Loch an Eilein Ripples

Loch an Eilein Ripples We had a “proper” September morning last monday with early mist clearing to brilliant blue.   I was out in good time on the bike to catch the mist rising from the forest, but liked best this fallen tree on the shores of Loch an Eilein. Mindfulness has come up in conversation […]

Backlit Bracken

Bracken catching the light Bracken caught in a burst of late afternoon sun, showing the autumn colours against a backdrop of dark shady trees. Walking a different path… On my walk yesterday, I took a tangent onto a small hardly-visible side path.  I know the area well, yet this took me somewhere quite hidden and […]

Autumnal Birch leaf

Birch Leaf Our Birch trees have started to turn colour this last week or so.  Here’s one catching the sun along the riverbank, starting to turn. “Look deep, deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything.” – Albert Einstein “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to […]

Spiderdew web

Dew on spider web – detail. The tangled webs we weave… All pretence of summer has vanished (“washed away” might be more appropriate), as instead we welcome autumn.  (Indian summer, anyone???).  We had one fabulous morning this week of mist and sunshine and a million jewelled spider webs strung over the world. The spider’s web […]