There have been some incredible skies recently. I think the flatness of the bucolic surroundings accentuate the expansive blue view, often heavy with bobbing clouds. Before I moved but when visiting Yorkshire in previous years, I remember really noticing the change in landscape that gave way to big skies after a couple of hours on…
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Writing whilst walking. The different tones of green vaguely appear as the sun moves slowly across the flat fields. The first tree in the street that was in bloom shortly after I moved here last year has signs of pink again, blossom watch has begun. Sunny bright daffodils. Being watched by sheep chewing mouthfuls of hay.…
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Still more snow flurries this month but lots of clear + bright days too —the kind of sunlight that calls for the enjoyable coupling of sunglasses + beret. The fields look entirely different when covered by a blanket of white, but it doesn’t last longer than a day or two before it dissipates. Muddy boots…
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After what seemed like a never-ending succession of dreary grey days, the weather forecast promised ‘sunny intervals‘. A morning glow crept across my bedroom wall, throwing Ficus shadows on the uneven plaster. The brightness illuminated details to my houseplants I had missed; the silver spots of my polka pot begonia on the kitchen counter, the…
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With the clocks going back + having succumbed to the urge to turn the heating on, it’s feeling properly like Autumn in the North East. The leaves are lining the roadside + the birds are on the move. November’s signature flat light has made me less inclined to photograph indoors but there have been some…
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