Sarah Campbell_Studio

Soleil by Labokoff I need vitamin D. I know this because I want to eat this picture, nay,I want to fall into it, clamber inside like a child into Narnia (in summertime!) I’m TIRED of grey. Us Leasachs have now endured way beyond a fair quota of grey. All the farmers need to collect their silage is three dry days, THREE DRY DAYS! The silage fields lie dull and damp, the grass once fine and tall has slumped with exhaustion after straining too hard for the rarest glimpse of sun.

Michaelmas daisies yearn for sun. Full time studio was NOT an option today. The sun made a rare and prolonged appearance today and by god  we need it, every last drop of it. This little island has endured way more than its jobs worth of gloom and gales this year. Time for the clouds to curtsey and depart to make way for the great golden globe and its warmest glow. So sweet was the sunshine that I ambled a farmyard circuit and snapped the following shots. Daisies and the churc

Today was the kind that I’d like to have go on for ages! The skies were huge and high and pale blue through to transparent. The water shimmering  and silver and the air fresh and smelling of sunshine. An early start driving Ruben and Yorick to the boat and Tom coming too for the ride. Good to rise early because it meant I could turn the water pump on before work when I’m feeling fresh(ish), rather than out of necessity at dinnertime when I’m not. Regardless of my early start