The sky was a different kind of blue, like it had been lifted slightly higher by the heat

View from a hilltop, Takayama, Japan 2007

Our vessel billowed gracefully towards the sky

Hot air balloon rising, Devon, 2007

Tired and sun-drenched by the day, we sat in the dunes and watched the light show

Constantine Bay, Cornwall, 2006

Despite the threats from the clouds, patches of sun illuminated the thick carpet of heather and gorse

Dartmoor, Devon, 2009

Leaden skies and a sense of foreboding weighed heavily on the golden structures

The Grand Palace, Bangkok, 2007

The wind catching tails and manes, they galloped into the approaching rain

Horses, Mount Henry, Kerry, Ireland, 2009 

And people's hopes were knotted around the bamboo as they were their hearts

                     Prayers in temple grounds in Kyoto, Japan, 2007

The sun broke through the slats in the ferns and shone onto my salty skin

                                                               Thai sunset, 2007