viviennerickmanMar 8, 20171 minAvanto, YpykkälampiVisiting the ice hole this morning felt a little like returning to some kind of sacred site, it felt special, treasured. The surface was...
viviennerickmanMar 2, 20171 minGood Morning!Rumour has it one of these Spruce's can hold up to 2500kg of snow! As I sit here looking out the studio window I've just seen one drop a...
viviennerickmanFeb 10, 20171 minWords from... 'The Iceburg'I've been reading a lot just lately. In 'A Winter Book', Tove Jansson (who wrote the Moomin's) writes in 'The Iceberg'... "But all the...
viviennerickmanJan 17, 20171 minI want to see hell in the landscape'Everyone smiles fat smiles at the big green carpet.' Edward Burne-Jones had written, 'but I like other landscapes better, and now and...
viviennerickmanDec 21, 20161 minIt's Winter! (again)It's the first day of winter, according to the astronomical calendar today, with is also the day of the winter solstice. Astronomical...
viviennerickmanDec 3, 20161 minSensory OverdriveI love the darkness for the heightened awareness it gives you. Tonight both dark above and below the surface, my senses were in...
viviennerickmanDec 1, 20161 minFrozen MymbyrIt's not often I can't swim, but I couldn't even break the ice on the edge of Llynnau Mymbyr this evening as the sun was going down. It...