January Woods

A little bleak and without much colour.
I expect there are lots of birds, however, I did not have time to stop and look for them.

January Tea Time

Spent much of the day digging up couch grass. When it began to rain came in made some shortbread and Welsh cakes.
A pleasant treat.




Picked my first very small bunch of snowdrops.

Sun Over Fields

The sun shone over the fields and onto the trees, there is one pine tree, the other trees are deciduous and are green with ivy growing over them.

Glimmer Of Sunrise

The sun shone through some early morning clouds, then more clouds came, and went and came back again as the weather tried to make up its mind about what sort of day it should be.

Picturesque Village

This is such a picturesque village.

Can you spot the windmill?

Little Blue Clematis

It may be cold outside, but, this little blue clematis is just beginning to flower.

Sun Through Reeds

Sun through the reeds.

Reynard

Early morning frost saw Mr. Reynard crossing the field.
He was a good distance away so the photo quality is not great.

Boat On Beach With Pink Clouds

Pretty picture.

First SIgns Of Spring

There are a few snowdrops almost out even though we have been having frosts.
Little shoots of new life among the detritus of last year.

Fire In The Sky

An amazing sunset.

Crisp Morning

A little frost and the dead leaves were ringed with a white crystal edge.

Tree Skeleton

The shapes of trees without leaves are like their skeletons. 
When they have a fabulous sky behind they look wonderful.

Lost In The Post

Lost in the post this letter was sent many years ago and has recently surfaced.


 

How do you think the story continues?

Caught The Moon This Morning

At last! 
This morning I was outside in time, (freezing I might add), and I caught the moon before she snuggled down into her cozy cloud blanket.

Moonset & Sunrise

Dreadful photo of the setting moon and then the sunrise.







Today we had sun, rain, snow and lots of wind. Quite a day for weather.

Geese Again

A very poor picture as I was surprised when these geese flew by this morning.

Up Close

This photo is zoomed in a lot.
Any idea what it is?




A flower with a lot of pollen.


This is further out.




Here are the female flowers, the pollen is blown on the wind and settles on the little red flowers, in the autumn nuts are found here.



Lovely yellow catkins, early signs of spring.

Clematis In January

While out clearing up some dead leaves I heard a buzzing. Although I did not see what insect was buzzing, I did see these two little clematis flowers on 2 different plants, I am sure that is a little unusual for January.

Any Similarities Are Purely Coincidental

There seemed to be something familiar about my red pepper.

Another Montage

On a square postcard.

First Voyage of Discovery

Locating pictures and then placing them took a lot longer than anticipated.

How many elements do you think make up this montage?



There are 9 elements.
wall background
texture on wall
part of a mandala
sea
shell
butterfly
camelia flower
blue flowers
map

Picture On A Shelf

Took the picture of the red mug and added it to a shelf scene.

Ploughing In The January Sun

Apparently, today was an ideal day for ploughing.
It was a lovely sunny day.



The gulls enjoyed looking for insects.

Sunset From A Moving Car

The sun was setting and I took a couple of snaps, the trees in the foreground blurred and I love the effect.

Lily Flowers

Some lily buds were given to me, they are now in full flower and smelling terrific.

Rose Hips Against A Clear Blue Sky

What an amazing colour blue.

In days gone by, children were paid to collect these from the hedgerows.
They are rich in vitamin C and were made into a syrup given to children to aid their vitamin C intake.

Today these hips were just basking in the sunshine.

Some Old Parts Of Last Year

Found some remnants of last year.

The round seed cases are honesty seed heads and the dried out flower heads are hydrangea.