Photographing Refractions in Raindrops
The photographs in this post were all taken with a good quality fuji point and shoot camera rather than my dslr.
Squatters Rights for Dunnocks
Vivid Imagination Maybe? Finally I do have another ‘nest’ to show you. Even I could fit into it! Just look at all the weaving of those big thick twigs! It’s a masterpiece! Are they just the roots … Continued
Foliage Texture Garden Plants
Beauty Without Bloom Foliage Texture Garden Plants In addition there’s the wispy Foeniculum vulgare Bronze Fennel. There is also the dark and mysterious Physocarpus opulifolius Diablo (Ninebark) along with the unrestrained Humlus lupus (Golden Hop). Likewise they all capture the … Continued
Taking The Pulse of Nature
Have you recently seen a Small Tortosieshell Butterfly (Aglais urticae) in your locality? Their numbers are dwindling every year here in the UK due to a newly colonised parasitoid fly from the continent called Sturmia bella which is killing the … Continued
Lily Flowers:The Epitome of Elegance in July
The lily blooms are at their best just now in my Perthshire summer garden. They have been challenged quite a bit over the last week with our constant windy weather along with a weekend thunder storm and heavy rain. A … Continued