Saturday 26 July 2014

Summer evening





starlings gather 





Thursday 24 July 2014

Elecampane


opening


& out.






Tuesday 22 July 2014

1st Swim


at Midday. perfect conditions





towels drying in the afternoon mist



Friday 18 July 2014

Uplifting


starlings on the roof


red marigolds


the stamens on St John's wort flowers


windmill spinning in the strawberry patch


to deter the birds


Tuesday 15 July 2014

Green Flash



rarely seen just as the sun goes sinks below the sea 




( up a mountain in the West Highlands )



Monday 14 July 2014

Burying Themselves



Bazil and Harriet at Cata Sands






Friday 11 July 2014

Togo


Oh Togo





Thursday 10 July 2014

Sunday 6 July 2014

Who wants my Jellyfish






I'm not sellyfish.


(poem by Ogden Nash)



Saturday 5 July 2014

Dawn's Exhibition


sea like a great lake, so still


Dawn's woven landscape


and golden needle


it's quiet in St Margaret's Hope


In Kirkwall the pipers are on the Linkspan
playing to 7.000 tourists come into town
 from the cruise ships


return to Sanday




Thursday 3 July 2014

Bach / Prelude number 1





and the delicate lemon verbena flower



Tuesday 1 July 2014

Coffee Time


half past six ( in the morning )