sometimes you have to go back to the future …
work in progress
more regular postings of current projects, often described and photographed during the making process…
people
people not in history, wise folk, human-kind
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Killick sculpture in our garden mooring
my latest corkscrew hazel Killick in our garden mooring, with good wishes (nb. Killick – ancient anchor for small boat)
an annual tradition
We lived in a small hamlet in the hills of the Charente, France for seven years, and each year in May/June the neighbourhood party was held (Fête des Voisins). This often involved a long period of standing around before drink was offered/allowed until the last person had arrived. Every year followed suit; sampling the homemade food and drink (mostly alcohol) which we had all contributed. One year my wife was formally congratulated on her tarte au citron (lemon tart) and a lovely old chap from the hamlet would once again pour us all a generous glass of Pinot Charente (a fortified homemade wine). One year we took along a new English neighbour who looked aghast into the bottom of her glass to see the multitude of tiny flies remaining – an annual tradition…
being in the journey
“after time
is there no time
like the present”
(fragments, pamphlet-poem by P.R.Bennetta)
in sunshine, rain & hurricane
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Sunday in April
her garden of soul in the golden lapses of Time
from: The Testament of Beauty, by Robert Bridges
a morning walk along Wellington Parade, Kingsdown, Kent, UK, with all good things
her garden of soul, photograph, Philip R. Bennetta, 26 April, 2026
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Heaven and Hell
being in two minds, i see myself in heaven and hell
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Miss Parson Jack Russell vs Mrs Fox
Tess, our Parson Jack Russell terrier makes the best pet, and Foxes – they are beautiful, however our local fox has a foot fetish and steals shoes & socks – upsetting the neighbours!
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