Late Autumn colour and first Winter snow, Glenfeshie Hills, Cairngorms A late November day in Strathspey, the near-sunset casting a warm glow across the landscape in contrast to the crisp air. There is something I really like in the shape and flow of the forested middle-distance hills against the steep-sided hillside behind. It is always […]
Near sunset – Hills beyond Beauly, the Black Isle, Northern Scotland. Another incredible week for us – it has felt like being on holiday in a country far away! One with lots and lots of sunshine and heat. This is taken from the Black Isle (which isn’t an isle…), north of Inverness, looking over the […]
Can’t see the forest for the trees… close up inside a moss patch. The patch of moss caught my eye with their colourful stems, and flowering spores. The sun was low and coming directly through the moss patch, creating these lively colours. What a few days we’ve had! Stunning hot clear days , with a […]
Vibrant Fern Spring in Scotland – several days of magical, vibrant intense colour, with blue skies and heat. Followed by rain, wind and fresh snow on the hills. Various ferns are bursting upwards in the woods, this one was sparkling and vibrant in the morning light. Mystics have told us for millennia that the world […]
Silver Birch, Winter Frost Some more from the beautiful weather over Christmas and New Year. In the freezing mist this frost-coated birch glowed as the sun caught it against the blue shadow of the hill behind. “If you would have a better world, create it for yourselves now at this very instant in your mind: […]
Reed Reflections, Craigellachie Lochan, Strathspey. Continuing with last week’s (this summer’s?) watery theme – reeds reflecting in a lochan, for a beautiful graphic effect. “A human being is part of a whole, called by us the Universe, a part limited in time and space. He experiences himself, his thoughts and feelings, as something separated from […]
