Aspen, Strathspey. Yes – its leaves again – it must be the season! Aspen leaves tremble in less than the slightest breeze – making them a hard job to photograph! These ones stilled their dance for just a moment, early one morning this week. “Like an emblem of flexibility, Aspen can accept impulses from all […]
Birch mist inversion, Craigellachie, Strathspey. Indian summer came this week, after last week’s snow. Three days of fantastic clear blue sky & daytime heat – what we’ve been waiting for since April! I climbed up Craigellachie, our local hill, to get above the morning mist which filled the valley like a glacier. This photo was […]
Shaggy Ink-Cap mushrooms, Strathspey I found this patch of Shaggy Ink-Caps in a shady woodland . Newly formed they are fresh and white, with a characteristic scaly appearance. As the cap grows and matures it starts turning black and dissolves into a black ink, thus exposing fresh spores. Young specimens can be sliced lengthways and […]
Ferns & Reeds, Craigellachie lochan, Strathspey. It may only just be September, but its been feeling autumnal for a couple of weeks – here’s to a beautiful Indian summer ? In spring, hundreds of flowers, In autumn, a clear full moon. In summer, a cool breeze, In winter, snowflakes. With no hang-ups in your mind, […]
