HTTP/2 301 server: nginx date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:22:45 GMT content-type: text/html content-length: 162 location: https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/feed/ x-ac: 1.bom _dca MISS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=MISS;dur=232.0 HTTP/2 200 server: nginx date: Sun, 25 Jan 2026 17:22:45 GMT content-type: application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8 vary: Accept-Encoding x-hacker: Want root? Visit join.a8c.com/hacker and mention this header. host-header: WordPress.com vary: accept, content-type last-modified: Tue, 16 Dec 2025 20:30:34 GMT x-nc: HIT dca 158 content-encoding: gzip x-ac: 4.bom _dca BYPASS alt-svc: h3=":443"; ma=86400 strict-transport-security: max-age=31536000 server-timing: a8c-cdn, dc;desc=bom, cache;desc=BYPASS;dur=234.0 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com Poems, paintings and images Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:44:25 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.com/ 43183244 https://s0.wp.com/i/buttonw-com.png https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/harlem-nocturne/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2018/04/16/harlem-nocturne/#respond Mon, 16 Apr 2018 21:44:25 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2567 He drew in some air

Lifted the horn to his lips

The music played out

Like an innocent soul

Playing against the night sky.

Notes drifting on the breeze

Over rooftops and into open windows

Accompanying young lovers, and

Soothing the restless minds,

Of those lacking in sleep

A tear to the eye of some,

As the music sparks a memory

Bringing comfort to the lonely.

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I love this steam punk, weirdly gothic clock mechanism.

]]> https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/10/25/rounded/feed/ 18 2547 paintedwords2012 DSCF0638 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/elemental-theres-a-storm-coming/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/elemental-theres-a-storm-coming/#comments Thu, 10 Aug 2017 18:21:50 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2513 This weeks’ Photo Challenge is “Elemental”.  This photo was taken as we watched this storm blow in from the sea.. moments later we were engulfed in the middle of it..it was spectacularly loud and bright with thunder and lightening all around us.  Then just as suddenly..it passed over and it was back to bright sunshine.

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Now here in the South West of the UK, we have had a strange Summer…as is usual!  Today it feels like that first day of Autumn.. although we have well over a month before the offical start.  I decided not to be too grumpy about the weather and grabbed my camera for some raindrop photos.

]]> https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/08/07/a-very-british-summer/feed/ 0 2505 paintedwords2012 sweetpearain https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/satisfaction/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/satisfaction/#comments Wed, 26 Jul 2017 22:10:41 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2497 The Daily Post topic is Satisfaction.. Is there anything more satisfying than swimming in warm water in a Sicilan infinity pool overlooking the ocean on a cloudless sunny day?

]]> https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/26/satisfaction/feed/ 2 2497 paintedwords2012 infinity https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/sunset-in-sicily/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/sunset-in-sicily/#respond Mon, 24 Jul 2017 22:01:46 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2492 Just back from a holiday on the wonderful island of Sicily.  Every evening finished with the most amazing sunsets over the sea

]]> https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/24/sunset-in-sicily/feed/ 0 2492 paintedwords2012 sunset1 sicily https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/bridge/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/bridge/#comments Wed, 05 Jul 2017 18:19:05 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2483 This week’s Daily Post Photo challenge is Bridge.

This is the lovely spot of Bickleigh Mill,  hidden away in Mid Devon.  And a bridge, under a bridge !

]]> https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/bridge/feed/ 16 2483 paintedwords2012 Bickleigh Mill https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/swallow-symbols-of-time-passing/ https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/2017/06/28/swallow-symbols-of-time-passing/#comments Wed, 28 Jun 2017 17:29:30 +0000 https://paintedwords1.wordpress.com/?p=2475 This week’s photo challenge is to share a picture that symbolizes transitions, change, and the passing of time.

Every Summer, we eagerly wait for the arrival of our Swallows..and when they depart in late Summer, we know that Autumn and Winter are just round the corner.

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