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try friends june 28 2026 iphonephotography silenti travelwithamysticaleye ancient landscapes atlantic sun by steve tanham there s something special about the canary islands these drops of volcanic mass bubbled up from the earth s inner regions millions of years ago quite fertile now though there are still volcanic fissures active in certain parts fire mountain on lanzarote for example the island chain offers a variety of landscapes not seen elsewhere i m attempting to learn spanish and this hospitable place offers a gentle playground to practice the on phone duo lingo app offers a useful and well structured method of self paced absorption the hotel provides a few spanish for beginners sessions and a year s self tuition allowed me to briefly impress our lady tutor on first meeting offsetting that was my getting the last chair around the outdoor table resulting in my needing to respond a little like an alice in wonderland from what felt like two feet below everyone else if you re a language teacher i can recommend this for discouraging lateness the islands are gentle cultural and friendly we have been to others in the group before the island of fuerteventura is new to us and we can recommend it our ten days is passing quickly we ll miss this wonderful place i m told it s a little too warm back home above a day s excursion to playa blanca is a must ️stephen tanham 2026 all photos by the author share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading may 14 2026 iphonephotography photography silenti nature objects in threes by steve tanham there is no law of objects in photography but there is one guideline that seems to hold good group things into threes i was standing in the lovely gardens of a local hotel when something in the view took my eye after staring at it for a while i realised there were three dominant parts of the scene the hedge and gardens the lovely sky and the double lamp three things it works for me ️stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading may 1 2026 iphonephotography silenti as though by steve tanham as though there were within that place a special light from which we re made ️stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading april 15 2026 humour poetry silenti queen of the keys by steve tanham idle imperial queen of the keys retired from fingers deft with speed bakelite margins slid and locked by polished nails of red and grace verónica and jane the perfumed ranks of they who came with eye lined hungry gaze to feed on heated blood of virgin males their perfumed beauty fixed on you in mischief now in case you think the ruby smile was worth the wink move on young man and save your tails for simpler maidens dusky nails we press the lens the dog and eye onto the glass then let the mission die brief witness as time s shutter does its work then take our leave intent along that narrow street not to smirk nor even blink for they may still be watching c copyright stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading april 4 2026 iphonephotography silenti lake district nature paper light by steve tanham paper light i remember the april morning last year when i came up with the name it may well have been used by others i wanted to describe the colour and texture of the freshly bloomed blossom on the trees in the park road gardens just outside the small town centre in grange over sands on the northern end of morecambe bay the blossom fades quickly its parchment like texture rapidly loses its fullness and the moment loses its soft brilliance but for that small interval its splendour and sense of lightness is unmatched happy easter ️stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading april 2 2026 silenti lining up the shot by steve tanham sometimes nature takes a hand and consumes the shot with the above grouping of blossom on the shrubs the old outbuilding see below and a one of the surviving ash trees i was feeling distinctly poetic my mind mused from blossom to birds to bold blue sky and the idea of one s attention being hijacked by beauty was compelling for several minutes i simply gazed then concluded the experience needed no more poetry than the photo the first such day of the season here i hope we all get many more american politics aside it s a beautiful world our outbuilding is a small bit of local history it was the storage place for gunpowder saltpetre as was in the 1820s the lower half of the garden was the old canal basin we have many unshiftable weeds that seem to date from the same period ️ copyright stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading january 11 2026 humour iphonephotography silenti unbearable soft by steve tanham a very dark day in january i m injured nasty groin sprain haven t played my favourite pickleball for nearly two months click the link above if you ve no idea what pickleball is beware though it may ensnare you as it has both of us being unable to play for so long is driving me nuts but i digress me moaning is not the self indulgent purpose of this post my wife bernie suggested a trip to the local garden centre might help with the limping blues and it would get us out of the house we set off into the gloom of a january late afternoon getting lost in glorious tropical evergreen even when it s not bernadette seems to know the name of every plant in the place courtesy of her btech but at least i have my trusty google lens below to help with my lack of training just open google and snap an image within the app voila what an amazing age we live in see i told you it was a xanthosoma lindenii also known by its botanical synonyms caladium lindenii or phyllotaenium lindenii apparently i don t fancy an exam with that one in but bernie has the certificates for hers the local garden centre is at beetham on the a6 just south of kendal it s a big one and has both cafe and restaurant alongside three halls of plants and assorted gardening accessories a well disguised citroen truck positioned in front of the cafe for us abandoned petrol head husbands beetham garden centre is not afraid of being quirky and i enjoy the humour of the frequent eccentric exhibits the last one of these citröen vans i saw was serving pancakes on preston docks for looks and historical style you ve got to admit they ve never been bettered where was i oh yes the cafe coffee and cake and a leisurely stroll around the various wares brought us close to the exit where my eyes were treated to the sight of a section dedicated to orchids bernadette is not overly fond of them temperamental she says but i love them the depth of their colours and the