Tag Archives: light

The opulence of confinement light and the determination of dandelions

Posted on May 5, 2020 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Our dry weather continues. A few feeble showers have passed through occasionally overnight so the track to the sea remains dustily hard. The ground is unusually desiccated, the soil crumbly; it is the kind of dryness that would be found … Continue reading →

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Winter blues and the magic of light

Posted on January 13, 2018 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

So much happens in midwinter, not just the mayhem of a family Christmas but out there, beyond the walls and windows, down by the shore, in the fields and in the woods. Apart from the preternatural (and for me much … Continue reading →

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Gille Brìghde and a day of light

Posted on February 2, 2017 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

Yesterday, early, before the real time of rising, brightness crept in around my bedroom curtains. Not the silver-grey of moonlight or hints of auroral green but a sharper, clearer shaft of pearl and turquoise. This was the first time my … Continue reading →

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Bright light, white light and pre-Solstice glowing

Posted on June 15, 2015 by Annie O'Garra Worsley

June: summer Solstice is almost upon us and all the land is glowing. Warmth and light, at last, have bathed us all in magic, and while cool winds still catch the unwary, in sheltered places the joyous, delicious scent of … Continue reading →

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