4th August, 2015

Beautiful sights today.

Practically Perfect

This moment, right here, was practically perfect in every way:

Practically Perfect 28/04/15

Wild Bluebells

Bluebells

Ne'er have I seen such beauty

Field of bluebells ‘neath golden sun

Interspersed with tree-trunk pillars

Lovely forest, woodland spun.

Bluebells

Exquisite and breathtaking beauty

Unsullied by the hands of man

Simply there for the heart's enjoyment

According to nature's best-laid plan.

Bluebells

Splendid and arresting beauty

Awesome scene of sheer delight

Bold images of wild bluebells

Touched by rays of golden sunlight.

Poem by Walterrean Salley

http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/wild-bluebells/

And frosts are slain and flowers begotten..

"And frosts are slain and flowers begotten,
And in green underwood and cover
Blossom by blossom the spring begins."

Algernon Charles Swinburne  (1837–1909)
Atalanta in Calydon (1865)

Read more: Poetry for Spring http://www.infoplease.com/spot/springquotes1.html#ixzz3YF4seyEv

11th April, 2015

  White Blossom 21st April, 2015

Pink Blossom 24th April, 2015

My favourite is the White Blossom. It looks to me as though it is falling from the sky onto the tree.

Sunset Through the Bedroom Window IV

Dusk was beautiful last night. Another sunset view from the bedroom window:

23rd April, 2015

Bluebells... Four Days Later in the Woods

The budding bluebell photo in the last post was taken on 14th April, 2015. There were a few buds scattered here and there in the Bluebell Woods. Four days later the Bluebell Woods look more like this:

Bluebell Woods

Bluebell Woods

Nature can be an amazing and beautiful force. This is just the beginning too. In the not too distant future this will be a sea of bluebells!

I just have to add this photo too. Larry and bluebells, two of my favourite things:

Larry and Bluebells

Bluebells are coming...

Bluebells

"There is a silent eloquence

In every wild bluebell

That fills my softened heart with bliss

That words could never tell."

From "The Bluebell" by Anne Brontë

Star Light, Star Bright

Star light, star bright,

The first star I see tonight;

I wish I may, I wish I might,

Have the wish I wish tonight.

On nights like this, 13th April 2015, I wish I had a proper camera and not just my phone. This star was HUGE. It was twinkling and had points as if a child had drawn it. The photo is ok in it's own right I suppose but if it had captured the star as I saw it, it would have been the photo of the year!

Rays of Light

Rays of Light

Blinded by the Light...

Blinded by the Light

No filter or editing of any kind, except the signature obviously!

Yoshi

Yoshi

My good friend's bunny died in March. She was heartbroken because Yoshi was like one of the family. I did this charcoal sketch for her and she loved it, said it really captured him. I had to wing it a bit as I had nothing to erase any mistakes with but I think lady luck was smiling on me that afternoon and it turned out ok!

Winter is Coming....

Autumn is fighting to hold on but the red splash of berries heralds the approach of Winter...

Autumn

Winter Berries

Warm Colours on a Dreary Day

Warm Colours on a Dreary Day

September / October 2014

September and October were very difficult months and I didn't have the time or inclination to blog. I did take some photos though and even though I can't fill the gap in the blog index, I can share some of them with you! Hope you enjoy.

The Island, Mousehole

My Life in Shadows

Symmetry

Seasons: End of Summer - Autumn in the Valley of the Racehorse

Harvested Field I

Harvested Field II

Autumn Carpet I

Autumn Carpet II

Autumn Carpet III

Seasons: Spring - End of Summer in the Valley of the Racehorse

Spring Bluebells

Ripening Crops

Spring Poppies

Frolicking Spring Meadow

A Crop Pathway to Beyond

Summer Crops

Nature "heal thyself"

A Verdant Triangle of England

Verdant

On reflection, having passed here again today, the camera doesn't quite do this scene justice. The verdant triangle is actually full of purple flowers, which don't show at all, however much I tinker.

How would you describe me...?

I passed this flower today and thought it described me, not with words just an essence. 

Describe Me

 So if you were to use words to describe someone using this flower as a guide, what would you say?!

My Favourite Log II

I still love this log! I should really have taken the photo from a slightly different angle to get more of the cornfield in behind it. Perhaps I'll try that tomorrow. Excuse Barmy Barney photo bombing!

Favourite Log II

Summer Cornfields

This is the sight that greeted me at my "letting Barney off the lead" spot today! I don't think you could get a much more beautiful sight, unless you are by the sea perhaps. However, for us landlocked people this will do nicely. If this were Instagram, there would be a #nofilter because there are absolutely no effects on this photo, the scene is stunning just as it is.

Summer Cornfields

However, Google in it's wisdom (?) did an "auto awesome" version of this which turned out thus:

Auto Awesome Summer Cornfields

Without blowing my own trumpet, I honestly prefer mine! What do you think?