Wherever you are, I hope you’ve had as stunning a weekend as we have just enjoyed in Scotland, basking in hot clear sunshine! It feels like its been a long time coming! “… the heart generates the body’s most powerful and most extensive rhythmic electromagnetic field. It is sixty times greater in amplitude than that […]
The chilly, cold May continues… but the anenomes carpet the Birch wood. Check out the new blog, inspirationalimage.co.uk, featuring all of my past images of the week. “As you come to recognise the power of your consciousness, that what is behind your eyes, so to speak, holds more power than what appears in front of […]
Rhododendron, Benmore gardens, Argyll. Welcome to May… and fresh snow on the hills! Here’s an image from a chilly, wet, visit to Benmore tree gardens in Argyll. There’s an amazing variety of Rhododendron in flower just now, bringing such a colourful vibration, despite the rain! “As you breathe, think of life moving in and out […]
Continuing the “will she / won’t she” Spring theme… on Friday it was 2C and raining, but the weekend has been much more respectable and pleasant… half of my daffodils are now out. First, some announcements. In my work as a web-designer, I’ve just finished the first phase of 2020VISION, which launched last week. The […]
Daffodil bud opening. It definitely is spring, and there definitely is a rather “fresh” Northerly wind and fresh snow well down the hills… ah well, we had our two days of basking in spring warmth last weekend! This daffodil bud in my garden was opening just as the sun came through at the right angle […]
What a stunningly beautiful spring day today, and what a contrast from the snow last week, 20 degrees warmer! Bulbs have shot up in my garden, with the first daffodil out yesterday. This has been ‘week of the frog’ – caution is required walking around the lochs as the frogs are everywhere. The marshes sounded […]
First of all, apologies for the missing week. Sometimes, stuff happens… Happy Easter! Given that we had raging blizzards and two feet of snow during the week, I still can’t be very confident that it is actually Spring. As I write this the snow is melting, the rain has cleared, and the evening sun is […]
Equinox greetings – spring starts here! We’ve certainly had some west coast gales this week, but its a lot warmer, the snow has stripped off the mountains and suddenly bulbs are springing up everywhere. “There is no rushing a river. When you go there, you go at the pace of the water and that pace […]
Wherever you go, the birch wood has been resounding to a drrrrrrrrp! of woodpeckers. The Jackdaws have been flocking around the village in huge numbers for much of the night with their chatter-jack-jack. The low-ground snow went into meltdown this week, and a few wretched-looking plants are starting so show through. I hope I have […]
“SpeyBergs” – floating ice on the River Spey We had some very low temperatures during the week – several nights at minus 15 – with stunning crisp sunny days. Despite a thaw yesterday my garden is still covered in deep snow. It has been almost impossible to actually get anywhere, with the deep soft snow […]
“Snow feathers” – hoar frost crystals Welcome to what seems to have become the weekly snow report! This was taken on a wee local ski expedition last week. Temperatures were below freezing all week with lows of minus 16C, allowing these amazing frost crystals to build up. With no wind, and blue skies, conditions were […]
Monadhliath Pine A lonesome pine, above the main treeline, with the view of the Cairngorms from the Monadliath mountains, Strathspey. High up on the hills on my skis, on a perfect surface of hoar-frost crystals sparkling in the intense sunshine – a perfect winter’s day. “We are like islands in the sea, separate on the […]
