Hi, I am Baz, Welcome to Oceans Loft I am a semi-retired Oceanographer from the UK. I also worked as a Professional Photographer. I studied Ecology, Geology and Oceanography at the Open University University and a Post Graduate Degree in Environmental Management at Surrey University.
Sunday, 21 July 2013
Saturday, 20 July 2013
Creative Challenge 260 - Under the Forest Canopy
Under the Forest Canopy
When the Sun Burns down
When the Breeze blows free
When the air is hot
There is only one place to be
Under the Forest Canopy
Green vistas greet the eyes
Tantalizing views of deep blue sky's
A forest glade
Where tranquillity inspires
Cool moist air caresses skin
Pleasure so deep it could be a sin!
Peace and Calm grow within
This must be the place where magic begins
Sunday, 14 July 2013
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Hi all, have a great weekend
Dragonflys, a set on Flickr.
As you know I do not post much these days other than Picture This and Creative Challenge, but I had a great photo shoot yesterday and I thought you might like to look at a few of the results. Enjoy and have a wonderful weekend;
Wednesday, 3 July 2013
CREATIVE CHALLENGE: MEMORY
A Memory
The things we did
The things we would see
They really meant so much to me
Days gone by
As if a dream
Water flowing in a stream
The time we had
We made it last
Never dwelling in the past
The clock wound down
there was no chime
We just came to the allotted time
Your face each day I see
As if your still here with me
Alas its just a memory
Thursday, 27 June 2013
Creative Challenge 257 - Fun!
Fun!
Wind Blows
Waves run
Surf Crashes
Time for Fun!
Crest the wave
Ride the bowl
Inflame the spirit
Shake the soul
Excitement on natures Run
I am not sure?
But I think
He is having Fun!!!!!
Sunday, 23 June 2013
Saturday, 22 June 2013
Creative Challenge 256 - Natural
The Most Natural Thing
The smile on her face
The Most Natural Thing
It can make your soul fly
It can make your heart sing.
The morning delight
That mischievous grin
A warm happy feeling
That starts deep within
No distance can mar
The pleasure she brings
That smile on her face
The Most Natural Thing
bAZ©2013
bAZ©2013
Tuesday, 11 June 2013
Wednesday, 5 June 2013
Creative Challenge 254 - At a snail's pace
At a snail's pace
Sun shines on a lazy day
Roses bask
Insects feed and play
Birds sing and wing away
Warm breeze brushes golden skin
Calmness comes from deep within
Worries seem to drift away
Heady scents all fears allay
Work to be done
another day
At a snail's pace
The only way to enjoy this day
Monday, 3 June 2013
Tuesday, 28 May 2013
Creative Challenge #253 ~ Instrument
The Instrument
There once was a time
So long ago
When from this Guitar
Sweet music would flow
A beautiful Instrument
So slick in my hand
It held dreams of wonder
For me and the band
Fingers would drift
across golden string
The music it made
would make the heart sing
It carried me far
across many lands
Making sweet Music,
just me and the band
Time goes so fast
As does come age
All memories now
The turn of the page
Fingers now stiff
They won't pay a bar
But they still feel the beauty
Of this old Guitar
The memories it conjurers
They carry me far
To a time when you loved me
and this old Guitar
But time carried you away
ripped from my hand
and with you the music
that flowed from my hand
Now there are just memories
Many stories at hand
We sit and we tell them
Me and the band
On the porch at sunset
A beer in our hand
We trade those old stories
Me and the band
The day will come soon
I will be back at your side
once more I will make music
For my beautiful Bride
Tuesday, 21 May 2013
Creative Challenge 252 - In the beginning
In the beginning
In the beginning
Black, no blue skys
totally dark no food for the eyes
Then a shimmer of red
So much a surprise
The dawn of each day
A treasure indeed
Solace for those
who are in great need
The power of nature
an unfathomable thing
it can crush our soul
of make our hearts sing
This power at hand
an omnipotent thing?
or the blind hand of Fate
The pendulums swing?
What ever your faith
Its a powerful thing
The wonder of Nature
and what it may bring.
For Moore OK
bAZ©2013
Sunday, 19 May 2013
Friday, 17 May 2013
Creative Challenge # 251 - Searching
Searching
Time came time went
Great distances I knew
Land and seas past beyond
But still I searched a new
So many roads I travelled
Friends met and made its true
In all the time and distance passed
I really never knew
In travel I was searching
for what I had no clue
But as I took this picture
It occurred to me, it was you!
Saturday, 11 May 2013
Wednesday, 8 May 2013
Creative Challenge #250 - Twisted
Twisted
Lost in time torn and twisted
Natures wroth long resisted
Cloaked in Green by moist night air
Broken twigs stretched wide in stark despair
Snaking this way and that
Climbing high above natures mat
Harsh life long persisted
Through harshness have you long existed
In it all you have fought to be
In your life I see shades of me!
bAZ©2013
Tuesday, 7 May 2013
Monday, 6 May 2013
Knowlton
Knowlton
The Heritage plaque at the site says that the henge was constructed c. 2,500 B.C, consisting of a ring bank with two entrances and an internal ditch, 'probably intended for ceremonial use'. It is now realised that the Knowlton henge was only a single part of a larger 'sacred' prehistoric landscape, which was re-used for thousands of years, ending with the construction of the Norman church in the middle of the central henge in the 12th century AD.
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Knowlton Rings' consists of 4 earthworks: the North Circle, Church Circle, Southern Circle, and the 'Old Churchyard'. In addition to these sites, to the east of the Church Circle is the Great Barrow, the largest round barrow in Dorset, and almost certainly directly related to the henges. (1) The most prominent site in the complex is the 'Church Circle', now commonly called Knowlton Henge.
The remaining henge was Christianised in the 12th century with the construction of the Norman Church in the centre of the central henge.
The Cowslip is an extremely well known and popular wild flower whose numbers declined dramatically between the 1950s and the 1980s.
The Cowslip grows to a height of 20-30 cm when in full flower, with leaves that go up to 10-15cm. It produces delicate yellow flowers 1-2cm, usually between March and May.
Its preferred habitat is open grassland either slighly alkali or neutral in nature. It also requires a generous amount of light in order to flower and is not successful in woodlands or under tall plants.
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