Cedars and Firs

...Gary Conway (born Carmody), the charasmatic 'Captain Burton of the Spindrift, Land of the Giants'... painted this breathaking beautiful picture, a scene from his Vineyard...An extraordinary man... able to paint his dreams, and visions....I had a lifelong crush on him!




The sizzling mulled wine, steaming in a punch bowl, cooled now to blood temperature, a darker shade blessed with nutmeg, cinnamon, cloves, a Christmassy scent: in this the earliest embrace of autumn.

This last minute beverage, a welcome drink as the evening cooled.

I observed cordially that the smouldering gaze between the couple sitting slightly ahead of me, where the low lamps flickered moth-danced, deepened with intensity.



... from Cedars & Firs by Xsapph - 17th April 1998.