Barbrecksimon
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Sunday, for fear of the elders,
I sit on my bum.
What’s heaven? A sea chest with a thousand gold coins.
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Thursday I got nothing, seaweed,
A whale bone,
Wet feet and a loud cough.

Friday I held a seaman’s skull,
Sand spilling from it
The way time is told on kirkyard stones.

Saturday a barrel of sodden oranges.
A Spanish ship
Was wrecked last month at The Kame.
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Monday I found a boot –
Rust and salt leather.
I gave it back to the sea, to dance in.

Tuesday a spar of timber worth thirty bob.
Next winter
It will be a chair, a coffin, a bed.

Wednesday a half can of Swedish spirits.
I tilted my head.
The shore was cold with mermaids and angels.
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Sunday, for fear of the elders,
I sit on my bum.
What’s heaven? A sea chest with a thousand gold coins.

Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting a cormorant on a post, a goose flying over head and a shoal of fish in the sea with the words ‘Sunday, for fear of the elders,
I sit on my bum.
What’s heaven? A sea chest with a thousand gold coins’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Cable Street next to Thatcher Drive in the Falklands. The irony!
Cable Street next to Thatcher Drive in the Falklands
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Saturday a barrel of sodden oranges.
A Spanish ship
Was wrecked last month at The Kame.

Beachcomer by George Mackay Brown
A chair, fish, guitar and some oranges  in the sea with the words ‘Saturday a barrel of sodden oranges.
A Spanish ship
Was wrecked last month at The Kame’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Yes, provide the conditions and the wildlife will respond. We’re in a rural area but the garden was pretty lifeless until I decided to not cut the grass anymore. Now it teams with wildlife - red squirrels, pine martens, badgers, a resident heron for a while eating the mice etc
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Friday I held a seaman’s skull,
Sand spilling from it
The way time is told on kirkyard stones.

Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting fish, a sailors hat, a clock face some netting and some posts in the sea with the words ‘Friday I held a seaman’s skull,
Sand spilling from it
The way time is told on kirkyard stones’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Mcginty thought he could fool the fall
With his imitation speeds
But he had not accounted for the psychic nose
#FallFriday

youtu.be/1pHLsyM19KQ
Pat-trip Dispenser
YouTube video by The Fall - Topic
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barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Bugs are cool. So many weird and wonderful types. And the closer you get to them the more interesting they are
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Thursday I got nothing, seaweed,
A whale bone,
Wet feet and a loud cough.

Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting some fish and some seaweed with the words ‘Thursday I got nothing, seaweed,
A whale bone,
Wet feet and a loud cough’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
The scratch and sniff cover!
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Wednesday a half can of Swedish spirits.
I tilted my head.
The shore was cold with mermaids and angels.

Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting a seabird on a ladder, a picture frame, some fish and a glass bottle in the sea with the words ‘Wednesday a half can of Swedish spirits.
I tilted my head.
The shore was cold with mermaids and angels’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
If you can’t decide, try tossing a coin. If you don’t like the outcome then choose the other option.
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
You’re welcome CiCi. The panels are at the western end of Rose Street in Edinburgh. They look like they have been placed over blocked up windows. A pretty cool idea, decorating what is effectively a ‘dead’ space.
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Tuesday a spar of timber worth thirty bob.
Next winter
It will be a chair, a coffin, a bed.

Beachcomber by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting a telephone, rope, a teapot and bits of driftwood on the sea with the words Tuesday a spar of timber worth thirty bob.
Next winter
It will be a chair, a coffin, a bed.
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Monday I found a boot 
Rust and salt leather.
I gave it back to the sea, to dance in.

Beachcomer by George Mackay Brown
Ironwork depicting a fish, an umbrella, a jellyfish and a wheel in the sea with the words ‘Monday I found a boot, rust and salt leather, I have it back to the sea, to dance in.’
barbrecksimon.bsky.social
Work Gloves by Andy Goldsworthy, Royal Scottish Academy
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Skylight by Andy Goldsworthy, Royal Scottish Academy