May all our journeys by exuberant and overflow ampley

[Gabrielle Dean]

The earth moves, the

sea moves, the wind goes

on its exuberant

journeys. Many creatures

reflect you, the flowers

your colour, the tides the precision

of your calculations. There

is nothing too ample

for you to overflow.

 

From ‘Alive’ by R.S. Thomas

One of my all-time favourite trees is the silver birch. In Finland these trees grow to be two or three times as high as the ones I’ve seen in the UK (I think they might be Finland's national emblem). This is one attempt to capture their splendour:

Surfer  at Bremer Bay on an exhilarating ride