A few straggling seeds still holding on after Storm Arwen. They look like they have been hand-painted by woodland folk!
The seedheads still offer a refuge for insects, but there is little left in the way of food for birds.
Fading glory.
About to face the wrath of Winter.
Now that lockdown has eased in the U.K, it is nice to get out with the camera and discover new things to photograph.
Magnolias
A few tricks and you can end up with a totally different picture! This is Hawthorn blossom.
The sunlight gave a beautiful ‘high key’ effect to some of the pictures.
Can you see the pollen basket on the hind leg of the bee? Pollen is harvested and carried to the nest or hive.
Blossoms.
A honeybee in mid-flight.
A honeybee dangling underneath a branch.
A honeybee in perfect alignment to the flower.
Daffodils.
The soft pink and white flowers of Helleborus Emma swaying in the wind.
In the 14th Century, the term ‘springing time’ was used instead of the old English ‘Lent’ or ‘Lenten’. This was referring to plants springing from the ground. It then became ‘spring-time’ and by the 16th Century was shortened to ‘spring.’
Persephone was the Greek goddess of spring. She spent winters as Queen of the Underworld but returned in spring to preside over rebirth.
The sun was shining this weekend, so it was time to get out into the great outdoors and see what was growing.
A focus on colour and texture.
A bit of colour and sunshine to lift the spirits in the depths of Winter, some photographs from earlier in the year.
Green flowers – Ixia viridifloria. Introduced by Vita Sackville-West to Sissinghurst, from South Africa.
The first meteorological day of Winter is on December 1st. Some pictures to celebrate the end of the season.
Perfect light to capture those Autumnal colours.
Maple seeds soon to drop.
Cobweb in the sunlight.
Seed head blowing in the wind.
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