Ring of fire – 31% solar eclipse viewed between 11.13-11.18am from Holyrood Park, Edinburgh, 10 June 2021

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Each drawing upon rootedness while reaching to life-giving light …

Wherever I am, and whatever I’m doing, light and line and blue sky and space inspire and uplift me – out in the big wide world, for sure (and so much yet to discover), but also, and most decidedly, in the places I call home …

House martins swooping and chuntering, turtle doves, rooks, a family of sparrows, walkers visiting for the bank holiday weekend, quiet gardeners – and me and my deckchair with coffee and (ridiculously and quite usually) two books * on the go. All pleased as Punch with a sunny, blue-skied, blooming and blossoming lovely Sunday morning …

* Human kind – A Hopeful History, Rutger Bregman & Every body – A Book About Freedom, Olivia Laing

You really wanted to know, Jay? OK. Just for fun …

almonds, apple juice, mixed beans – with a tiny pot of vinaigrette dressing, banana, beetroot, cardamom, carrot, cherry tomatoes, ground cinnamon, dates, figs, ground garlic salt, green olives, humous, mixed seeds – including pumpkin, sesame and sunflower, ground nutmeg, olive oil, potato and chives salad, mozarella cheese, prunes, rocket, sundried tomatoes, turmeric and coriander. Plus 2 squares of 90% dark chocolate, water, and a shot of nespresso kazaar

Scrummy 😊