Spring Wallpaper: White Blooms; Blue Sky

Portrait of Spring: Sheltered Beneath a Wall

Nature Wallpaper: When Catkins Start Their Dangling…

…it’s for Spring that we’re all angling!

Nature Wallpaper: Remnant of Summer

The drought of 2022 in the UK effected the natural world in several ways – all of them negatively. But when a cold snap followed it’s watery ending, and subsequent seasonal temperatures soared shortly afterwards, the natural world was thrown out of kilter. For some plants, it appeared that summer had returned. For others the period called winter was skipped, and they went straight to Spring again. All very colourful for those who took the time to look. Who knows what will become of the Primroses etc when winter finally arrives – not to mention dumb-ass hedgehogs. It probably won’t go well for them. Here ‘s a shot of high-summer Clover in Autumn, which was lovely to see amongst all the dry brown hedgerow foliage and fresh green shoots emerging from the desiccated grasses at the field’s edge…

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Wallpaper 642: Automotive Autumn

Me and my juxtapositioning again. Neat, right?

Wallpaper 635: Light of Spring

Nature Wallpaper: Autumn in Ernest

Nature Wallpaper: Autumn Encroaches

Photography: One Year In One Spot

When I moved into the village that I now call home (again) I quickly went about the place catching up after 30+ years away. One particular piccie was so nice that I returned once a month to the same spot thereafter for one year to record the changing seasons. I’ve not included every month in this post because that would be stunningly boring (and somehow one month managed to get deleted), but here’s the best ones…

Do you have a favourite?