the fog condenses
the young of the fairy folk
ice shards suspended
We were playing football, tiny shards of ice just sat drifting in the air, it was most bizarre. I think the fog was freezing. It was beautiful when you looked through the cloud of these crystals towards the flood lights.
Sleeping cormorants
fairy lights on the far bank
Orion’s display
I was out in London, the moon and lights on the South Bank shone over the Thames. And when I got home, Orion distinctively shone out of the dark sky.
cream winged copper eyed
resting after collisions
fairy dust scattered
Never seen one of these moths before. It’s a Swallow Tailed Moth, it came into the house, drawn to the light, the windows were open as the night was warm. I was nervous about rescuing it, Moth wings are so delicate, they are easily broken, leaving a residue of what people call “fairy dust”, the substance which folklore suggests gives them (and fairies) flight and magic. It rested after bumping into the light fitting a few times. I think it got out again, as I didn’t see it later that evening. I hope it did anyway, these particular moths are only active for a few days in July. It was so beautiful, with a white/cream fur and metallic coppery eyes.
