A BLUE BRIGHT COLD DAWN blew in the other day. It was a surprise amid these endless fogged and drenched grey days of unspring. Chickl...

I N THE MORNING of winter shadow,  a night time of ice quills quiver in shrouded anticipation  of the bright armies of day ...

A UTUMN-END frost has sprinkled down onto our hills these last few days and the evening sunlight of early November shines through the chimn...

I F I LOOK towards my knees right now, this is what I can see: A cosy blanket, a kindly cat, and a very big book. Excellent things for cold...

S COTLAND-IN-SPRING ... this evening there are dripping birds singing evening songs in the dripping leaves as the sun blinks a few times be...

T ODAY I SIT at my desk looking out at a blizzard of wild sideways-swirling-snows and paint bees and gnarled trees for an album cover commi...

I N KEEPING with the celebrations at this cold end of the year, for the next eight days I will be posting the text and imagery from a book ...

A ND WE RETURNED ON CHRISTMAS EVE with coffers full and tired as sleigh-pulling reindeer .. so here's a belated winter wish to you all ...