Rose refracted through a water drop Yes, the rain has continued all week, but there were some bright spells too. I have a lovely old-fashioned pink rose with a beautiful scent, which only flowers for a couple of weeks. I think its been holding off coming into blossom, waiting for summer… This photo is definitely […]
Lupins, early morning, River Spey, Aviemore Its midsummer, and we have light from 3.30am until 11pm – so its a shame that its been a constant ‘twilight zone’ of grey and rain all week; apart from midsummer’s day which dawned blue and beautiful. I went for an early morning walk to the ‘Lupinarium’ which grows […]
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 […]
Lilac flowers in Perthshire woods The light was very dull on this late afternoon, but the lilac flowers covering the forest floor gave a lovely glow. I’ve no idea what they are! “In shamanism, miraculous events are not only assumed but expected. Science/logic assumes that the only reality is one that is predictable; anomolies are […]
Azalea Blossom No more complaints about the cold spring – my salad seeds have gone into overdrive to make up for lost time, and I’m sure that 90% of the Scottish population will have turned bright red in the last few days of intense sunshine – probably a similar shade to the beautiful Azalea pictured […]
Wood Anenomes, Craigellachie Birch Wood, Aviemore This week, Spring happened… Here in the Highlands it was a stunning five days of constant sun with hardly the faintest puff of white cloud the whole time. The mornings started icy, the air during the day being that clarity of simultaneously burning and freezing which we can get […]
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 […]
Crocus bulb – the first colour of Spring Its been a mild week with temperatures in the 10-15C range and some lovely sunny spells where it felt good just being able to sit outside comfortably. There was also the annual ‘day of the frogs’ where the path to the loch was strewn with frogs sunning […]
I liked this wee arrangement of white crocusses in the garden… and below, in quadtoned black and white, gives them a lovely texture…
Autumn Anenome It snowed on the hills this week, and the temperature has certainly dropped a little, but there has been some beautiful garden sunshine and the anenomes are still in flower. I loved the out of focus background colours in this one. I’ve never been an Apple user, but I’m very aware of, and […]
Hydrangea petal with September morning sparkle There haven’t been many of these classic September mornings this month, when everything is so bright and sparkly. This hydrangea had a spider web behind, catching the water droplets and creating the lens-dazzle. This week – the physics world is it / isn’t it drama over the possibility that […]
Daisy opening – A simple image from the garden this week. Schumann Waves Schumann waves were predicted by the great electrical genius, Nikola Tesla, in the late 19th century but not actually discovered until the 1950s. They are described as the resonant frequency of the earth, in fact they are the result of the resonant […]
