It's been a mild winter, so I haven't spent as much time getting intimate with the birds in the woodland as last year. And as the sun's impact on the northern hemisphere increases, what better time to... sit in a small room with lots of electrical equipment? This year, THIS YEAR, I'm going to write some music!
I have begun, in earnest, with some skeletal new ideas. I would like to get some recordings done before the end of the year, so if you're reading this and thinking, "I quite fancy recording some tunes with Christine!", do get in touch. I'm going for a mix of straight-up rock and somewhat weird ballads - currently working on three new songs, entitled "Polyamorous", "Solar Plexus" and "These Are the Rapids". None of them are love stories (in the conventional sense). My influences at the moment include David Bowie's early stuff and all the strange young creatures who inhabit my universe. The output may seem a tad unhinged...
So if you're in the Glasgow area and don't mind working for cake (literally), I'm planning to book a rehearsal room a few times over summer and then get into the studio, if I can gather up some enthusiastic musicians to help out with guitar, bass, etc. Mail me!
The Wildlife 2011-12 page is the most active part of the site just now. This year I'm arranging my winter bird pictures in the form of a diary, rather than dividing them into a page per species (it all got rather confusing towards the end of last winter). I'll try to be a bit more selective with what I add, as I already have some fairly good close-ups of the most common birds in the area. I might also occasionally sneak in a roe deer, hare, mink or fox if I'm lucky enough to cross paths with them.