Blue Anenome I love how this flower shifts colour depending on the light, from blue to purple, and I love the combination of the velvety purple with the shimmering golden stamens. It just seems to glow with these deeply nourishing high-vibration colours. Here’s a meditation on colour and light … focus and breathe these colours […]
Crocus flower and leaves Its spring – the sun has shone all week and although its still very chilly at times, there has been some real warmth. Crocus bulbs have shot up all over the garden, and the first few are in flower. I was trying to do something a bit different from the straight […]
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 […]
Lupins, early morning, River Spey, Aviemore Its midsummer, and we have light from 3.30am until 11pm – so its a shame that its been a constant ‘twilight zone’ of grey and rain all week; apart from midsummer’s day which dawned blue and beautiful. I went for an early morning walk to the ‘Lupinarium’ which grows […]
Water-lily, Lochan Mor, Rothiemurchus, Aviemore Its the start of the water-lily season at Lochan Mor (otherwise known locally as ‘The Lily Loch’) as the loch becomes surfaced with lily-pads and white blossom (and if you’re quick, a whizz of bright blue, yellow, and green dragonflies). As we approach midsummer we have such incredible light evenings […]
Azalea Blossom No more complaints about the cold spring – my salad seeds have gone into overdrive to make up for lost time, and I’m sure that 90% of the Scottish population will have turned bright red in the last few days of intense sunshine – probably a similar shade to the beautiful Azalea pictured […]
Raindrops on Columbine (Aquilegia) Spring seems to have gone into reverse, with a week of sleet and snow showers followed by days of rain. For a while this morning though, the hills were shining with intense light on the snow. There was a moment of sunshine yesterday too, when I took this closeup of raindrops […]
Crocus bulb – the first colour of Spring Its been a mild week with temperatures in the 10-15C range and some lovely sunny spells where it felt good just being able to sit outside comfortably. There was also the annual ‘day of the frogs’ where the path to the loch was strewn with frogs sunning […]
I liked this wee arrangement of white crocusses in the garden… and below, in quadtoned black and white, gives them a lovely texture…
Autumn Anenome It snowed on the hills this week, and the temperature has certainly dropped a little, but there has been some beautiful garden sunshine and the anenomes are still in flower. I loved the out of focus background colours in this one. I’ve never been an Apple user, but I’m very aware of, and […]
Hydrangea petal with September morning sparkle There haven’t been many of these classic September mornings this month, when everything is so bright and sparkly. This hydrangea had a spider web behind, catching the water droplets and creating the lens-dazzle. This week – the physics world is it / isn’t it drama over the possibility that […]
Daisy opening – A simple image from the garden this week. Schumann Waves Schumann waves were predicted by the great electrical genius, Nikola Tesla, in the late 19th century but not actually discovered until the 1950s. They are described as the resonant frequency of the earth, in fact they are the result of the resonant […]
