Monique Sliedrecht
Still Seascape
It is silent outside, and the temperature is so comfortable, absent of any chill. The sun is soft. Waves lap gently against the...
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Monique Sliedrecht
- Jun 10
- 3 min
Lasting Fragrance
I have just returned to Scotland after a couple of weeks in Canada. Coming back into the city of Edinburgh I am in awe of the lushness...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Apr 22
- 4 min
Pace and Wonder
The swallows are back! I saw my first two preening themselves on the wire, high above where I was kneeling to sand down some wood panels....
Monique Sliedrecht
- Mar 24
- 4 min
Long Patience
and Silence This morning I woke up to the pleasant sound of birdsong outside my window, a sure sign that spring is finally here. The...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Mar 7
- 3 min
March White Out
Here I was thinking that I would return to a spring-filled Scotland and that the daffodils would be out, but as one friend gently...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 23
- 1 min
Morning Call
The other day I woke up to the sound of the Northern Cardinal singing from the top of the pine tree in my parents back garden. It sent a...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 16
- 2 min
All Weather Hope
This week is the 25th anniversary of the Angel of the North, one of the most impressive pieces of public art ever created in the United...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 13
- 3 min
Parting is such sweet sorrow...
Going across to Orkney feels like being on holiday, even though it’s only an hour away, and the landscape is very similar to Caithness. I...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 8
- 2 min
New Life in New Mexico
In the late 1990s I found myself in an incredible new environment, one that was completely foreign, strange and marvellous. I became a...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 7
- 2 min
Magnetic
The new morning brought a pause in the wind, a stillness over the land and sea. Moonlight streamed through the windows and when I looked...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Feb 2
- 4 min
The Coming of the Light
Stormy Sky... by Joan Eardley, 1962 The wind has been blowing a gale. I heard it whip around the house in the wee hours of the morning...
Monique Sliedrecht
- Jan 17
- 3 min
Stopped Dead in My Tracks
Photo by M.Sliedrecht Brrr. It’s cold this morning. And snowy! It seems an unusual amount of snow for the north of Scotland, and for...
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