Seasons of A2K

Thanks Osso. It's not my property. It's a field on the way up to the hills where I take my dog for a walk everyday:


We live down near that village by the reservoir. I walk about two miles up the lane from the village, turn left and then another half mile pretty much straight up. That's probably why only my dog will go with me on this walk

But I love that sort of light too. Yesterday started out sunny. I had planned to go down to the coast with my kids for mothering Sunday, but by the time we finished lunch, the sun had gone in and I knew that the light would be gone by the time we reached the ocean, having gotten such a late start- but still really dramatic and charged up there. The best time of day for photos up there is either before noon or after 4 (this time of year).

So I went up there and the colors just blew me away- that umber of the soil contrasted against that forbidding, but lit blue/grey of the sky.

I go up there everyday, so I'll take another shot - the light is much flatter today so I won't get the same contrast. I usually do instinctively do more of the golden triangle, but for this one I liked the starkness of the tree and the gentleness of the curved furrows that led to it- and that's where I wanted all the focus to go.
But you've got me curious now - I'll go up there today and reframe it.

Winter up on the Mendips - I loved the color of the sky this evening:

Glorious! I should see about taking some pics around here when it gets colder and the sky gets really bright.

Jespah - the winter sky around here is amazing. Today was the most beautiful day. There was the most incredible mist, sunlight and later, sunset this evening:

Another peaceful, snowy day:

Nice one.

Thank you Osso - and yes some more beautiful snowy days in Somerset in winter - one of my favorite seasons:

Interesting timing on this post, H2O

It's just a coincidence... nothing more.

Sunrise on ice





After the winter storm

A fresh blanket of snow.






A fog bank rolls in.

The first one is a public swimming pool?

No, it's our private pool.

Beautiful!

This is winter in Wales. This little girl was swimming the the Irish Sea - it was about 8 degrees.

Thank you and right back at you




Yesterday's sunrise

I ignored the small rainbow on the left side of the sun as I see those fairly often... this looked a bit different.
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This is what I saw on the way home today:
(I didn't write this or take this picture - but this approximates what I saw in my rear view mirror as I was driving):



Watch a flock of starlings form a Murmuration
Every year between Autumn and February, Somerset starlings flock together over the Somerset Levels & Moors to create huge and magnificent starling murmurations.

Surely one of nature's best and most magnificent sights, the starlings form into sweeping ...ball like shapes in their thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands before flying down and roosting in the trees.

Although the murmurations can be seen across the Somerset Levels, the best places to see them are at - the National Nature Reserves of Westhay Moor and Shapwick Heath and RSPB Ham Wall
(these are about two miles from where I live).

Burrow Mump outside Othery yesterday - a perfect spring day here in England.

What a great tree..