My Fire

Its December, The "Fire" becomes central to my existance.

Wake up..... get out of bed....its the first thing on my mind. Get Warm.

Everything else takes a back seat.

Late at night when its quiet and I can hear the gas escaping from the coal.....I reflect on all my tasks, my challenges. What will tomorrow bring?.

Is it a City burning?

I'm sure I can see Darth Vader in there somewhere.

Or are they just Chinese lanterns cruising around my mobile home?................The delights.

As we draw to the end of another year, I feel that as a part of this great escapade, nations and different cultures really don't understand each other. Global warming conferences in Copenhagen, whatever next?... Perhaps we will see Global caring conferences in Hollywood.

Is there actually a problem at all?. Lets get real over this. We are at the tail end of an Ice Age. The world is warming up.......Actually my feet are just starting to fall off with frost bite........So thats a load of old bollocks then.

Just found this band on spotify and now on utube....watch it in high def and pump up the volume.

"Impossible Germany".......Wilco

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPAbjNT7nQY&feature=related

Magic.........

Sheep

I've been working with sheep for nearly 6 years and usually check the flock at least once a day. From late September they can more or less be left alone.......In fact most Crofters take their annual holidays around this time.

There is plenty of grass for them to graze on. Prior to my dealings with sheep I considered them to be rather stupid creatures......Not true.

They are highly aware of their environment, in fact they can be an early warning for severe weather......

If they are huddled in a group...beware.....very bad weather is approaching....

It has taken me a very long time to capture the "flock" mentality......Here it is.

I'm not too sure what they are looking at, the really amazing thing that I have found is that they can rotate their ears nearly 300 degrees..........Once you have realised this and walk quietly through the flock observing their ears.........Very wierd.

Also I have found that I can approach them and get really close by avoiding eye contact...They obviously look at my eyes being a potential predator.

This brings me to another gem:

Hem......"The Fire Thief"........

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJRbhM3myEU

The Diver

When I first saw this it blew me away, it had been horizontal for so long. I placed it on my workbench and suddenly it dawned on me that the shape I had been working towards was actually vertical not horizontal.

After some hours of wandering around gazing in bewilderment, occasionally hitting my head on the spikey bits, there it was : The Diver.

Its a leap of faith. Imagine a diver legs back and really stretching the back...........with head thrust forward.

#Photo by Angela

Leap of faith.......Arc of a Diver.......Ah I've got it!

Stevie Winwood, Eric Clapton.....Blind Faith - "Can't Find My Way Home"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VT-SFgkVlno&feature=related

Wierd Skies

This bizarre sequence of photos were taken in July 2009 the weather had been doing some very strange things.

Not sure that the washing line complete with clothes pegs enhances the experience or not.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1An2pjS4mKE&feature=fvst

School of Seven Bells......... Wraps It up........"Half Asleep"

The Teleporters Wheel

Just the other week Johnny came up with the Teleporter to move some roof tiles around for me. One of the tyres blew a puncture. The tyre came off and was replaced, somehow not sure why the tyre got left here.#


One morning the sun was beaming through and...

this is what I saw.

Almost as though we are looking through a time portal provided by the Teleporters tyre....Strange.

Perhaps all Teleporters have such powers, they are very powerful beasts.