john.reeves @ tryst-cottage.net

with Maureen & Amber citizens of Stoke Mandeville, Buckinghamshire and of Montedinove (AP), Le Marche, Italy

                          
           
                 

No, it's not actually me though a trivial likeness has been commented upon by a few - 

it's Morgante (a dwarf at Cosimo Medici's court) - I'm at the bottom of the page!




Some Images        

                            Please note you may need to refresh your browser page several times to see the album properly.

                         Also a back button is no longer always available


.




    

                


     

Our Roadtrip - Eight Alpine Passes 2026/07



 A few Images from Pignotto - 2026

 

icon

  Images from PIgnotto 2005 to last year plus all the other albums on this site.

                               Fly over Pignotto - courtesy of Oasi Biologica


                         
   
hotel                Campo Imperatore, Gran Sasso 2022
                                                   Mussolini was imprisoned in the hotel here in 1943 until liberated by Hitler's 'SAS' flying in by gliders!
                                                                 Nonetheless it is a magnificent, high, huge mountain plateau.


                                            Campo Scindarella, Gran Sasso 2022
                                                         
                                                                Ignazio Dibona lost his life here, in an avalanche, in 1941
  
x          Amber - Our third beautiful Skye Terrier    
 
                                             She was a rescue dog after the death of her owner. She is 8 years old and
                                                                 came to us in July 2026. At home with us she is wonderful..



archie Archie (2013 - 2025) - Our second beautiful Skye Terrie
floraFlora (1998 - 2010) - Our first beautiful Skye Terrier

n7



Images from my Se7en days



 

highlandsHighlands Roadtrip April 2019     
                                       
  Blackwell          Blackwell, Windermere - The Arts & Crafts House 2022  (images are not brilliant, unfortunately)


             
               
project
Some completed wood projects







favs          Some other favourite images

All Albums


Back   

A few favourite articles, quotations and amusements 

A wonderful , mellifluous passage by Bertrand Russell setting humanity, imho, firmly in its rightful place plus some other quotations I treasure
Some more quotations I like to keep
A marvellous piece by Loren Eiseley about man's solitude in the universe
A Declaration by John Stuart Mill
Confessions of a Heretic - viz Ray Billington
A summary of Rethinking Life and Death by Peter Singer (a most important book imho - read it)
Article - The Sanctity of Life by Peter Singer (read him - what he says is important imho)
Dear Dr Laura
A love poem, author unknown to me I'm afraid
Great lines from Red Dwarf
On a Memorable Performance of Spontini's La Vestale, by Bernard Levin
Listen to Gladys laying into a car dealer
The repository for Old John's, world  famous, Christmas Almanac - for aficionados only


One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. 
Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. 
At midday the sun may burn, and men labour under it; 
but the morning and evening should be alike, calm and cheerful.
                                                                    Thomas Arnold


updated August
2026

Document made with Nvu

mail me