carpe diem 2013 - 14

 

four classic novels fill a gap...

in the granite foundations of 

the old sams creek bridge

....

carpe diem 2013 - 13

It started with a string line....

 

 

 

 

 

and before too long it grew into ...

 a book spiral

 

 (a book HERB spiral.... with a little pond too)

 

....

carpe diem 2013 - 12

 

S.O.S.

(Save Our Soils)

22 volumes of Golden Encyclopaedia 

arranged on a newly ploughed paddock beside Sams Creek
(one soccer playing son in the distance)

....

 

 

 

 

carpe diem 2013 - 11

  

one Encyclopaedia Britannica

a rain shower develops...

 

an audience appears... 

and then a rainbow...

....

carpe diem 2013 - 10

 

14 red cloth bound volumes 

of State Laws and Ordinances and Sub-ordinances

  arranged in a circle on a rock platform in the middle of Sams Creek


(to be continued)


....

carpe diem 2013 - 9

the partially excavated site of the old fireplace

at the newly rediscovered Sams Creek schoolhouse 

 

an Encyclopaedia Britannica is set alight

  and left to be

one day later...

 only a small shadow remnant can be found

echoing the fate of the old school 

that is no more... 

.....

carpe diem 2013 - 8

25 volumes of Encyclopaedia Britannica

laid open on a cow track...

one small and very fast sams creek girl

...