Beautiful Thought – Tatanka Beat
Thunder, Thunder, Little Brother
Beautiful Trees – The Gingko
Buddhist monks in the mountains of south-east China have long cultivated gingko trees in the courtyards of their monasteries. Some trees planted at temples are believed to be over 1,500 years old.
Beautiful Phenomena – the Black Pearl of Great Price
Black pearls, frequently referred to as Black Tahitian Pearls, are highly valued because of their rarity
Beautiful Painting – The Umbrellas by Renoir
Renoir’s intriguing painting ‘Umbrellas’ , painted about about 1881-6, shows a bustling Paris street in the rain.
beautiful places – Valetta, Malta, the city built by gentlemen for gentlemen
From megaliths to medieval dungeons and Calypso’s Cave and a countryside dotted with the oldest known human structures in the world, the Maltese Islands are positively mythic. The capital city, Valleta, the smallest capital city in the EU, is both beautiful and intriguing.
Something Beautiful – the Lake Isle of Innisfree By W B Yeats
I will arise and go now, and go to Innisfree,
And a small cabin build there, of clay and wattles made:…
Beautiful Trees – The Wonderful Willow
Willow has many uses in agriculture and has an emerging role in ecology. But its the Willow’s role in religion, in folklore and in fiction, including Shakespeare, that is fascinating!
Beautiful Creatures – The White Peacock
Some people believe that to see a white peacock will bring eternal happiness. Woven into the myths and belief systems of cultures worldwide, the peacock presents itself through the sciences of alchemy and Roman astrology, the religions of Islam and Christianity, as well as in Egyptian, Chinese, and Indian cultures.
Beautiful Paintings – Ophelia
Ophelia by John Everett Millais, completed in 1852 and currently held in the Tate Britain in London. The painting depicts the character from Shakespeare’s play Hamlet, singing as she floats like a mermaid to her death by drowning. The scene is described in Act IV, Scene VII of the play in a speech by Queen…
Beautiful Places – St Dogmaels, Cardigan,West Wales
t is the river at St Dogmaels that I love best – fascinating in all lights, tidal so constantly changing but with a wonderful calmness. Nowhere quite like it
The Writing Wolf 