Leo Paul Robert (1851-1923) - was the most highly regarded Swiss ornithological artist at the turn of the century. But he only established a reputation as a landscape painter and painter of birds later in his career.
Continue reading Artists Inspired by Nature – Leo Paul Robert
A Carousel of Birds ...
My chief delight is in nature, and when I look at a picture it is to find something about nature in it, especially some expression of the feeling produced in us by nature, which is, to me, the most important thing in life ... Adapted from W H Hudson - 'Afoot in England’ - 1909
What better introduction to Spring than this quotation from the writings of Richard Jefferies.
"The bird upon the tree utters the meaning of the wind—a voice of the grass and wild-flower, words of the green leaf; they speak through that slender tone. Sweetness of dew and rifts of sunshine, the dark hawthorn touched with breadths of open bud, the odour of the air, the colour of the daffodil—all that is delicious and beloved of springtime are expressed in his song. Genius is nature and his lay, like the sap in the bough from which he sings, rises without thought". —’ Field and Hedgerow’: Hours of Spring. Richard Jefferies
#SenryuJournal #haikuhut #failedhaiku #linkedverse #issue79 Thanks & congratulations dear Vandana Parashar for this collaborative verse.
Grateful to Bryan Rickert, Editor
Here’s the most recent podcast of my short #haiku readings: Longest Day http://anchor.fm/clive-bennett0… @RJefferiesSoc #Nature #Yellowhammer
Thrilled to have two haiku in the latest issue of Hedgerow ... thanks to Caroline Skanne for including them
windblown ...
across the reeds
cuckoo song
between storms the song of a song thrush
#haiku @hedgerowpoems @CarolineSkanne
Thrilled to have two haiku in the latest issue of Hedgerow ~ #haiku #hedgerowpoems @hedgerowpoems
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My new blog post for @ClinicalPartnrs autism unlocked: What is school anxiety and why does it happen?
https://lsc.autismunlocked.co.uk/family-autism/school/school-anxiety/what-is-school-anxiety-and-why-does-it-happen/
