Untitled blog post from "Land art project"

Day 13

I awake to a light smattering of snow across my installation and a much thicker coating covering the surrounding hills. I am relieved to have braved the rain and completed the installation yesterday. I enjoy trudging about with my camera, the snow seems to have melted in the red channels leaving them stark against the white.

Since my work on the land has come to an end, the day is spent in Carcassonne with Jonathan and Helen and their two children Louis and Emilie. Carcassonne is a beautiful city inside a castle with a fairytale feel to it. The wind whips round the winding alleyways and we spot Santa several times as he diligently makes circuits around the streets with a bag of chocolates.

I am tempted to describe these photos as images of the final piece, Timelines. It would be more appropriate however to describe them as photos of the 'beginning' of the work since the piece will be forever changing. The lines will become increasingly unsettled and unruly starting with the shallow sliver of soil across the grass and ending with the deepest inlay at the far end of the lawn.

Rona Smith