in a pink and blue mist
by the whispering moon
as the quarter bell rings
…its where the bird sits
the peach air breathes
dew drips from the gate
the spangling grass sings
[titles of photo sequence from 6.27 until 7.07 am this morning] Gill McGrath©
(6.45am) yes it did!
Gill McGrath© April 6
(press for more detail)
them getting away from it all…..round about 9 o’clock
not sure if they are coming or going
above it all the jackdaw pair
We are all fascinated with this particular Jackdaw pair who survey everything as they hang out in their nest on the chimney over the way and also in the trees where they count the cars-
We are fascinated with the daddy’s unique white feathers on his head and front. He looks royal and is the only one like it in the flock so he is easy for us to spot!- I guess the mother bird can pick him out just as easily and see what he gets up to!
At 7 this morning ( maybe it tried before that) the sun shone promising a nice day…..took the photo….. as it turned out the sun went in quickly and wasn’t as bright as it’s promise ….
decided to hang out at home…….
But the sun did come out in the end….in the evening…… and for as long as it lasted it looked like a half eaten Easter egg still in bright wrapping and hiding in the trees! Yeah!
[three stages the descent between 7.15 and 7.35 tonight]
Nice chilled but busy sort of day. The weather forecast for tomorrow is sun so with any luck will definitely plant the seed potatoes and cut the grass (maybe)
Gill McGrath© Today. Diary. Easter Sunday April 5
no sun today
Gill McGrath© April 4 Easter
wet is the color
grey is the name or fly <press
New shoots making their claim
And the kite that can’t fly today!
The kite that can’t fly ‘as was’ last summer….
Press Kite to fly or color me in
Gill McGrath© Diary today. March 3 Good Friday 7.00 am color in the fields ~ (sky project©)
Happy Happy Easter!!!
Written,performed and released by Irish singer Damien Rice in 2002 on his own label ‘O’ and featured in 2004 in the movie ‘Closer’. A more recent video published 2013 ‘Blower’s Daughter’ includes clips from the movie [press this link for more] and Lisa Hannigan
This simple beautiful version of the song was recorded in the ‘Basement’ in 2008……
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes…
And so it is
Just like you said it should be
We’ll both forget the breeze
Most of the time
And so it is
The colder water
The blower’s daughter
The pupil in denial
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes off of you
I can’t take my eyes…
Did I say that I Loathe you?
Did I say that I want to
Leave it all behind?
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you…
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind off of you
I can’t take my mind…
My mind… My mind…
‘Til I find somebody new
6.38am
6.42am (see that bird!)
6.43am
6.48am
6.51am
7.00am…..
……who flew all the way home
and sat on the wires….
just for me!
Gill McGrath© April 1
[Easter bunnies Yeah!]
while the moon hung
in pink sky
to the side
of the hill
the sun
started to fool
looked like
‘Fag Ash Lil’
7.18 pm sun setting
7.29pm pink sky moon side ~ opposite sun
7.30pm moon ~ over blossom
blossom ~ moon side
Gill McGrath© March 31.
All photos taken in a blistering wind
in the air
in the wind
and through the trees ~
6.28am
6.36am
6.36 am
7.18am
7.28am
7.30am
so busy looking up there
nearly stepped on these….Gill McGrath©
…Wind and rain all night
now sunny
high winds
birds diving
and gliding
[promising a beautiful day]
March 31 9.30am GMCG©
summer time
is it summer?
are they looking for planes?
or the kite
that can’t fly
that has been flying all day
in the wind
in the sky
unnerving the crows
Gill McGrath ©
‘Kite’ (one of them)
I remember standing at the sink at the end of last summer and picking through the last of the runner beans to slice up for the last pot of the season and finding, as usual, one special pink and black dotted bean and declaring it magic, how we would have to plant it and then leaving it on the window sill! After that it’s a bit of a haze as to what happened to it. Did n’t give it another thought! But just a couple of weeks ago a new leaf, appeared in the Aloe Vera pot which has sat on the same window sill for over a year now! The new shoot, clearly a runner bean, has grown rapidly in just a few days clinging to the green fingers of the Aloe Vera and it is now flying up a stick reaching for the sky! Come on Jack tell me it was you who put it there… in that pot before you left, and that you have been waiting for news! I know it’s something you would do, and then not say a word! The leggy stalk is nearly three feet high with no place to go but up, and it really is getting too tall for indoors. I think it is trying to get out of the window but it’s a bit too cold to put outside especially as your Aloe Vera would have to go outside with it, and it can’t. I know it’s a bit early but I think the bean can’t wait to see you in the summer!
Gill McGrath © March 30 2015
(pictures of sky activity taken in the last 24 hours)
This is a commercial [1min.48sec]that OKGO did for the Chinese furniture store Red Star Macalline (23 Mar 2015). It’s a visual reference to their video “The Writing’s on the Wall” but set to a remix of “I Won’t Let You Down” by their own Dan Konopka. [The full version of the original video is below this one…and another one after that about how they made it!] ….
On tour now! Go to http://www.okgo.net/shows for details.
http://www.okgo.net
Here is the original video [October 2014]
and another on how they made it
Gill McGrath 