Aspen, Sangre de Cristo mountains, Colorado. After a week of rain, wind, rain and wind, I thought I’d revert back a few years to some colour from the Sangre de Cristo mountains in Southern Colorado. The intensity of colour was amazing. I’m amazed we still have any leaves left after this week’s gales and battering, […]
A Rock in the flow, River Findhorn. Autumn really started to show her colours this week, with the birch woods turning gold, and a touch of fresh snow on the hills on thursday as well. This is at Randolph’s Leap on the River Findhorn. The day was so gloomy and dark but it allowed me […]
Birch Reflections, Aviemore. After another changeable week, yesterday brought sunshine and white fluffy clouds, bringing out the vivid autumn colours. This is at one of my favourite places locally, the loch reflecting the crag in which it nestles. “If you want to cut directly through, don’t entertain doubts about Buddhas, or doubts about life and […]
Red Squirrel, Rothiemurchus. Quite a week for rain! Oh, and a pile of snow on the hills on thursday, and my courgette plants keeled over with the frost last night – it must be autumn! This squirrel jumped up into the trees as I came by, luckily my dog didn’t see it until after a […]
Loch an Eilein Ripples We had a “proper” September morning last monday with early mist clearing to brilliant blue. I was out in good time on the bike to catch the mist rising from the forest, but liked best this fallen tree on the shores of Loch an Eilein. Mindfulness has come up in conversation […]
Bracken catching the light Bracken caught in a burst of late afternoon sun, showing the autumn colours against a backdrop of dark shady trees. Walking a different path… On my walk yesterday, I took a tangent onto a small hardly-visible side path. I know the area well, yet this took me somewhere quite hidden and […]
Birch Leaf Our Birch trees have started to turn colour this last week or so. Here’s one catching the sun along the riverbank, starting to turn. “Look deep, deep, deep into nature, and then you will understand everything.” – Albert Einstein “When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to […]
Dew on spider web – detail. The tangled webs we weave… All pretence of summer has vanished (“washed away” might be more appropriate), as instead we welcome autumn. (Indian summer, anyone???). We had one fabulous morning this week of mist and sunshine and a million jewelled spider webs strung over the world. The spider’s web […]
Echinacea. Despite the overcast conditions for most of this week, these Echinacea were just glowing from within. “If we are interdependent with everything and everyone, even our smallest, least significant thought, word and action have real consequences throughout the universe. Throw a pebble into a pond. It sends a shiver across the surface of the […]
Poppy after Rain. I was expecting to send out a picture of rain on the window this week – until yesterday dawned bright and sparkly. So here’s another one from the garden – lilac poppy and raindrops. “Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce […]
Water Lilies, Lochan Mor, Strathspey. Another week of dull light, rain, and humidity. However on the one good afternoon I took myself up to the Lily loch for another go at getting close to the lilies – I went as deep as I dared whilst holding an expensive camera! I love the geometric star shape […]
Silver Daisy. There was a brief lull in this week’s rain, during which the sun briefly came out. I loved the silvery effect and the texture of the raindrops on this daisy. The individual florets in the head of a daisy grow in two spirals extending out from the center. The clockwise spiral has 21 […]
