• on light

    tune into new daySun tweaks its colour settingsbirdsong audible ~ n.b. Without the dampening affect of full foliage the morning is a pretty noisy time of day, particularly now that there is no lockdown in England and traffic on the bypass and into the city centre is increasingly heavy. ~ CLP 12/01/2022 Read more

  • on white lights

    intermittent wipersbroken linesmarking where to cutthrough naked treesclawing at the sheetof cloudsbright red trianglesblack on whitewarning dartssharp bendswhite on blackapproaching one-eyed carwobbles past close enoughto make me winceand I hear you”Slow down.Watch out for the deer.”And this is what happens;you become part of my worldas I drive toward yours ~ CLP 10/01/2022 Read more

  • on flight

    starlings stir up dusksky’s grey palette liquifiedfish out of water ~ n.b. A photograph cannot capture the wonder of starlings numbering hundreds or thousands flying in a free-wheeling flock, a mumuration. Yesterday, late afternoon, Great Yarmouth; the magic of flight, the joy of collective effort, the beauty of life. ~ CLP 09/01/2022 Read more

  • on light

    precious metaltake me to bathe in sunshineswim in heaven’s blue n.b. This is not Australia, a land of beautiful light; this is England, where such brilliance is a gift. ~ CLP 09/01/2022 Read more

  • on light

    compared with the Suneverything becomes grey-scalewithout perspective ~ n.b. It has been a challenging few days, putting fingers to the keyboard as impossible as joining like poles of two magnets. The ‘must post’ became ‘can’t post’. Now, a shift. Was it the sunlight? Was it the experience of movement in daytime? Was it enjoying catching Read more

  • on time

    sooner and lateredges of day stretch apartcast light into gloom ~ n.b. The shift is noticeable, not just the steadily extending day, but the intensity of light seems to increase as the Sun’s daily arc moves toward the centre of the northern sky’s canopy. CLP 07/01/2022 Read more