Sunset Mist, Cairngorm First of all, a big welcome to this week’s new subscribers. I have received such lovely feedback about the vibrational energy carried through these images. Here’s another image from last week’s amazing misty sunset, looking across the lower slopes of the Cairngorms, with the hill of Silvermount to the left, and the […]
Fiery mist in the Caledonian Forest, Rothiemurchus Our three weeks of heatwave summer came crashing to an end on saturday with some close-up thunder, lightning and torrential rain. However, shortly before sunset the sun reappeared, and the forest started steaming after all the rain. I spent a breathless ten minutes jumping through the heathery bog […]
The River Dulnain, upper reaches of Strath Dulnain, near Carrbridge As I write this, it looks lilke the Scottish heatwave is coming to and end as it has suddenly clouded up and started to look stormy, after two weeks of baking temperatures and cloudless days. Here in the Cairngorms we have had temperatures of 30°C […]
Glowing Marigold flower (Calendula) These Marigolds are full of such amazing vibrancy, they were glowing gold in the sunshine this week. They make me smile whenever I see them, and that has to be good! Calendula gives us so much, from the simple beauty of the flowers to various herbal uses as well as being […]
Water Lily, Lochan Mor, Strathspey Water Lilies grow in around 1 metre depth which, since I don’t have a high telephoto lens, necessitates getting wet to get closer to them, a potentially risky business whilst holding an expensive camera, ignoring the midges, and hoping not to slip… Its also hard to stay in focus as […]
Midsummer evening sun through meadow raindrops. This image seems to sum up the last week for me – we’ve had day after day of humid, rainy, grey days, but within that some intense sunny spells too. We have so many hours of daylight at midsummer, but with the constant grey cloud it can be quite […]
The district of Harray, Orkney I love the feeling of space and the light in this image of Harray. The clouds are full of life, too! One of the things I love about Orkney is the constantly changing play of light on the land and numerous lochs and sea. “One can appreciate & celebrate each […]
River Dulnain from Sluggan Bridge One of my favourite places – the sparkling River Dulnain just upstream from Sluggan Bridge, near Carrbridge, taken in the recent spell of sunshine. “The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the […]
Garden Anenome There have been many heavy showers, but overall we’ve had a great week with intense sun at times. The garden is looking quite beautiful with the sparkly mix of sun and rain, I particularly love the colour and form of these anenomes, especially backlit like this. There’s a lovely energy to them. I’ve […]
Small pearl bordered fritillary butterfly, Strath Dulnain I think I have correctly identified this butterfly! Summer continues… with stunning hot days of near cloudless blue. I took this in a beautiful wild meadow of grasses, thistles and many wild flowers, in an opening in the pine and birch wood near the River Dulnain, Strathspey. Clouds […]
River Tromie, Strathspey Summer arrived… for one stunning weekend. Well, until the storm broke anyway. Yesterday was perfect for just sitting by the river, taking in the sun, seeing the intense shimmer through the vibrant greens of the trees, and keeping an eye on the massive thunderclouds building up over the mountains. The Tromie is […]
Sun and shadows in Birch Taken yesterday in the Birch wood, as occasional glimpses of sunshine shone through the wood. It was one of those days (so beloved by Scottish photographers…) where by the time one has whipped out the camera, the light has gone again with the sun behind clouds, and you wait ten […]
