a meeting of the gaze who is watching who? *** A line of feral pigeons perched on the high edge of the old limekilns at Charlestown...

in process of becoming something else *** Looking down on the top of an old wooden mooring post at the side of Charlestown Harbour, Fife....

across the blue zone of silence towards an explanation of horizon — yet, only uncontainable variations of line — from here, not there ***...

spring light sky blue red roof — listen to the waves *** Clear blue cloudless sky under an old roof of undulating, weather-beaten...

Band of yellow lichen ascending diagonally to the edge of a rough surfaced sea wall. The top of the wall is covered in various mosses and...

tidal fog line caesura *** Through greyscale, blue, fog-wrapped morning. Tide on the move, surround sound. Flow lip- lip and curlew call....

The wooden remains of Hawcraig Pier extending into the Firth of Forth. Originally built in the 1850s to allow passenger vessels from...

ominous after / over retreat (from a collection of 'afters') *** Low tide on the Firth of Forth which can be seen in the distance between...

line break after (from a collection of 'afters') *** Narrow horizontal line of white cloud against a welcome blue sky after recent...

always, the anticipation of a green ray, yet ... (after Rohmer / Verne) (from a collection of 'afters') *** Last flaring from a setting...

shortest day longest night an iridescent bow — a spill towards solstice *** A hint of nacreous cloud layers over the Firth of Forth...

two oystercatchers facing east one curlew facing west inclined to gather at the harbour's edge *** Two oystercatchers and one curlew...

... but a fractured light, sinking on the arc of late afternoon, kindled out to anticipate the approach towards solstice ... *** Late...

a quietening of the edge *** Snow covered harbour wall, looking down on moving, tidal water. Some vegetation is growing out from the bank...

Coastal shoreline after a fall of snow. Sun is bright in the sky, shining through milky clouds. A white boat with three portholes, on the...

slow moving lines in winter light *** Backlit lines of skeletal tree branches against a winter sun, from a high elevation, overlooking...

and with the blink of an eye — snow sun skimming *** From a snow covered foreshore looking out over a calm River Forth under a snow-laden...

Two angular rocks, partly covered by an incoming tide, illuminated by bright winter sun. A single twig is floating on the surface in...

View from a train window on the East Coast Main Line. A green field of grass is bounded by a low stone wall. Beyond are beach dunes and...

Sea wall covered in various yellow and white lichens and green mosses. np: John Cage — Atlas Eclipticalis with Winter Music