Archive for the ‘The Great Outdoors’ Category

Goosey Goosey

02Mar10

The children had a day off school today – and for once we had glorious sunshine, so we went to Birdworld. Not that I have a thing about reflections or anything, but I loved this picture of the chatty geese.


I took this a week or so ago, before we had all the vile snow. I was taking some pictures of the frosty morning – the light was exceptional – and my shadow just caught my eye, falling across the driveway like that. The small pink highlight in the corner is my littlest, who just [...]


I’ve been looking for an excuse to post this! Lemurs at Marwell ZOO, taken a while ago, but given the weather today (more vile snow), I know just how they feel. More takes on the letter Z at ABC Wednesday


Surrey Snow

07Jan10

Our world is black and white today – at least until you look really hard for the colours. We enjoyed our snow day today.


Extreme weather here! This morning, it looked like this: But now we have this: I don’t think we’ll be going to school tomorrow – it’s forecast to keep on going all night! YAY! For more worlds on Tuesday, click here


We went rockpooling at low tide on Exmouth beach, and Honey caught a crab … I photographed it in her bucket with pretty low expectations. I certainly wasn’t expecting this bit of translucent magic. YAY!


Can you see a duck on this stream? Just fabulous, with the shafts of sunlight piercing the full-leaved summer canopy, and the mix of mirror-reflections and dark shadows and brilliant spotlights. A little gem of a stream, hidden away behind the East Budleigh Village Hall (East Devon).


Taken at Budleigh Salterton in East Devon (yep, on holiday again ), at low tide where the River Otter feeds into the sea.


It doesn’t quite do justice to the colours or the way the sun outlined the billowing clouds, but I do like this picture of today’s beautiful sunset. I was bringing the washing in and even though it was starting to rain, I had to run for my camera to at least try to catch it.


Ivy League

20Aug09

On a blackberry ramble in the woods where we live ….



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