Category: Nature
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The Lions of the Grinds
So there I was, at the old Stone Gateway at the far end of the Grinds, face to face with a pair of lions. They didn’t seem to be particularly bothered that I was there, instead they sat, staring forwards… well one sat, the other lay. If they didn’t blink on the odd occasion, I’d…
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Creepy!
Can you see it? Creeping about? Here’s the colour-popped version of the picture. Any clearer? Here’s a slightly different angle. The shadow should give it away. This chap was minding his own business until I spotted him creeping hither and thither… having my mobile phone with me, I had to take a shot or two…
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One Minute Ramble: Nature in close-up
I was wondering what to post today, when I noticed this chap perched without a care in the world on top of the iron gate. Aha! I thought… a nature-photo post: He must be a celebrity ladybird as he turned to face the camera – well, mobile phone – once he realised what I was…
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Lights and Sounds in Eerie Wood
Stars shine brightly through the canopy of branches, leafless on a warm Summer’s evening. The ground around is parched and dry, yet the trees, all of these trees in this wood, look more suited to a Winter’s scene. There are leaves, scattered here and there, but they are outnumbered by the volume of stars above…
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Enchantment
Hypnotised, mesmerised, mystified.Caught within an Enchanted GlenImaginary beings appearThen disappear again. A melodic siren-songIs carried on the windWhich fades away to silenceAnd gently starts again. The chirping of the birds aboveBlend with the trickle of the streamSunbeams cascade through the treesThis appears to be a dream. A bumblebee flies by my earAnd then off into…