intricacy of the patterns get me every time so i just gaze in an uneducated way of course she found me staring into this one lost in contemplation penny for them she asked coming up quietly behind me i was trying to find the right words to describe the colours of this beauty she put her hand on my shoulder and we gazed together how about unbearable soft it was perfect so here it is with a complete absence of latin as they used to say on the good old days for your delectation now proudly re homed alongside my reclining chair and cup of tea i ve just noticed i hope you re enjoying your january or at least finding ways to make the darkness bearable let me know ️ stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading january 8 2026 iphonephotography photography consciousness colour as warmth by steve tanham sometimes especially on very cold days the afternoon sun in winter gives us a brief blaze of colour that warms emotionally if not physically one of my favourite subjects is the low sun on bare hedges there s something almost crop like about the uniform nature of the vertical fingers each catching its own slice of the provider in the sky ️stephen tanham 2026 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading december 25 2025 photography silenti christmas at sizergh by steve tanham sizergh the sizergh estate is the ancestral home of the strickland family whose name is threaded through the history of the kendal area they ve recently begun to decorate the whole estate for christmas here s a sample of what it s like the interiors are from another age and respond perfectly to the christmas spirit and the famous gardens are lighted beautifully most of the work is done by an army of volunteers happy christmas ️stephen tanham 2025 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading december 4 2025 iphonephotography silenti lady eleanor by steve tanham lindisfarne performing at the platform morecambe last weekend if time proves to be not just malleable but revisitable we can close our eyes and be back in a tiny lancashire hamlet called tockholes graced by a pub a few stone cottages and a car park bus turnaround of the farthest route from bolton s bus station on moor lane in the town centre had my share of nightmares didn t think there could be much more then in walked rodrick usher with the lady eleanor the car park s sole occupant is a ducati 250cc single cylinder motorbike it s not new but it s a lovely metallic mid blue and silver and this is the first outing of its new life with a sixteen year old who has just passed his bike test the ducati 250cc what joy the boy and bike are on an inaugural celebration run to mark their pairing provided by the lad s father to mark success at the gce exams at which he s just done quite well she tied my eyes with ribbon of a silken ghostly thread i gazed with trouble vision on an old four poster bed he s not with the bike though it brought him here and sits in the pub car park polished and gleaming as much as a six year old machine can he s here in tockholes because on a previous occasion it was on the way here in the family car that he first heard a piece of music so powerful that he feels it changed his young life and he had dreamed that if he passed his exams and his bike test he would come here and celebrate with a flask of hot tea and a turkish delight chocolate bar at his favourite me spot by the lakeside below the place where he first sang to the lady eleanor the reservoir system below the tiny village of tockholes image baldhiker com it s a ten minute descent from the pub s car park to the lake he s been singing to himself the whole way the volume of his singing increases as the water comes into view calm and beautiful and receptive as though the lake is listening and the lady of this lake is lady eleanor and she listens to the boy singing and accepts his tribute the valley resonates with the exchange life is good very very good last saturday the creators of the lady eleanor song the still performing group lindisfarne came to the platform concert venue in morecambe the sixteen year old young man was there and so was his lady eleanor here s a youtube video if you d like to warm those memories lindisfarne in 1976 rod clements right re formed the band who still perform if you never had to joy of their company look them up ️stephen tanham 2025 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading november 15 2025 iphonephotography photography silenti grange over sands through the trees to the sea by steve tanham above the hidden route down to the shore becomes visible in autumn beware the railway line the lovely park road gardens in grange over sands is one of the jewels of the cumbrian coast of morecambe bay i like to photograph it through the seasons through november it completes its departure as a summer haven and takes on a beautifully melancholy palette of fading golds one other transformation is unexpected a hidden path from a former iteration of the park s design opens up to reveal a clear view down to the promenade and shore although only a short distance to the sea the old path would now cross the main barrow in furness railway line so you can see why it was horticulturally concealed to discourage children from trying a blaze of orange near the park there is though that lovely feeling of having uncovered a phase of local history ️stephen tanham 2025 share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram email a link to a friend opens in new window email print opens in new window print share on reddit opens in new window reddit like loading november 10 2025 iphonephotography photography silenti potent skies by steve tanham the small seaside village of arnside seldom disappoints in providing us photographers with scenes animated by extraordinary light facing west out into the northern end of morecambe bay the estuary features complex tides the outflowing confluence of three local rivers and some of the most spectacular skies in britain we even have our own bore much like the river severn but considerably smaller in amplitude the sky is the constantly changing star there is always so much energy up there that no visual moment can be guaranteed to last if you see it take it has to be the sentiment this shot was taken mid afternoon when the light was dropping like a stone in the resulting gloom which had painted the village a seeming coal black there emerged a fluffy tunnel of golden light as taken no filters or effects ️stephen tanham all work by the author share this share on tumblr tweet share on telegram opens in new window telegram 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