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What a most beautiful start to the weekend. Enjoy the sun and have a lovely day!
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What a hot and sunny week this has been; of course now it is the weekend it’s gone cooler again! But, that didn’t stop me from visiting some lovely gardens today. My focus this time was on the beautiful peonies that have sprung up this week. My own have already been and gone so it was nice to see these still flowering and looking stunning.
It’s Sunday so let’s me take you back to some stunning sunrises and sunsets from a few years ago!
I was having a sort out of my hard drive and I came across this video of The Beast from…
A few images from past Springtime. I just love the colours and the freshness of Spring. The first Daffodil has…
Well another weekend (nearly) already! As there has not been any gorgeous sunrises or sunsets this week (or none that…
Wow it’s been a week since my last post! I’ve just been so busy with work and gardening and all the other stuff that happens!
I visited Beningbrough Hall Gardens, Breezy Knees Gardens and editing a stack loads of photographs. Enjoy your Sunday and take lots of pictures!
What a most beautiful start to the weekend. Enjoy the sun and have a lovely day! Over the past 6…
What a hot and sunny week this has been; of course now it is the weekend it’s gone cooler again!…
It’s Sunday so let’s me take you back to some stunning sunrises and sunsets from a few years ago!
It’s been a glorious week. Getting back into the garden is a great feeling especially when the temperature has hit 18o
With the lovely weather has brought out lots of dandelions, daffodils, bees, blossom and green leaves.
Good News! The clocks are changing tonight (March 27th UK) marks the beginning of Daylight Saving Time – and Mothering Sunday. Also known simply as ‘summer time’, Daylight Savings in the UK runs from the last Sunday of March to the end of October. I am so glad and looking forward to being able to sit outside longer with a glass of the fizzy stuff!
Many will be glad to shake off winter (especially me) – although wintry weather is expected this week – as we move further along 2022.
Longer days and later sunsets are also ahead because ‘astronomical spring’ – based off the position of Earth’s orbit in relation to the sun – officially started on March 20th. The clocks will change at 1am on the 27th, jumping ahead one hour. Daylight Savings is observed on different days worldwide as America and Canada changed their clocks two weeks ago.
It’s not about “having” time.
It’s about making time.
Wow! How did we get get to September (nearly) so quickly? This year has…
I’m back! Sorry for the silence for the past few weeks which have been…
What a most beautiful start to the start of the UK Summer holidays. A…
It’s Sunday which means were looking back at memories, this time it’s summer flowers. Can you remember the hot sun shining on your face as you sit and watch the world go by? I can’t wait for those days to come again.
Wow it’s been a week since my last post! I’ve just been so busy with work and gardening and all the other stuff that…
It’s been a glorious week. Getting back into the garden is a great feeling especially when the temperature has hit 18oWith the lovely weather…
I can hear the wind blowing outside as I lay in my bed at 05:00. I am now wide awake so I thought I…
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I can hear the wind blowing outside as I lay in my bed at 05:00. I am now wide awake so I thought I would post this blog from Summer 2021. I hope it reminds you of warmer days.
June was a very busy month visiting many places. I think I got back into the swing of taking photography again, without feeling like I had to go out and take images, for the sake of it.
Beningbrough Hall is always a favourite of mine partly because I have a National Trust yearly pass which allows be to visit many places.
The meadows at ‘golden hour’ was really special too. Golden buttercups and wild Lupins bathed in the rays of the setting sun (plus it was also lovely and hot even at sunset.)
As you probably realise I love photographing bees. Where would we be without bees? As far as important species go, they are top of the list. They are critical pollinators: they pollinate 70 of the around 100 crop species that feed 90% of the world!
I also visited York where they had made it into a bee friendly city with tubes of flowers and flower displays all around.
