Saturn & Picasso

The ring system is it's most distinctive feature,

consisting of many thousands of concentric ringlets

one kilometre thick

& made up of ice & debris.

number of satellites: 18 

I see

Dawn & Diagram

(Ronald)

Plumbing

The Globe Artichoke Agrees

It is not winter yet

 & fluffy tibetan clematis 

 determined

...Betty....Clara...

Shim comes in from the storms 

Helga Bird fish

Bernie Forrester

Susie's Blue Feather

Syzygy of Blebs

& Far from the palatial sea which breaks under a 

weeping syzygy of blebs

Aime Cesaire

syzygy: conjunction or opposition of two heavenly bodies

blebs: bubbles

Hanging the Shutters back up

as storm Abigail arrives

( the list is done )

3 Islands Day Out

to Caz Exhibition

at the Museum in Kirkwall

5 hours at sea on the Earl Sigurd

Cowshed & Banner / Dawn

with Moon

Jupiter

Mars

Venus

Braque Bird

This is where we are in history - to think

the table will remain full; to think the forest will

remain where we have pushed it; to think our bubble of 

good fortune will save us from the night - a bird flies in

from the dark, flits across a lighted hall and disappears.

( Stephen Dobyns - Where We Are  (after Bede ) )

All Souls Day

up the steps to

look at the devil's claw marks

beyond all the graves cows lying down.

Stromness Window ( papercut )

Sycamore Keys / Paul Klee

(Still Life in Width-Stilleben in die Breite)

Waves go Sideways

Waves go sideways.

Birds fly backwards.

The October flowers are torn off & blown across the island.

That Lamp of the Possible

Back then, the sun 

Didn't go down in such a hurry. How it

Lit things, that lamp of the Possible.

( Sylvia Plath - Memoirs of a Spinach-Picker )

Waiting for the Storm

& preparing.

( newspaper from the wall

in a dark corner of the hall )

Mushrooms

3 Sentences

Waiting for the car to be fixed: there's a low moaning sound.

2 men and a bull appear on the road & go past Scar.

Otherwise it's quiet .

They Love the Cut Cornfields

.......Wild geese fly high and symbolise those who live

 far from earthly rank and

follow an ordered life.........

( The Bestiary )

Burness Clock

just as the sun was rising

with the young Dalai Lama ( from Kenneth )