Sunday, 4 January 2009
Where fairytales are born...
More Wytham Woods photographs today (further ones to come - I took a lot!). Idaho Beauty http://idahobeautyquilts.blogspot.com commented that my previous pictures made you see where fairytales came from and I must admit that Wytham Woods make me think of books such as The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings as well as a whole series of myths, legends and folktales.
Trees have always seemed to me like characters in their own right, usually benign but occasionally scary - I remember one day, when I was about eighteen, when I'd walked further than I intended and was still in the woods, on my own, as it began to get dark and began to feel as if the trees were alive and I was an intruder into a different world ...
Different times of day and differences in light make the woods change mood and colour...
and there are magical places, like these, where the water has been culverted so as not to drain the path...
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3 comments:
...and I am a huge fan of fairy tales .. that's one of my secrets !Wonderful photos !
Stimulating photographs Sandra and three posts in less than a week! Well done :o) I think I heard that Tolkein was inspired by Wytham Woods, or am I getting confused?
Wonderful photos,
and a happy new year,
Waltraud
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