Pencil drawing (copy)

 In fact a copy of a copy of a copy, playing with the light. The first time I posted it, several years ago, it was much darker. fwiw ; - )

News in brief

 I've let some time pass since last putting anything up so I just note briefly that work continues in these hot days of August. The pandemic, as is well known, has surged on the Iberian peninsula in addition to other places. So along with the métiers of poetry, drawing, doing photography, Montse and I have been careful to look after ourselves, limiting social occasions taking care to social distance and stay well. More news follows, but for now just to wish everyone happiness for the remainder of August and....... too soon? the work loads of September. Stay well!

Textures (walking in the Pyrenees)

 A few "abstract" photos..... The wall masonry in the second shot is from a house we passed on our hike in Durro. The third shot, at closer range is of a rubble wall seen as we walked. The tree bark is from an old ash (I think)

Boí Valley walk

Some of the things we saw enroute to the Sant Quirc hermitage from Taüll....

A rubble wall, or two views of it as we walked, the mountains in the distance........

The Sant Nicolau River, July-August 2020

The Sant Nicolau River, a tributary of the Noguera de Tor.

 This is in the Pyrenees, in the Boí Valley, in the Aigüestortes National Park, a few kilometres from the town of Barruera.

We stayed in Barruera for four days, driving to different places in the area for short treks. Aside from the natural beauty of the region, the Pyrenees haven’t been hit by the Coronavirus anywhere near as hard as other places in Catalonia. So we felt safer as we travelled and obviously pretty awestruck by the mountain views.

 In a few days I’ll post some photos of different spots.