Poetry by Colin Bell: Lazy
Lazy by Colin Bell (originally published in Shot Glass Journal, Muse-pie Press)
Self-Portraits
I have been looking at some self-portraits by much better photographers than myself but I thought I would have a go so that I could see just how difficult it is to get a photograph that doesn’t look too posey…
A rose garden looks good even in the rain.
It might be raining but my garden can still cheer me up. The roses have arrived into their first flush and they have never looked better. I’m particularly pleased with the bright red climber at the end, Danse de feu,…
The power of family weddings and Diamond Jubilees struck home last weekend.
Whilst Britain was putting on the style over last weekend, I found myself unusually dressed up too. These days, enjoying the luxury of being my own boss, I don’t need to wear suits, ties, or even clothes if I don’t…
The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee – Wolfie’s favourite bits.
In case you missed it, the last four days here in the UK has been a funny old time. The nation has been on holiday for the Diamond Jubilee celebrations for the monarch, Queen Elizabeth II who has been on…
Diamond Jubilee – first time round.
We’ve had a Diamond Jubilee once before in this country, in 1897, when old Queen Victoria agreed to become part of a major pro-monarchy marketing push. She had been a bit of an old misery-guts since her husband, Prince Albert…
My roses are on their way for the Jubilee weekend.
There are some red roses and some white ones there and the sky is very blue so, maybe even my Lewes garden is looking patriotic this Jubilee weekend. There is pink and yellow too so let’s not get too carried…
Britain getting ready for Her Maj’s moment of glory.
All over Britain, those flags are being hoisted – red, white and blue are the new black. The British flag is everywhere, in the streets and the homes of many excited Brits….some of them, I’m told, are even wearing Union…
At last I see the wonderful Anthony Minghella’s production of Madam Butterfly
Yesterday was a powerful mixture of the old and the new when I went on a trip to London to see the revival of the late Anthony Minghella’s sensational production of Puccini’s opera Madam Butterfly. first produced in 2005 and…
My friend the watering can
We are still living with a hose-pipe ban here in Lewes in southern England so I’m regularly to be found out in my garden with my ancient watering can. Standing there as the water sprinkles onto plants new old and…