Tag Archives: azores

Study in reflections

August 6, 2018art, Painting, watercolourart, azores, Painting, summer, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

Something bright and colourful for summer. Not one of my best, but I like the way the reflections work…..

Painted in watercolours.

Poems published at Fourth and Sycamore

July 6, 2018Azores, England, Life, poem, Poetryazores, Fourth and Sycamore, London, poem, poetry, rainThe Cheesesellers Wife

I’m delighted to say that two of my poems have been published online by Fourth and Sycamore:

The poetry of Kim Whysall-Hammond

There are never enough photos of Pico

June 20, 2018Azores, beauty, poem, Poetryazores, Mountain, Pico, poem, poetry, volcanoThe Cheesesellers Wife

There are never enough photos of Pico
Says he, as he takes yet one more
The light has changed again
And the mountain looks about to roar
We’ve flown over and around her
Driven along her lower slopes
But the best view is away from her
From little Horta’s shore

The mountain slumbers on
Fuji slopes gracefully curving down
She glows rose in the dawns light
By midday she can glower and frown
Clouds drape her and embrace her
Shadowing scree and walled in grapevine
However far we travel away from her
Somehow that volcano is always mine

Re-blogged from 2015

Cave

June 2, 2018Azores, Life, nature, poem, Poetry, Wild lifeazores, Caves, crabs, dolphins, Life, poem, poetry, sperm whales, sun, travelThe Cheesesellers Wife

Deep in a volcanic sea cave
crimson crabs hang from the ceiling
scuttle along walls, clattering pincers
gather in their hundreds
in affront
as our boat noses in,
engine stilled.

We have raced across open ocean
slamming over waves
to be claustrophobically enclosed
looked down upon by crustaceans
never before have I felt
such an visitor to my own planet
insignificant in the face of the whale and the dolphin
and now these outraged crabs.

Snorkel

March 7, 2018Azores, beauty, nature, poem, Poetry, Wild lifeazores, dolphins, Eagle rays, nature, poem, poetry, snorkeling, travel, wildlifeThe Cheesesellers Wife

In the bay
A furious scrum of fishes
Contesting over I know not what
Eagle rays glide above
Between islands
Atlantic swell buffets
Dolphins sway and swerve
Deep below me

Re-blogged from 2016….

Road to the Volcano

February 26, 2018art, Azores, beauty, Painting, watercolourart, azores, Faial, Hyrandgea, nature, Painting, volcano, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

A road to the central volcano of Faial island in the Azores, lined with blue Hyrandgea flowers:

Azores Evening

February 10, 2018Azores, beauty, nature, poem, Poetryazores, beauty, evening, moonlight, poem, poetry, Sao Miguel, travelThe Cheesesellers Wife

Moonlight has banished an ocean of stars,
pouring molten silver across the water.
Murmuring waves remember a primal ocean,
write poetry in their foam,
erase the day from a busy beach.
A harsh breeze crashes across treetops
as if breaking on a coral reef
and distant sea-birds call evenings end,
sharp disembodied sentinels of the night.

Angra do Heroísmo cafe

January 1, 2018art, Azores, Painting, watercolourAngra do Heroísmo, art, azores, Painting, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

Let’s start the New Year with a colourful cafe flying the Jolly Roger in Angra do Heroísmo, Azores.

Azores Rock

December 18, 2017art, Azores, beauty, Painting, watercolourart, azores, Graciosa, Painting, sea, watercolourThe Cheesesellers Wife

I have now painted this rock several times –not sure why!

Ophelia’s Gift

October 16, 2017Azores, nature, poem, Poetry, weatherazores, hurricane, Ophelia, storm, weatherThe Cheesesellers Wife

Rust red sun
Burns through yellow grey clouds
So dark at Noon
That street lights flicker
The silence of the birds
Is telling

Storm Ophelia (once a category 3 hurricane) has today brought dust from the Azores and from Portugal. In the west of England, people can smell burning too………..rather apocalyptic.