Throwback to the beginning of 2022 with pictures from 2016-2021. I hope you have enjoyed the videos through the year?In 2023 I will be creating some more videos but I may put them on…
You probably know that throughout the year at the beginning of each month I have been creating a short video of photographs, from that month 2016-2021. Here’s the last of this year’s videos, I…
Another busy weekend. Also, I need to get some footage from my new drone camera uploaded when I find out how to compress it to upload it on to here! Hope you like my…
There is nothing better that cycling home through the woods and smelling the wet earth & foliage.I wish I could bottle the intoxicating aroma of Bluebells, Wild Garlic, Cow Parsley and wet leaves. Petrichor.The wonderful smell in the air after it’s been raining.
This morning there was a light rain, fine drizzle or a Sirimiri. The type that seems to soak you and makes my hair go curly. I like the Spanish work Sirimiri to describe this type of rain. You would think that it’s not a good day for taking photographs but with careful planning you can…
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When Frank Green bought the three houses that he used to create Treasurer’s House, he also changed their gardens to the basic layout you can still see today. The basic principles of his style were the contrast of grass, tree and old stone. When excavating for the sunken lawn, so much old masonry was found, Frank thought it must have been used as a stonemason’s yard for the neighbouring York Minster.
Escape the city – The garden is a tranquil oasis away from the hustle and bustle of the city centre.
The history of the garden When Frank Green bought the three houses that he used to create Treasurer’s…
The summer solstice, otherwise known as the longest day of the year, is on the June 21, marking the…
Throughout the year at the beginning of each month I will created a short video of photographs from…
The UK will enjoy 16 hours and 38 minutes
of daylight.
The sun will rise at 4.52am and set at 9.26pm.
The solstice officially marks the beginning of the astronomical summer, which ends when the autumn equinox falls on September 22. Day and night will be at almost equal length on this day, as the sun crosses the celestial equator and moves southward into the northern hemisphere.
The term ‘solstice’ derives from the Latin word ‘solstitium’, meaning ‘sun standing still’.
The Telegraph 2021
Some prefer the more teutonic term ‘sunturn’ to describe the event.
There are two solstices each year – one in the winter and one in the summer. The summer solstice occurs when the tilt of Earth’s axis is most inclined towards the sun and is directly above the Tropic of Cancer.
Traditionally, the summer solstice period fell between the planting and harvesting of crops, leaving people who worked the land time to relax. This is why June became the traditional month for weddings.
It signals the moment the sun’s path stops moving northward in the sky, and the start of days becoming steadily shorter as the slow march towards winter begins.
Astrologers say the sun seems to ‘stand still’ at the point on the horizon where it appears to rise and set, before moving off in the reverse direction.
However, we won’t notice the days becoming shorter for a while. The shortest day of the year isn’t until Monday, December 21, known as the winter solstice; it lasts for 7 hours and 50 minutes in Britain, which is 8 hours, 48 minutes shorter than the June solstice.
So there you have the Summer Solstice in a nut shell – if my sleep pattern is still the same in a few days I will be up to see the sun rise!
What a gorgeous sunset this evening. I was going to take my drone up, but I ran out of time today but instead I caught this most beautiful November sunset. Moments of pleasure instrumental by Kate Bush
Sunsets, sunsets and more sunsets! Hope you like these montages of sunsets over the past few weeks, They have been stunning, too early for me to be up at sunrise at the moment so sunsets will have to do for now! As the Sun is low on the horizon at sunrise & sunset, sunlight has…
Sorry for the silence but what a hot and sunny week this has been; of course now it is the weekend it’s gone cooler again! Have been very busy with work and the garden but I’ve got some stunning sunset shots. This is a quick phone shot, I’ll update with more later on.
It’s Sunday which means were looking back at memories, this time it’s summer flowers. Can you remember the hot sun shining on your face as you sit and watch the world go by? I can’t wait for those days to come again.
Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
Another beautiful cold and frosty day & another beautiful sunrise. January is turning out to be a month for stunning sunrises and sunsets.
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