromeda lies dreaming of broken chains A few useless facts: Alpha Centauri, our closest stellar neighbour ( actually a triple star system) appears to have an earth like planet orbiting one of it’s stars with a probability…
Tales of the Tuatha (chapter 31 of Niamh’s Journey)
for a few who asked, the story continues!! The next mythical chapter has arrived as…….. The Tears of the Forest Niamh found herself walking through the evening trees and avoiding the more traveled paths of men. She allowed the west wind to guide her into a clearing. In the center of the grove a man stood…
Samhain, sorcery and the visual alchemist at work
Hallow’s Eve is coming ( scary ghost sounds)!! I am still trying to catch up with home, work, and WordPress and I don’t yet have any spooky images at the ready ( who me!!- queen of Goth!) but do visit Ed Mooney and his wonderful Bram Stoker Posts. I know others will post on the…
The Out of Fairylanders (and Monochrome Madness)
Does the poetry of sunlight and colour speak to you or do you prefer the will o’ the wisps and fire fly torches that emerge from the dark shadows. (And my submission to Leanne Cole and Laura Macky‘s Monochrome Madness week 33) I don’t know how to do a poll but if you want…
Tales of the Tuatha ( a little background) – and Monochrome Madness
After posting the latest chapters of the Tales yesterday, I was thinking that perhaps by now some of you may have guessed that my story of the lovely maiden of the mound is a take on the Gaelic legend of Oisin told from an entirely different perspective and with a few changes. Click on the…
