Birds in Winter

Birds in Winter

On my Winter walks I am amazed at how many seagulls flock to the little lake, and this year, congregate on the flat cushions of algae and water weed.

I love the way they like to line up along railings and across the top of lampposts.

Last Winter the lake froze over and the swans had great difficulty walking over the ice, but they managed it to reach some bread offered by a generous family.

Winter Walk

A Walk in Winter

A few days ago we went out on a really windy day. There were only a few trees that still had a couple of raggy leaves left. Most trees were completely bare of leaves, just twigs and branches; and the words "barren landscape" came to mind.

Everything looks so dead!

Even the rooks' nests are abandoned.

but later that day there were some lovely Winter skies.

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!