we started making a mosaic, here in the garden, at midsummer... but ran out of tessarae[0]. so the midsummer mosaic becomes us/me being mid, summer mosaic... and it becomes an ongoing summer project for a while yet. if you have pieces that you want to contribute, and/or want to place some, get them/yourself(s) over here *smile*

( want to see what it looks like so far? look under here )

that's the title of the painting that lends its image to this user icon... i didn't come here to write about that, but suddenly i find that my mind turns for a moment from a post about weather forecasts and practicalities...and towards the midsummer sunrise. i'm not going to wait up for it (tho momentarily tempted).. nor do i imagine i'll wake ( Read more... )

i wasn't sure that i'd like the clocks going forward this week. today i needed to leave the house at 7.30am in order to get into the centre of town for a seminar i wanted to attend, and the realisation on saturday/sunday that i'd be leaving at what would have been 6.30am did not fill me with glee *grimace* but the journey home did, in such ( Read more... )

from notes scribbled on scrap paper, an account of a small summer sortie to suffolk ( Read more... )

on saturday we partied here to celebrate the midsummer/summer solstice... ( Read more... )

from scotland i made my way south into the lake district... ( Read more... )