Icy stream Its been a stunning week, with temperatures down to minus 14 but luckily with crisp sunshine too. This stream is near a favourite walk, unfortunately the sun doesn’t reach into it at this time of year, but that alowed me to take a long exposure to show the flowing water against the ice. […]
Randolph’s Leap, River Findhorn Gorge. Rays of sun filtering down through the freezing mist hanging above the river, last weekend. I find Randolph’s Leap, and the Findhorn gorge in general, to have a real magical quality, from the woods and the energy of the river. The river as a symbol of life’s journey must be […]
Frost Flowers. Frost-encrusted mosses, catching a glint of sun. Each spike of moss had grown a crystal of ice, with further ice crystals growing from these. “At the one extreme, we think we’re not good enough to testify for a better world. At the other, we fear going crazy, screwing up, failing, being crucified or […]
Ice refraction, Loch Garten, Strathspey. Christmas day – loch Garten had totally frozen during the previous week of low temperatures. A slight thaw created all manner of shapes with the wind pushing ice up, which then refroze as the cold returned. The sounds were amazing as the surface boomed and creaked under the pressure from […]
