Circling Partridges

I woke up this morning to find a thick covering of frost over everything. I think the temperature was supposed to drop to -6 during the night. After devouring a full English breakfast Mr.B and I went for a long walk along the old abandoned railway line up near Leadgate. It was a lovely afternoon and managed to take quite a few shots but I still hell-bent on capturing those damn partridges which I couldn't find yesterday. Well you know what they say, if at first you don't succeed, try again. And viola, today was a success.

I think I'll reward myself with a large glass of Rioja before settling down for Sherlock :-)

About the sculpture.
Circling Partridges by Graciela Ainsworth was commissioned to represent 'Spring' from the Four Season's project developed for the Year of the Visual Arts in 1996. A concrete filled-drum is suspended between two steel rings allowing it to rock and move in the wind creating a circular motion. Two steels rods rise from the drum, each featuring a partridge carved from yellow stone. The drum is inscribed with lines of text taken from Julian Grenfell, a First World War poet. Graciela also created text of her own based on the relationship with nature, words and sculpture and a poem.

And this is what was written:-
Warm with spring
The naked earth
To the suns kiss
Bursting tree's lean