Blackpool

Blackpool High Tide with high wind (Thur 5th Dec 2013)

Full Moon

Moon this morning

Entwistle Reservoir 19th nov 2013

 Cormorant drying his wings

Lake District 16th Nov 2013

Thirlmere lake and countryside  (near Keswick)

Sunny Autumn day

Zoom

Zooming from Darwen Tower to Blackpool Tower and a guy who was parascending. Std photo on left and then the zoom alongside. 50x zooms are great. These were taken with a Sony HX300

Darwen Tower Views and Skipton

October Waning Moon

My first good moon picture (moon is waning) the first is the normal shot and then one taken with full zoom.

Dolls can be good for wildlife

Some pictures above of a wasp queen hiding within the folds of Gandalf’s cloak. I had to move it while i painted the arbor. Clever girl! The approach of Autumn can now be seen while out walking and the bluest Hydrangea seen in the garden.

How old must I look?

Unfunny incident tonight as about 10 police and lots more Mountain rescue people and a police helicopter were out around the lake looking for a missing 77 year old man and his dog. I was sat on a rock having a coffee when the helicopter circled twice and hovered for a few minutes overhead. A police man told us later that they had flagged I might be the missing man. How old must I look?

Mushroom tree

This is the most fungus I have ever seen growing upon a dying beech tree. Snow white and a typical mushroom shaped as opposed to the more common bracket type. I hope the pictures do it justice. Strange world indeed and how the mightiest is made to fall by the smallest things.

Fungus

In tune with the passing equinox

Fungus rises out of the damp earth
Moulded in soft, velvet, rounded flesh
So many differing hues and textures
They break from the seal of the ground
And brood spores to throw on the wind

I dont ever remember so many differing varieties in such quantity before. It must be a good year for funghi