Winter Came

Bare Trees

I thought I might try my hand at being a bit more creative in my descriptions of my photos, a bit more poetic? Any way here goes. This is called Winter Came.

Winter Came

It came in the night

Roaring and howling

Hungry!

The trees
 In the morning
Lifting their leafless limbs
Against the scudding sky

The willow wept no more

Bowing her head

As if in shame.

And in the park

A towering tracery of twigs

Against the blue.

They look taller somehow

Majestic in their

Nakedness

Stripped of their

 Autumn 'glad-rags'

Winter came!

November mists

November mists

At the bottom of our street is a very tall landmark and now and again it disappears completely from view! My husband and I always make a joke about it "Someone's come in the night and pinched the lift tower again!"

On a walk, later that day, the countryside looked amazing like an impressionist painting.

And we discovered that they'd only stolen the top half of the tower!

Reflections 2

Reflections 2

Thinking about this word "reflection", it means just that, thinking again about something, maybe in a different way.Maybe in an upside down way.

These are some of my favourite photos.

The lake looks just like a mirror, and sometimes we need to take another look at ourselves maybe an upside-down look!

Reflections

Reflections

"A poor life this if full of care, we have no time to stand and stare." To quote a famous poem.How important it is to take the time to just look and take in all the wonders of nature that surround us, and to be just quiet and let all our senses have a "field day". (An interesting expression!). Water does it for me,the ripples, the reflections, the blue of the sky and the white of the clouds shining from the water. Marvellous!

Upside down trees, and birds skimming across the surface.

I like to sit and take my time and drink in the hush; just rippling sounds and bird song and rustling leaves. Unwinding nature's way!

Cows

Cows

There's something very comforting about cows. They exude peace and tranquillity and they have a kind of beauty in their peacefulness.

This lovely group of mixed colours are resting together in the shade.A picture of contentment.

This young bullock became very curious when I took out my camera!

                                                            What a lovely face!

Swans

Swans

I don't know that I could say that these are my favourite birds, but they are certainly the most photogenic. Whenever I'm out walking and I see them swimming on the lake or just standing on the bank, I just have to photograph them!

This is my favourite swan picture! "Majestic" is the word!

These two are obviously a pair. They mate for life, which is very beautiful.

And here is their offspring.His dowdy feathers will soon be replaced by dazzling white ones.

Leaves, Leaves and more Leaves

Leaves, Leaves and more Leaves

There's no doubt about it, Autumn is the untidiest season of the year! Everywhere, where there are even the smallest of trees, there are heaps of leaves; scattered across pavements, heaped into gutters and against walls,and straggling under hedges.

But all this mess can be forgiven because of the glorious colours!Nature's jewels!

These lovely Birch leaves have such a delicate pattern, and so do these stripy Beech leaves. 

Tons and tons of glorious colour ready to fall and decorate our drab streets.