In response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Forces of Nature.” I’ve never forgotten the sight of this heron standing perfectly still as the full force of the River Clyde pushed past it. It was at the foot of a weir at New Lanark, up near the Corra Linn Read more…
As far away from the madding crowd is my idea of an ideal destination on a Bank Holiday and the local canal never disappoints. Here are some images from MayDay Monday:
After all the heavy rain last night the grass was extra green this morning, the canal towpath was extra muddy, the dandelions were extra yellow and this small tortoiseshell butterfly seemed brand new. I love seeing them like this, backlit by the sun and with a light dusting of pollen. Read more…
Went hunting for orange-tip butterflies again today but, for third day in a row, had no luck. There were lots of Speckled Woods though and when I voiced my disappointment, as in, “Oh, it’s JUST another Speckled Wood”, I realised that these little “plain, ordinary, brown” butterflies deserve far more Read more…
Exciting day today…….setting up website. Planning how and what to display and which pitfalls to avoid. My goodness there is a lot to learn. So……..watch this space….. Here’s a little bird to start me off on my posting/blogging career. It’s one of last year’s photographs taken at Wicken Fen in Read more…