From a whisper to a scream -

"The Wind in the Trees"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... a great wind is blowing, and that gives you
either imagination or a headache ..."
- Catherine the Great

Fly, fly away -

"Catch the Wind"
manipulated digital photograph by Mick Mather
- original photograph by Ann Ballard -

"...to feel you all around me,
and to take your hand, along the sand,
ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind ..."
- Donovan

Taking a break -

"On the Rocks"
digital collage by Mick Mather

It's become fairly certain that my first walking art project for this year is likely to happen in the next few weeks. A few good days of sun and wind with temperatures above 50º ought to make the ground over at the Milton Slough passable. Located in almost perfectly level terrain, there won't be any rocks like those evident in today's post. Too, being a rather short walk, there will likely be no need to take a break as seen here either.

Illustration Friday: Instinct -

"Instinct"
digital collage by Mick Mather

The title of today's post, instinct, is also this week's theme at Illustration Friday. I suppose it's becoming obvious that I'm having major thoughts of spring. As I believe I may have already mentioned recently, I can smell it in the air even in the middle of gale force winds and the spitting and sputtering of blizzard-like flurries ... (sigh!) ... :)

Memory Lane -

"Walkin' in the Sand"
digital collage by Mick Mather

"... somewhere along the coast of California we stopped for a few hours. The tide was out, way out, and the afternoon sun cast a rosy glow, thick as melted butter and warm for that time of year. The wind was rippling through your hair, lifting your sundress at just the right moment and creating a mood of the sort one never forgets. You asked if I knew about the nearby caves and when I said that I didn't, you took me by the hand and led me into one. It was a perfect moment where nothing more happened. I'll always remember that too, wondering if the look on your face was hopeful expectancy or that naive question as to how did you manage to get yourself into a situation like this? I suppose those ghosts haunt both of us, don't they? ..."