*Trees

There is a public footpath that runs through a private estate with an ancient forest, close to where I live.

On May 1st my friend Helen and I checked out the oldest inhabitants, in glorious sunshine and under a clear blue sky. These ancient ones were awe-inspiring, displaying characters of the faerie world: tree spirits; goddesses and gods of the ancestors; the birthers and rebirthers; grandmothers and grandfathers of the sylvan race, still lovingly adoring each other after hundreds of years; and dragons of the Underworld – the domain of Pan and his mythic companions, including the Green Man, Verege, Leif and Herm.

Look at these pictures in ‘peripheral vision’ or ‘soft-focus’ and see what you can ‘see’. For the world of spirit is subtle.