Sunday 27 March 2016

Sunday 27.03.2016

Still wild this morning but bright and sunny,all light, shade and shapes in the woods, the same place but subtly different each time:




They say Storm Katie approaches this evening though maybe the south will get the worst of it.

For now the grey clouds are rolling in, it`s cold enough to light the fire and start thinking about getting the roast on. :)

Saturday 26 March 2016

Friday 25.03.2016

Woke up to a beautiful blue sky and sun, a real spring morning, so naturally waited until about 20 to 6 this evening by which time the clouds had moved in and a brisk March wind was blowing.........

However, it made for more interesting skies,


kept us moving along at a good lick and blew away the proverbial cobwebs.

Walks in the last fortnight have been on Bennachie, while dog/house-sitting, on sharp sunny mornings,



misty moisty days ,








making it to the top on clearer days







past some unidentifiable beasties......





and looking back at where we`d been,






always surprisingly pleasing and walks at lunchtime from work provided much the same satisfaction.









Clocks on tomorrow night so today augured well for the start of evening walks, even if in the gloaming we were clearly being spied on by UFOs........



Wednesday 9 March 2016

Wednesday 9.03.2016

Grey with a chance of blue;



rain with a chance of sun; green with a chance of the odd spot of snow. Milder though and birds busy - lark ascending and all that pastoral stuff.
Talking of which, just finished this,


described by Will Self in the Guardian as
"A lyrical, brave memoir. It's Liptrot's aptitude for marrying her inner-space with wild outer-spaces that makes her such a compelling writer"
Moving on to this next:

So many books, so little time. :)

Sunday 6 March 2016

Wednesday 2 March 2016

Wednesday 2.03.2016

It could make you dizzy: yesterday all gambolling lambs,daffodils and warm sun which dispersed all but the very last vestiges of the snow; this morning an icy wind though still sunny and bright.
Work later so we scuttled round the woods - where it was at least a bit warmer - and now it`s snowing again. Happy days. :)