Tuesday, 3 November 2009

Watery Wednesday: The Braid River

The last of my autumn pictures from the Hermitage of Braid; as nice as it is, I probably won't be back until winter is well settled in.


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More watery shots can be found here, at the home of this meme!

A study in brown/feather down

I can't quite remember where I was when I took these photographs - it was possibly the Botanic Gardens, where brown is in fashion just now:

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Thursday, 29 October 2009

Autumn Along the Wall

This is the Antonine Wall and ditch near Falkirk:

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antonine ditch and trunks



The Roman legions - much as I like to romanticise them - deforested much of the area around their wall. But it is all over autumn now; trees and leaves, mud and roots.


ferns and trunk

oak leave and droplets

to the south of the wall



And with this post I'd like to thank The Wildlife Gardener for awarding the "One Lovely Blog" award to my blog! Please do pay a visit to her delightful wildlife haven!


droplet on twig

A bit of an overdose of autumnal pictures today as I won't be online at all this weekend :)

Tuesday, 27 October 2009

Watery Wednesday: Hurrying through another rainy day

A dreich day in Edinburgh.


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Up the Playfair Steps...



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...unto the Royal Mile...



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...heading home.

It is a wet day (in a good way) everyday at the home of this meme!

Sunday, 25 October 2009

Camera Critters: Golden Mantella Frogs

I was quite taken by these brilliant orange frogs; they made my visit to the aquarium this weekend worthwhile:

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For more critter captures, please visit the home of this meme!

Monochrome Theme: Winter Time on the Clocks

I caught this picture on Friday at the Hermitage of Braid, just in time for Hallowe'en:


Owl and bat on sundial
More monochromes can be found here, at the home of this meme!