The Picnic We had spent the night together, an evening out to see a movie, an hour and a fifty minute drive to a seaside cinema, built in the sixty’s with Art-Deco styling. We were among less than a dozen patrons, so it offered a wonderfully intimate experience of the film. On return to Kathryn’s house we sat up drinking Tia Maria on ice and listening to Kate Bush and Billy Joel on vinyl. Waking up late I dressed and walk...

Eye Spy II The weekend had arrived following on from Tuesday’s display and Kathryn was preparing herself for a trip up to the big smoke for a week long stay driving up Sunday, she had just gotten off the phone with Jessica after finalising their plans. Kathryn had phoned Jessica that Tuesday evening and relayed her afternoon’s adventures, she had not elaborated the finer details of her time spent in the Grotto other than...

Eye Spy I Kathryn had driven over to the neighbouring farm pulling into the circular drive. At it’s centre a one hundred and twenty year old Ponderosa Pine Tree. Three considerable limbs branched off from the main trunk six feet above the ground reaching out forty feet on each limb. The trunk continued to rise splitting into two, loosely spiralling up into the canopy. A majestic tree that formed the centre piece of the ga...

Kathryn’s restlessness and ache remained unabated. The thought of gaining some release or distraction was becoming more and more enticing. After hanging up and putting the phone back on the stand. Kathryn made her way around the house turning off the lights, before leaving the kitchen in darkness she collected a bottle of champagne from the fridge took an ice bucket and a long flute glass from the cupboard, dropped a suga...

Revelations Part I Kathryn busied herself around the house throughout the morning, she was alone on the property her husband had left two weeks ago on another six week swing up to site. Despite having moved in a few months ago the property was largely unknown to her. Kathryn changed into some gym-wear leggings, crop top and track shoes and set off to traverse the boundaries of their 217 acres. The terrain suited livestock...

The Courtyard was private, shielded from the prying eyes of neighbours. A long rectangular space carved into the surrounding rock and earth. The walls falling down to it’s floor of textured sandstone, it’s dimensions contained within the formula of a Golden Rectangle. Embedded in it’s centre a pool it’s size allowed for access down both flanks, accommodating a single pedestrian comfortably. The expanse of the Courtyard wa...

I was living with my parents on their farm in the South West of the State. I was twenty two at the time. It was a small farm-let that adjoined a larger acreage. The farm had a stream running through one corner of it, you could reach it after a several minute walk, a lovely little oasis. It was a secluded spot on the property, on occasions I would go there to sunbath listen to music on my Walkman. I would usually take my c...