The Inkwell

from inkdrop – poetry, places and events

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Born and Bred in Salford, England – I live a short distance from Old Trafford – Home to Manchester United Football Club. I volunteer at Sale Harriers athletic club and at Imperial War Museum North – where i help as a guide to visitors in the galleries. A blogger, photographer, volunteer and occasional writer.

Category: Photography

  • That’s Some Cat!

    Exceptional Sat on the corner momentarily, is a cat with exceptional talent could you find an animal who acts solely as the streets own security guard ?

  • Curves

    Curve A couple of pears I enjoy the way they fit in the hand A marvellous shape Defined by its curves

  • Things Containing the Letter G

    #CFFC #LetterG   Photos and art with the letter G – For starters here’s a pic of a Golden Delicious Apple A rose bush growing in a Garden A Greek Chapel on the Island of Crete  

  • Over the bridge

    Over the bridge

    Pedestrian Walking on water ? not exactly as they straddle the Locks , Quays and Rivers of my home town never shy of their responsiblity – they get people to their destination from A to B and back again easing a walker’s worry they’ll get wet in the water revolutionary ? in their day necessity…

  • Out in the blue

    San Rafael, Faro,, algarve , Portugal 🇵🇹 Sat at the side of the road a grand palm tree 🌴 rises high to say “Buenvenidos!” to birds floating in gentle breezes in warm blue summer skies  

  • View from another window

    Windows Faro, the algarve, Portugal What I woke up to this morning. call it the last breath of summer pine trees swaying in the warm air. christmas come early ? Perhaps

  • Back of a Leaf

    Back of a Leaf

    J  #C&BW A Simple leaf , on the tarmac and gravel of the car park of #BASIC, the brain and spinal injury centre in Salford. Fallen by the wind, or the passing of time with the coming of autumn, this humble leaf gave me another chance to create something special. Been messing around with the…

  • Cees Fun Photo Challenge – E

    Cees Fun Photo Challenge – E

    #CFFC This week, the challenge was to find pictures with words with two Es in them. So, to start off – here’s an artwork, created by me from a stock photo from google.  It’s an African Elephant – and its recognisable by its two big ears!  I chose this to begin as they reminded me of…

  • Elemental

    Elemental Salford 17th September 2017 They cut through the Earth, to create this canal. Development led to a series of Basins being dug, which filled with water coming from, not only the canal, but the skies too. Originally , the Wind carried ships down the canal – using their sails, but nowadays these boats are…

  • Structure III

    Structure Old decayed leaf melts into the moss on the car park tarmac as it disappears into memory but look at its veins and bones as it fades into the mud and you’ll see a remembrance of the mighty tree it once was part of.