23 Aug. - Jupiter

 

Image: Stone Coppice (detail), by Andy Goldsworthy

Trip to Jupiter (Artland)
Brilliant green crisp velvet mounds.
Coppiced woodland (with rocks).
Andy's drystone hut with live-rock rugged floor and perfect pine ceiling.
A bed of chalcedony + obsidian, glossy black, red and sharp.

Afternoon sun in fenced park.
Primary school meadow planting.
Wrestling schoolboys, smooth chested.
Fresh mown grass.

Evening tram to Broughton.
Beer, bread, oatcakes, cheese, charcuterie @ Pickles.
Always draft beers where I can.

Weary-legged + sated.
Eyes full of beauty.
Head full of desire.
Longing.
Could I live here ...?

Notes: The meadow planting was in Murieston Park, Dalry. Pickles bar in Broughton St. highly recommended!