July 2024

I'll rest me in this sheltered bower,

And look upon the clear blue sky

That smiles upon me through the trees,

Which stand so thickly clustering by;

And view their green and glossy leaves,

All glistening in the sunshine fair;

And list the rustling of their boughs,

So softly whispering through the air.....

Anne Brontë, from "The Arbour"

Dramatic Skies Around Stanbury

Sculptor Alan Ward in his studio at Lancaster Castle