A little about
this place
I’m R. Hale. I go for walks, carry a camera, and come home with more pictures of grass than seems entirely reasonable.
This is a place to keep a few of them in order. Most were made within an afternoon’s walk of home: along the brook, over the ridge, or round the meadow when there isn’t time for anything longer. Familiar paths make it easier to notice what has changed.
I’m an amateur in the plain sense of the word. Some days I take an old film camera, more often a small digital one. I like quiet light, untidy field edges and water that doesn’t quite hold a reflection. I am less good at remembering spare batteries.
The names here are my own names for the places. Cold Brook is the water I tend to follow; Ashby Ridge is the hill where I tend to get caught in the rain. They are a way of remembering, rather than directions to anybody’s front gate.
I started keeping these pages in March 2024 because pictures left in folders have a habit of disappearing without actually going anywhere. Writing a few lines beside them helps. Sometimes the lines are mostly about the weather. There is quite a lot of weather.
Keeping in touch
I rarely check email; the notes are the best way to follow along. I add something when I have a picture I want to keep, or a walk I haven’t quite stopped thinking about.
R. H.
Fifteen pictures, seven notes, and no particular hurry.
Last added to in October 2026.
Usually a good idea to take it.