A trip to Orkney, the islands to the north of the Scottish mainland. A rather cool week, with rain, mist and a cold Northerly wind! Luckily there was some sunshine too. Being midsummer, it was light all night long even with the grey cloud. The depth of silence at night was beautiful, surrounded by burbling […]
First of all, apologies for the missing week. Sometimes, stuff happens… Happy Easter! Given that we had raging blizzards and two feet of snow during the week, I still can’t be very confident that it is actually Spring. As I write this the snow is melting, the rain has cleared, and the evening sun is […]
Rain Daisy A week of (mostly) beautiful mornings, and afternoon thunderstorms. Sunshine and rain = sparkle. “You were born with wings… why prefer to crawl through life? “ – Rumi.
Wooden Enemies The birch woods are full of them – a carpet of Wood Anenomes sparkling in marvellous spring sunshine. The first birch leaves are almost out, giving the bronze winter birches a coppery effect. “Not Christian or Jew or Muslim, not Hindu, Buddhist, sufi, or zen. Not any religion or cultural system. I am […]
Monadhliath Mist. Its been minus 7 or so for the weekend, and yesterday morning was fabulously sparkly and bright, with a dusting of snow on the hills. I love the clarity of the light and the colours in these conditions. “Everyone sees the unseen in proportion to the clarity of his heart, and that depends […]
Frosted Sycamore Leaf. “Your hand opens and closes and opens and closes, If it were always a fist or always stretched open, you would be paralysed. Your deepest presence is in every small contracting and expanding, the two as beautifully balanced and co-ordinated as bird wings.” — Rumi.
Scotch Argus on thistle, River Dulnain. Taken during a hot spell this morning, shortly before the big downpour… Butterflies everywhere on the tall grasses and thistles, flitting fast (mostly too fast for slow photographers). Oh, and clouds of midges too. Just in case you thought it sounded like heaven. The Scotch Argus is common and […]
Wilderness Canoe camp, Clearwater Lake, Wells Gray, BC, Canada. No – I’m not there this week – this is one from the archives from several years ago. However, right now I am in Hungary – hopefully more news on that next week! You’ve no idea how hard I’ve looked for a gift to bring You. […]
Bee on Rhododendron. Lots of colour this week – our daffodils are fully out, tulips about to flower, King’s Cup flowering along the riverbank, Wood Anenomes finally out in the woods… it most definitely is spring! This rhododendron in my garden was all sparkly after the previous day’s rain. ” Let the beauty you love […]
Cascade – catching the flow as it drops over the edge down to the pool below, the sun just catching the top edge. A week of sun, showers, snow, frost, rain, wind, … have I missed anything out? ” When you do things from your soul, you feel a river moving in you, a joy. […]
Snow drops on birch. This was a “pick n mix” week. Your choice of rain, snow, sleet in any combination at any time, served with a side order of gales. This drop of melting snow was refracting the tree behind, in a brief moment of relative light. “Take January’s advice – stack wood! Weather inevitably […]
Lichen on branch. Most of this week has been drab, dark and very wet! However, the sunshine when it happens is very intense, and illuminated the fronds of this lichen. I love the rich purple colour of the bare birch trees behind. I stood in the (ankle deep squelch) bog to take this – there’s […]
