Water-lily, Lochan Mor, Rothiemurchus, Aviemore
Its the start of the water-lily season at Lochan Mor (otherwise known locally as ‘The Lily Loch’) as the loch becomes surfaced with lily-pads and white blossom (and if you’re quick, a whizz of bright blue, yellow, and green dragonflies). As we approach midsummer we have such incredible light evenings (and mornings!); as I write this now at half past ten, there is still a beautiful light in the sky, despite the heavy black rainclouds which have been a feature of the last few days.
“If a man could pass through Paradise in a dream, and have a flower presented to him as a pledge that his soul had really been there, and if he found that flower in his hand when he awake – Aye, what then?”
– Samuel Taylor Coleridge