Garden Poppy. The midsummer here in Scotland has continued unabated, with fresh snow on the mountains matching the rain down here, and the occasional burst of blinding sunshine. These poppies are in my garden – I liked this one for being a ‘survivor’, flowering beautifully despite the conditions, even if appearing a little ragged after […]
Climbing Rose. A ‘midsummer’ week of thunderstorms, flash floods, and general sultry conditions. There’s not been much light for photography this week! “I laugh when I hear that the fish in the water is thirsty. You wander restlessly from forest to forest while the Reality is within your own dwelling. The truth is here! Go […]
Pine Pollen Ripples, Loch Garten, Strathspey. Pollen from the overhanging Scots Pine made these galaxy-like patterns & clusters, with the gentle ripples along the shoreline. Fractal mathematics (the mathematics of natural patterns) tells us about self-similarity: nature shows us similar-looking patterns at many different levels of scale. “Concerning matter we have been all wrong. What […]
River Findhorn gorge at Randolph’s Leap on a day of perfect sunshine and sparkle. The Findhorn is naturally dark-coloured by the peaty waters from the Monadliath mountains. I find the gorge and surrounding forests a very energising place full of natural magic. About 10 miles below the gorge the Findhorn reaches the sea at Findhorn […]
What time is it? “When Hafiz plays his lute, My notes ascend into the air and form Infinite blue crystals That will move on the wind’s breath For hundreds of years As my sacred debris As the divine dust Rising as a gift from my Singing bones.” From “The Subject Tonight is Love, 60 Wild […]
