It’s not even New Year yet, and already that’s the leeks moved and replaced with the 20 new raspberry canes we got for Christmas…
Contentment
Optimism
Chords are…
The End of the World
It’s been a bit breezy the past couple of days – winds gusting over 50mph locally and up to 100mph nationally. Fortunately, the gardener has just finished staking all the trees that needed it, so the storms passed us by with no significant damage – the only loss appears to be this wooden trellis that’s blown over, with the honeysuckle creeper climbing all over it severed at the root. No sad loss, really, as I spent too much of the summer pruning the thing in an attempt to keep the walkway accessible underneath it anyway.
Pyromania
Festive
Over the Water
Sun, Sea and Sky
I never used to understand the appeal of going to the beach. I still don’t, but I do appreciate the simplicity and stillness of gazing out to sea from the coast instead.
Taken above Portpatrick harbour, looking mostly south.
Autumn Abstract
Filling the frame: blobs, lines and spaces.
Subtle yellow/orange/green-coloured autumn leaves and branches.
The Shape of Trees
Not very welcoming
Blue Sky Days
Perthshire
Early(ish) mornings with thick frost on the grass, painfully bright in the glare of the sunlight as the world warms from -3C overnight.
Thick misty clouds lurking in the glens.
Forests of primarily oak and birch, the trees green with moss while their fallen leaves cover the ground in a thick carpet of orange, yellow and red.
A red squirrel scampering up a beech tree.
Freedom to walk in the woods, basking in the joyful glory of it all.