Winter Weather
As we aren’t able to meet up again this month’s blog is a photographic record of the weather. A photograph (or several in some cases!) and a few words to record our experiences whilst we have been out and about taking our daily exercise - close to home of course.
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“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness “
John Steinbeck |
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| Storm clouds over Carsington |
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A brighter, healthi
Er twenty twenty one, but
Not just yet it seems! |
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Always looking for the silver lining
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| Bob wants a proper frozen lake to skate on....like Betty |
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| Another super sunset sky |
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| I’ve sent a picture of the view from my bedroom window, taken this morning looking out into a temporary “lagoon“, created by the Environment Agency to remove the dredged silt from the nearby river which broke its banks and flooded the town 2yrs ago. When it was first created last spring it was full of wildlife, with swans, cormorants, egrets and hundreds of seagulls having a day out from the coast which is only a couple of miles away (as the gull flies). As the water slowly disappears, we’re left with sludge so no wildlife now. Eventually it’ll be handed back to the farmer. It’s been interesting to watch it all evolve |
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A lonely tree guards
a Swarkestone field in wintry
late afternoon light.
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| A frosty morning from our patio. |
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| Jack Frost crispy elm leaves |
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Sun going down on
The not so perfect vision
Of twenty twenty |
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We have been doing some lovely Winter walking, one of my favourites was on the 29th December where we parked in Bakewell, went across the trail through the golf course and Manners Wood and up onto the meadow at the top where there is a pond. Here I made friends with a very friendly chap, bit quiet but great fun. He had his arms open for a hug but I kept my distance. Sun and snow, such a glorious combination. It was one of those walks where you felt very grateful to live in this area.
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| Orange path down to the cemetery |
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| Blue skies and scribble over the windmill ruin. |
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| Brief moment in the snow |
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Happy Gelly Babes
Lovely, fun, chatty meet ups
Just around the corner! |
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| The woods are lovely, dark and deep..... |
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Hard, frost-whitened glass.
Glistening sunlight
shoots shards in splintered rainbows. |
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| Wingfield ruins through the binoculars. |
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| I spy sunshine. |
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I’m supposed to be a sub-Saharan animal.
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Wise people follow the post to the conjunction of planets
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And in case any of you were wondering this is what Bob was referring to......
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