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winter
Late November is a time of the year where good natural light is at a premium in Britain. There’s not much of it because there’s not much daylight as we hurtle down the bleak hill to the winter solstice on December 21st. When there is sunlight, the low position of the sun in the sky […]
A cold snap in late November 2016 introduced winter weather to Cardiff and much of Wales. Subzero temperatures, heavy frosts, clear skies, frozen windscreens and freezing breath, the world turned an icy white. My post on early autumn colours a short while ago looked at parkland towards the middle of Cardiff, in and around the city […]
I go through phases of being fascinated by photographing small things. In small things we can find whole other worlds governed by the same scientific laws of space and matter that rule much bigger things. That’s what I’d like to believe anyway. Why wouldn’t the scientific laws essentially be the same for small and large […]
Early one beautifully still, freezing morning in the middle of January 2016, I went to explore the ruggedly enchanting Cardiff location of Rover Way. It was around 6am and I could sense a special sunrise smouldering behind the blinds. For about ten minutes I tilted between trying to go back to sleep and getting up. […]
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Wisconsin roadtrip
23rd June 2013
by Mark Hawkins
Another travel blog. This about an aimless road-trip from Chicago around the state of Wisconsin in late 2010. “Do you want the change?” the checkout girl says, and I pause. She’s helped me pack my groceries in an unfamiliar type of tall paper bag of the kind characters carry in American sitcoms, so that’s probably […]