Asterisk. A new image for my ‘Fieldwork’ collection. This was the product of several days and weeks loitering in a particular spot near the edge of a field, waiting for an interesting mix of stormy light and heavy clouds to pass by this little slice of the Downs. Lots of hope, mostly nope. But stand in one place long enough and you get to meet all sorts of interesting people. I ended up chatting to most of the local residents of the nearby cottages, the landowner, walkers, cyclists and of course all of their many dogs. I watched buzzards and kestrels overhead and got to know a nearby tree rather well, particularly each time it rained. Satisfying to eventually find the picture I was after, but much more fun to have made some new and surprising connections.