Breathing space. Time to pause and reflect on the tsunami of changes going on just now on our planet.
Category: Flowers
September Admiral
On our one day of Indian summer there was an explosion of butterflies, flitting around the Michaelmas Daisies.
Suspended in a raindrop
Water drops on Crocosmia. A break in the summer rain with the sun sparkling through. For a few minutes, the world lay suspended in a raindrop.
Hidden Depths
Continuing my annual quest to get the waterlily image that I’m after in my head
Waterlilies
The semi-annual foray to photograph waterlilies at Lochan Mor, Rothiemurchus.
Dundon Woods
Dundon, Somerset – a secret path led through characterful trees, in magical light…
Geranium
Sparkling raindrops on Geranium Our Scottish summer is in full swing – moments of intense sunshine sparkle through the raindrops. This image is from the garden, a lovely pinky-purple geranium first thing in the morning after a night of rain. The garden is full of bees, so we must be doing something right. Big bumblebees […]
Wildflower Meadow
Cranesbill and grass, wildflower meadow, Newtonmore, Strathspey The Wildcat Trail along the Spey riverbank at Newtonmore, is, in early summer, a beautiful native wildflower meadow. This is marginal land – of no agricultural value, prone to winter floods, so it has been left alone for nature to flourish, whilst still having some limited use […]
Apple Blossom
Apple blossom, and the sacred geometry connection with Venus.
Dahlia Bee
Dahlia Bee This particular bee was either asleep, drunk on nectar, or just taking a nap, as it stayed on the flower for over 2 hours, giving the occasional lackadaisical wave of its antennae. Even with the bee at rest it wasn’t an easy photograph – the flowers have very long stems and wave around […]
Lily Loch
Evening reflections at the Lily Loch Inspirational Image has been a bit quiet recently – three weeks seem to have gone by in the space of one! A summer evening at one of my favourite places, Lochan Mor in Rothiemurchus, otherwise known as the Lily Loch. Regular readers may notice that the loch and its […]
Poppy Raindrops
Raindrops on poppy One from the garden this week, to illustrate summer in Scotland. Its bright and sunny, then as the towering cumulo-nimbus pass, the temperature drops about 10 degrees and the downpour… pours. I love the richness of colour in this, though, with the brightness of the water droplets. I’m very aware of, and […]