Today there was an amazing cloud formation in the sky that drew much attention, but I was equally entranced by patterns on the beach – my first venture on the sand for some days. I enjoy the landscape at large, but also like to find little details to…
Tag: winter
I spent the afternoon on Eggardon Hill – the changing light and mist looked very enticing as we drove there, but shortly after arrival, it thickened and darkened and it felt very definitely wintry. We were hoping for a glorious sunset at this eastern end of the Marshwood…
The elements have been kind to the photographer these past couple of days. Living near the sea, we rarely get much snow, and in fact there was only 2-3cms in the garden. But as a diversion from a grocery shopping trip, I stopped at our local nature reserve…
I often plan to spend some time taking photos, but today, everything came together and a few minutes was all it needed. We had a light sprinkling of snow overnight (unusual in January here), so on the way back from saying hello to my horse, I pulled up…
Life can be a bit stressful sometimes, but there’s nothing like a walk on the beach on a sunny winter’s day to lift the spirits. I went with a friend to Charmouth, just along the coast from where I live, and enjoyed the low tide and sandy beach…
The last few days have seen ideal conditions for colour in the sky – high scattered cloud and a clear horizon so the last rays can illuminate the underside of the clouds. Local social media has been full of “wow, look at this” images – some spectacular and…
My home village of Uplyme, in East Devon, seen in the snowiest winter for many years. The view from our field was breathtaking, as the sun rose over the woods and touched the far side of the valley with rosy light. A photo can’t really do justice…
On Sunday, the Met Office told us it would be a glorious sunny day in the Southwest, so we took them at their word and went to Dartmoor for a walk. We left sunshine behind at home and it got greyer and greyer the nearer we got! The…
In the bleak mid-winter Frosty wind made moan, Earth stood hard as iron, Water like a stone;– Christina Rossetti – the opening lines of a well-loved Christmas poem, set to music and now sung as a carol. Those lines, originally written in 1872, are a true description…