Second January - Orchid

In the kitchen at the office a white orchid with yellow veins has been flowering away to itself over the Christmas break.

First Small Stone of 2014

I did write this in my notebook last night but didn't want to get out my laptop to post it. I observe my alone-ness as if it were a small animal in need of shelter.

Small Stones for 2014

Time to blow the dust off this blog for the start of another year and to get into the habit of pausing to notice small stones again.

29th January Cloakroom

Amongst the coats and towels of the cloakroom I am not hiding, merely finding a quiet moment.

Monday 28th January

The rain warm wet soft on my face.

23rd day of January

All day the universe has been bringing me gifts of music, Barber's Adagio on Radio 3 to wake up to and later I escape the office for a lunchtime concert of Mussorgsky’s Pictures at an Exhibition before driving home with Edward Elgar.

22nd Day of January

Each tree branch outlined in white as if an artist has been busy with chalk and ink.