☖☗ east meets west

pastel perfect painted line:

rickety flaked abandoned:

seaweed entwined:

limpet encrusted:

Mersea Island:

⎞⎛ green grow the rushes o

everything on the earth bristled: 

the bramble pricked 

and the green thread nibbled away:

the petal fell

 falling 

until the only flower was the falling itself:

water is another matter

has no direction but its own bright grace
runs through all imaginable colours
takes limpid lessons from stone
and in those functionings plays out
the unrealized ambitions of the foam:

{pablo neruda}

☼ take me to another world

as our teens had finished their gcse's

my best friend and I took them to Spain 

for a week of relaxation and sunshine:

tearing them away from the pool

we drove to a hilltop walled town:

rambling rooftop views:

between the walls:

stone and blue skies:

tiny streets where Jews once lived:

decorated pavements:

delicious shades of ochre:

Vejer Andalucia:

𝄐𝄑 ticket to ride

that's me, venue number 25:

part of Artside =pause=

on the Pier trains

two photos in each carriage:

from 1st ~ 16th July:

the river captured 

in the fragment of a second:

water stilled:

a world silenced:

the underside of the seaside:

♭♯♮ pizzicato pass

this little box is quite old:

it cost 15p when I bought it 

over 25 years ago:

an amber groove:

once used to resin this bow:

that danced across these strings:

but they haven't done that 

for far too long:

now Jill's chin is resting here:

she hugged the case when I

gave it to her:

they'll be making new music

together:

⧠⧠ flavour of the month

when I smell this gorgeously

scented flower

I have the voice of Homer Simpson

in my head

saying

'mmmm choc-o-late'

⩈⩈ red berry red

we got to this {our first} little beauty

before the slugs, snails and blackbirds:

small but sweetly formed:

shared:

halfsies:

〚〛in the library

at my last visit to Leigh Library 

I found some unusual books among

the spines and shelves:

sewn book art by Sally Chinea:

love her handmade business cards:

magpie by Madelaine Murphy:

created from the pages of

'A Roguish Gentleman' by Mary Brendan:

suture {2011} by Karen Apps:

twist {2011} by Karen Apps:

text from Wordsworth English Fairy Tales

The Three Bears:

artbookart will have a 'market' stall as part of

Artside 6th July at Elmer Approach:

go see them and 'altercate' a book:

and don't miss Trotter Sisters, eat

size zero & win piggies!

they're hilarious ^_^