Tag Archives: gravel

17th July 2013 – brook

It runs over the gravel and clay bottom of a heat-depleted stream. The sun tosses itself at the water in sparkling flashes. The water plays with it, throwing it here and there as it flows towards the river.

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13th May 2013 – hail

 I watch as it hits and bounces off everything it touches. It makes a deafening rattle on the conservatory roof, like gravel. In a flash, it is gone, and the sun shines.

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29th April 2013 – bench

It looks so shiny and new. A deep chestnut-brown bench. Yet it sits on the bed of chipped-stone gravel we made for it as if it’s been there for ever. Our hope of a summer days outside resides in its … Continue reading

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