Solstice Ghost Story...

My month-long break from writing is coming to a close. I am so looking forward to opening this writing bureau again on March 1st and cracking on with my Christmas ghost story...

Sweyne's Eye - Bish Bash Bosh

Whilst I have taken a break from creative writing this month, I have kept myself busy producing these three zines for my new Sweyne's Eye photography range:

Sweyne's Eye  -  Issues 1-3

The first three issues of my new Sweyne's Eye Photography zine

It's been an interesting month putting these zines together and there will definitely further issues in the range published soon. Watch this space...

You can purchase copies of this zine here:

Hand ̶i̶n̶ Glove
The Bay
Chronological Series 2014-2015

Working on Sweyne's Eye ~ Chronological Series 1

Working on the third issue of my photography zine, Sweyne's Eye. The zine manifests itself as two entities - as a series of focussed projects and as a meandering chronological diary of images, featuring the scenes that caught my eye as I navigated my home town during my day-to-day life. This issue will be the first in the new chronological series of Sweyne' Eye.

Working on Sweyne's Eye ~ Chronological Series 2014-2015

To help differentiate the two concurrently running strands of Sweyne’s Eye, the featured projects and chronological series are published in variant styles. However, both strains of the project can and should be seen as a whole. All three current issues of the zine should be available to purchase any day soon - watch this space...

Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay (Ancient Forest Remains)

My last few pics from the second issue of my photography zine, Sweyne's Eye, which is titled The Bay and explores the natural beauty and diversity of my local beach:

Ancient tree remains

Ancient tree remains, believed to be over 7,000 years old

The above photographs show the scant remains of an ancient forest that one stood on the site now occupied by Swansea Bay. The forest remnants are believed to be over 7,000 years old and have been preserved in the old estuarine mud that was formed at the same time when this forest existed and still remains in situ in this portion of the beach.

Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay (More Sunset Shots)

Two more sunset shots from the recently published photography zine Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay:

Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay (At Sunset)

The best time to be on the beach has to be sunset, right? Three more images from Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay

I hope you enjoy this edition of Sweyne's Eye, whose price, in keeping with the spirit of zine printing, I have kept as low as Amazon allowed. :)

Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay (Seaglass Finds)

Some of the seaglass finds from my local beach, including a very rare piece of pink seaglass :) Pictures from the recently published zine, Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay:

Another Image from Sweyne's Eye - The Bay

And here's another image from the recently published photography zine Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay:

The Bay ~ Sea Holly

Another image from the recently released zine Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay:

Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay

To celebrate the release of the second issue of my Sweyne's Eye zine, which is devoted to photographs of my local beach, I will be posting a few images from the publication over the next few days. 

First up are these images of the crows who seem to love this stretch of sand (and the worms and shellfish it contains). I like both images but finally decided on featuring only the second photograph in the zine. Still, it is nice to see them presented together here on Pixie-Led :)

Writing Up the Intro to Sweyne's Eye 2

Image Editing Sweyne's Eye ~ The Bay

Commencing Work on Sweyne's Eye 2

Fluttering Polythene Series #2 & #3

Two more photos of fluttering polythene that has got caught on security wire, continuing the thread started here.

Storm Dennis From My Bathtub

Well, we have certainly been battered by storms these past few weeks. I can't really remember such a continually blustery February!

But I do love the sound of the wind rattling through the house. The sounds are distinct in every room. The attic room with its twin skylights sounds great when the rain or hails pounds at the skyward-facing glass. The front porch has the sound of cars sluicing through the drenched streets, which when recorded can sound immense when replayed through headphones when the slushing cars sound like they are driving right through your head! From our back bedrooms, even during storms, the sound of our garden birds can be heard shrilling above the gusts. But during this last spell of wet and windy weather, I found it was my bathroom that transmitted the most evocative sounds. Have a listen to Storm Dennis below, recorded from my bathtub, but please use a set of headphones to get the full effect. Driving wind, lashing rain, howling pipes and creaking doors await...