Bovines, BOM and Bob

Bob Dylan once told me through a set of analogue headphones that I didn't "need a weatherman to tell which way the wind blows". Not sure if the learned folks at BOM (Bureau of Meteorology) would agree but all I need to do is look to Nature to tell me what the weather and surf are up to.

Red clouds in the morning = sailors warning. Cows sitting down in their paddocks = rain today or tomorrow. Ants moving their colonies to higher ground = a lot of rain in two weeks. Storm bird calling all day and night = a solid week of rain. Cows crossing the road = empty surf.

Does the Ed Surf?

You've read the Editor's comments in a thousand surf magazines. But they never show the Ed surfing. I managed a brief chat with the editor of Australian Longboarder - Bruce Channon about the old Surfing World mag cover hero, Terry Richardson - the bonza riding tubemeister of the 'Gong and Bruce's old, amazing Century 650mm manual focus telephoto lens. And yes, Bruce is still stylish on a log.
And a drop knee turn later on the same wave.

Sea of Possibility*

As the poet Patti Smith once sang, there's a "Sea of Possibility" this weekend - from windwashed waves.

 to sorting the garden or walkin the dog

"The waves were coming in like Arabian stallions

Gradually lapping into sea horses"

Patti Smith Land/Horses 1975