The Ring of Brodgar, Orkney – Winter Sunset. I headed to Orkney this last week, playing with all of the elements. Blizzards and drifting snow, with a rather arctic windchill, followed by spring days of perfect sunshine and blue skies – and no wind whatsoever – the Orcadian equivalent of snow in the Sahara! Everywhere […]
Bubble – worlds within There have been some heavy snow showers this week, with a few sunny spells. I was hoping for a bit more sun today! These bubbles were made by wet snow dropping off a pine tree into the lochan below – you can see the reflection of the tree in the bubble […]
Crocus. I realise that most of you live a lot further south and lower down than I do, so this may be a bit late – but our crocuses are finally fully out. They’ve been up for ages, but there has only been enough sunshine on a few days for them to fully open. A […]
Cascade – catching the flow as it drops over the edge down to the pool below, the sun just catching the top edge. A week of sun, showers, snow, frost, rain, wind, … have I missed anything out? ” When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. […]
Lichen ‘fruiting’ – the red caps really stand out amongst the moss. Sun and showers, it must be March – oh hang on, maybe its just Scotland… I suppose being St David’s day I should have a daffodil here, but that should be a couple of weeks off for us yet. My crocuses would be […]
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 […]
Frosted Leaves. We had a stunning week – cloudless days of intense blue, with sharp frosts of -8C or so. It was like being abroad… These grasses were in a frost-hollow that the sun was just beginning to touch, I was really drawn to the flowing shapes and the contrasting colours. “As human beings we […]
Birch reflections on ice. Stones beneath. Last week’s snow thawed during this week, in the process of which I found this ice beginning to break up. I love the way the shapes combine, together with the reflected birch tree – a bit of a Tangram puzzle! I’ve really noticed the days getting longer this week, […]
Snow sculpture, Monadliath mountains, Scotland. Winter arrived properly this week, with heavy snowfalls on friday. Taking advantage while the conditions were good, myself and 3 friends went on a back-country ski expedition yesterday. I took this image as we headed up onto higher ground and into the wind. The spindrift creates beautiful shifting snaky patterns […]
Snow drops on birch. This was a “pick n mix” week. Your choice of rain, snow, sleet in any combination at any time, served with a side order of gales. This drop of melting snow was refracting the tree behind, in a brief moment of relative light. “Take January’s advice – stack wood! Weather inevitably […]
Winter Birch. The upper Findhorn valley, near Tomatin, on a day of cold winds and a flurry of snow on the tops. This week has seen a constant cycle of rain and a few snow flurries, followed by frost, leaving everywhere covered in a layer of ice! I liked how the tree and grasses caught […]
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 […]
