Sittings Cock Photography Portraits of Distinction.

Before Five

A Black Minorca rooster with smooth glossy black plumage, a large upright red single comb and a long red wattle, in a burgundy wool dressing gown with a loosely tied cord, cut to fit a bird, standing on scaled dark grey rooster legs on a scrubbed pine kitchen table, an old cream rotary telephone with its handset in the cradle and a coiled cord, a white enamel pot and a steaming white cup of tea on a saucer, a brass desk lamp giving warm light, a sash window behind showing the deep blue sky before dawn

The Kettle, Twice

The telephone went at a quarter to five, which is early even by his standards, and he has not gone back to bed. The kettle has been on twice since. The window is only now beginning to take an interest.

6 October 2026

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