heat playing tricks with my mind

sometimes it's nice to wander back through the calendar
to have a look at where i was
at this time last year
pix above reveal moments in Denmark
finding a lovely orange wall in Copenhagen
that beautifully matched an ecoprint wool dress
and of course
lovely blue cool shadows
shot in the park not far from that wall
i'm rummaging in cool climate photos
because
it's warm here in South Australia
about 47 C
those of you who work in F
can calculate just how hot that is using the following formula
where C is the temperature in Celsius and
[surprise] F the equivalent in Farenheit

F = ( 28 + {[347 x C] + 278} x 512 ) divided by 2

oh and of course add 32 to account for the different freezing point.

pour yourself a nice cold cup of gin
and enjoy

die Verwandlung [or back through the looking glass]

i have departed the land of mountain rainbows

and swirling snowflakes

where at certain times of the year it is possible to walk on water

[irrespective of when your birthday is]

and returned to Oz

to shrug off my mantle of European-ness

and hide it in the loft like a selkie-skin

back

to daily life in my second language

Frankfurt airport dusted with icing sugar snow

felt like an exit from a faerietale

in the land of ice and snow

just quickly

cos i'm checking my emails in a gallery space

in Jutland

that is a re-purposed cow shed

but has no nice warm cows to cuddle up with

hanging Planeta at the Mostings Hus in Copenhagen

the Carlsberg brewery pavement

the Danes know how to do colour

park residents

and

the Yeti, spotted on the coast of Jutland

still following that lucky star

i departed the land of Oz on a clear blue day

and landed in Britain on a less clear one

i was one of the lucky ones

after queuing for 9 hours to retrieve my bags

i was given a hotel room

with an icing-sugar dusted view

others missed out and slept at Heathrow

for some reason i cut lucky

and

the gods were smiling

delays sometimes lead to interesting opportunities

amusing conversations

and laughter

despite frustrations

and somebody wanted to buy my coat

[sorry, not for sale]

i found my digs at dusk

and went for a quick snowy walk

where i found old friends

Choisya ternata [foreground]

and a eucalyptus of some sort

[at the back]

now i'm back at Heathrow

and after another 4 hours queuing

am in the BA lounge

hopefully awaiting departure for Copenhagen

under the circumstances

a breakfast of Glenlivet may be excused...