Ovies aries: a written and visual homage to our humble sheep.

For the (very) amateur photographer, sheep make surprisingly good subjects.  As I collated a few images to share here, I laboured over the words to accompany them.  Yet I soon realised that sheep have been playing a significant role in my life for years. Born and bred in Sussex, I have spent veritable swathes of… Continue reading Ovies aries: a written and visual homage to our humble sheep.

The vernacular of snow

The vernacular of winter sees people always talking about a 'blanket' of snow.  But blanket somehow feels clumsy, drowning and inaccurate. Snow 'dresses' the outside world in a way that punctuates and accentuates. A few photographs of the garden dressed in beautiful snow on this cold December day.