Small stones - January 31

Moon Glow

A halo of cold
Surrounds the

Undercurve
The Chin of the moon

SMall stones - January 30

Golden Buttercup

A golden sun
Shining alone

Among grass
Long gone green

A solar explosion
Of butter

Small stones - January 29

No home for a house mouse

A frozen and slow mouse
Limping across frosted flakes on leaves
No looking back now
So far from its home
Babies await safe delivery
No longer beneath the sofa
A margarine carton provided safe passage
To a world outside
No home for a house mouse

Small stones - January 28

Morning Cereal

Frosted flakes
Underfoot

Making a sugar crunch
Every step

Morning before
Breakfast

Maidendale Map sketch

Here is the first sketch for a large aerial illustration I am doing for a client. I will be posting a progress as I put paint on and more detail ..... lots to do yet!!

Small Stones - January 26

Horses (to Patti Smith)

Leather sides rippling under the touch
Coiled spring waiting to act
Deep as a well
Deep as hell
Touching, touching, touching
Rippling, rippling, rippling
Stillness expressed through strength

Small stones - January 25

View through a window

Still Life
White
A blank canvas
The world awaits
contact

Small stones - January 24

Still Life

It has rained
And droplets await
Hanging limp from
From boughs that break
Under the weight of
A world of problems
We make

Small Stones - January 23

Bare Trees

Bare trees
Soaking up sunlight

Warming the rough bark
Fulfilling the
soul

Small Stones - January 22

Heron's Flight

Heron's Flight
Ghosting over
Water
Black and still

A river sleeps
At low tide
Waiting for the
on rush
of a full and
Glowing moon

Small Stones - January 21

Lapwings on Blue

Lapwings flight
Wings collecting sunlight
On wings that flap
Black and white
a mono world
Against a screen
Of blue

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Small Stones - January 20

Washed up

Washed up jewel
of the sea

A Jelly once

Reflecting a low shining sun

Sinking below the sea

Small Stones - January 19

Ferry from Mull

A ferry journey in the dark
Has it left yet?

Small stones - January 18

An old man told me ...

Cairns cover fallen heroes
A made up story to stop a road
The heroes won this time

Small Stones - January 17

An ancient walk

The Knee Well
The Eye Well
Invite me to
Climb the hill
Old age protectionism

Small stones - January 16

Switching off

Houses huddled
And dark
People frozen in
A power cut
Waiting for the switch
A spark of life

Small stones - January 15

Thoughts of Granite

A seat of stone
Carved in granite
Should I sit on
Something so old?

Small Stones - January 14

Bending with the blows

Trees that live
Through storms
Know when to
Bow

Small Stones - January 13

Tropical Cold

A tropical place
Of great cold and ancient stories
White caps chasing wind
The sun can wait

Small Stones - January 12

Sea Kingdoms

Castle Stalker
Sits on sea
Going nowhere
Seen everything

Small Stones - January 11

Peat and Turf

A Blackhouse sinks
Into grass
Turf that once burned
Within

Small Stones - January 10

Double Glazed Living

Three windows
In a blackhouse

Double glazed
Incongrous

Small Stones - January 9

Tin roof blues

An ancient Blackhouse
With a tin roof
A place to play the blues

Small stones - January 8

Skiing for the senses

Grass slides down to a bed of rocks
Ski slope for the senses

Small Stones - January 7

Diffused

Cloud of bronze touches
Gently Kissing the sea with a tobacco
Caress

Small Stones - January 6

Hidden Horizon

Coll stretches along a wide horizon
Rock and light shining and calling
People shopping and living
Invisible to my thoughts

Small stones - January 5

Sheep Fank

A foreshortened forest
Above a turf top
Narrowed depth of field
Creates a space to think

Small Stones - January 4

A place to sit

A place to sit
Hard granite and slate
A canvas to rest my soul

Small Stones - January 3

Pointing

Scorched but wet
Dead but living
Reaching out
Pointing
A branch tells its
Own story

Small Stones - January 2

Church Door

Carved leaves form the corners

An old door waits

The lock a new invention

A Chubb

Spirits locked in

Life locked out

Small Stones – January 1

Droplets and Jewels

Droplets like Jewels await under branches
I stand and marvel at their patience
Rain waits above the canopy
Trees collect my thoughts and they hang
Like leaves waiting for action