Looking up through a snowy birch , Craigellachie Nature Reserve, Aviemore A sky this blue has been an unusual sight for us this winter! These trees are a great physical example of how we should be energetically, with their crowns open to the light, and roots deep in the earth. Its a great daily meditation […]
Solitary Pine, Monadliath mountains, near Aviemore An old gnarled pine, an outlier above the natural tree-line, on the moorland of the Monadliath mountains. I love these ‘natural bonsai’ pines, shaped by the ferocious weather conditions. As ever, adverse conditions are character-forming, our suffering can become beauty when viewed from a different perspective… “It’s like you […]
Sun and snow at midwinter, Aviemore No, it hasn’t snowed… the days have been warm, mild and rather gloomy, and I’ve not been out with the camera, so here is an image from midwinter three years ago. I really appreciate snow, when it comes, for brightening up our dark winter days. This week’s quote – […]
Rothiemurchus and the Cairngorm Mountains A view over Rothiemurchus, with the curve of the River Spey in the foreground, towards the wintry Cairngorm Mountains. Loch an Eilein is just visible in the middle, nestling in the hills. It has been stormy, but for us its been a far milder and less snowy winter than in […]
Frosted Cotoneaster Leaf Aren’t the colours in this perfectly seasonal? The Solstice has passed and the darkest days are behind us, both in the cycle of 2012 and in the greater cycle of the Mayan calendar. 2012 has been an intense year in many ways, with many energetic shifts on our beautiful planet. These are, […]
Loch an Eilein, on a sunny winter’s afternoon. I didn’t expect to have an image from this week – its been well below freezing for most of the week, but very grey and dark. Today dawned clear and sunny though, which was most welcome! This photo is at Loch an Eilein, taken at 3pm with […]
Icicle Frost Spray After days of hard frost, the grasses and mosses along the banks of the cascade were coated in layers of frozen spray. A long time exposure contrasted the flow against the static icicles. “Emotion, because it brings feeling and connects you to feeling, allows you to recognise different states of conciousness. The […]
Golden mist, Linn of White Cart, Glasgow A suitably wintry image after this week’s frost and ice. The last rays of the afternoon sun shining through the mist rising from the cascade, giving a glowing golden effect above the water. “When you don’t play roles, it means there is no self (ego) in what you […]
Patterns of light and shadow, looking over Strathspey from Ord Ban Ord Ban is a steep climb, but the view is worth it. This is the view looking south-west over the Strathspey woodlands, to the Monadhliath Mountains behind. Winter is definitely here, with snow on the hills and days of freezing mist, like yesterday, when […]
A spring snowstorm sweeps across the forest, Monadliath mountains I love the grainy texture in this from the snow clouds, as they swept in across the forest, and the misty effect disappearing into the distance. It doesn’t look very springlike, I admit, but that is what this week has been all about – lovely warm […]
Snowy pines at sunset Its been a lovely warm weekend, definitely feeling on the edge of spring with crocuses and snowdrops out in the garden. However, here’s another one from last weekend’s walk in the forest. This is taken at sunset, as the suns rays were directly horizontal onto the tree trunks, coming from the […]
Sun, clouds and fresh snow on the Monadliath Today: a celebration of the elements. We had an inch and a half of fresh fluffy snow when I awoke this morning, the first we have had here in the Highlands since December. It has been an unusally snow-free winter for us, at least judging by the […]
