Water Lily, Lochan Mor, Strathspey Water Lilies grow in around 1 metre depth which, since I don’t have a high telephoto lens, necessitates getting wet to get closer to them, a potentially risky business whilst holding an expensive camera, ignoring the midges, and hoping not to slip… Its also hard to stay in focus as […]
Snowy Cairngorms across misty Strathspey Looking across the mist-filled valley to the snowy Cairngorms, from Craig Na Gower, near Aviemore, on a perfect late autumn day. I don’t know how many more of these we will have before winter sets in for real… “We can live without religion and meditation, but we cannot survive without […]
Melting snow on Forsythia Snow melting on Forsythia blossom, taken in my garden this morning. Yesterday there was an inch or two of snow in the garden first thing, although it soon melted once the sun broke through the clouds. The hills are looking the whitest they have been in the entire winter, it definitely […]
Ice build-up around a waterfall After many days at low temperature the splashes had built up this amazing sphere of ice around the cascade. “In Tibet we say that many illnesses can be cured exclusively by love and compassion. These qualities are the ultimate source of happiness, and we need them in our innermost being. […]
Snowdrop Snowdrops in my garden were in flower underneath all the snow over the last week, but it wasn’t until today that (briefly) they had any sunshine on them. For the gardeners amongst you, the Ground Elder has popped its first shoots, full of life… “If you have arrived at the point were you can […]
