Soaked: this evening Malene and I were sitting by the water at high tide at King Henrys Stairs, a few yards from here. I had my back to the river when it decided to drench me. I was drawing this at the time … I was grateful, and the drawing came out a little different from planned. 9 8 20 Conversation: and Malene’s plants 13 8 2020 After a day on the path – the stream beneath 7 8 20Lost rivers of London: The Black Ditch 6 8 20Flood tide, Swan Wharf 5 8 20 a few minutes with the nearest Hawksmoor wonder, peeping over the customs wall of Tobacco Dock 4 8 20 Morning at King Henry’s Stairs: a flurry of activity at the waterline 26 7 20 Delichon urbicum /House Martin – Shad Thames 24 7 20Platanus X. Custom House, London. 20 7 20 Late morning coffee, by the water under Tilia x europaea (unter den LInden) 23 7 2929Ginger beer and conversation on St Johns Lane, Smithfield 20 7 20Looking up 3 7 20 ‘…to express the fire in the mind’: conversation with George Rochberg. Wapping Reach 30 8 2020 Conversation (Homage to Lee Krasner) 27 6 20 Overlayered conversation 26 6 2020 ‘And burnt the topless towers of Ilium?’ I have spent most of my life within sight of Canary Wharf. Distance lends enchantment – from our highwater mark 19 6 2020 Sitting on our little strand this afternoon, thinking about the painters who loved this bit of river. 31 5 2020 Tea in the park with @mskaerved (we are surrounded by them here in Wapping), and a wonderful, Platanus X/Tree-herder) 27 5 2020An hour on the beach with tea – clouds rolling in. 18 6 2020Dawn Chorus 28/29 5 2020Light on the Water. High tide – 26 5 2030 minutes by our river. 25 5 2020Malene’s table 29 3 20 17 5 20A light in the river 14 4 20Light in the Water 15 4 20 Conversation and light 16 4 20Door of the windl 19 4 2020 Something in the water (tide coming in 26 4 2020)
