#30DaysWild – Day 24 – Spider at sunset

As it was blisteringly hot today, I didn’t venture out until late. I decided to take a drive with the car windows open, allowing the wind to cool me down. It wasn’t a long drive, but it was down the local country lanes. It was an exploration of sorts.

I passed a junction that went over an old stone bridge, it intrigue me. Only a few hundred meters down the road was a car park, so I pulled up and took a walk. The area was cool and had the fresh smell that a river has at the end of a hot summers day. Perfect!

Once on the bridge, I saw a hungry spider having a feast. Its web was covered in tiny flies, and the handsome predator was moving quickly from meal to meal. Behind the spider was the golden glow of the setting sun. Glorious!

National Meadows Day

In honour of National Meadows Day, I visited my favourite meadow at golden hour. It is beautiful place anytime of the day, but the light this evening made the wild flowers shine!

 

 

 

Just a quick message!

Just a quick message to wish everyone many magical moments with nature in 2017.

Brighton’s West Pier

Worcester in Flood 2016

I was back in Worcester for the day on Tuesday. I had a few moments to myself, and so seized the opportunity to witness the flood waters and the swans of the River Severn.

My 2015

My 2015 was a good year, it was also a very busy one!

Choosing a photograph per month to blog was both enjoyable and a challenge. It’s something I’ll be carrying through into 2016.

There were many other photographs that I loved to, so here are a few highlights .

Have a wonderful 2016 everyone!

 

My New Neighbourhood: Part 1

I’ve had a rather an exciting summer, moving to a new home 65 miles across the country! I now live in the Market Bosworth area and it’s a lovely place to live.
I have hedgehogs visiting my front garden, at least 5 different individual hogs come to munch on the bowls of mealworms that I leave out for them. I’m guessing they come from the beautiful allotments just down the road from me.

I’ve also got colony of sparrows and a flock of starlings visiting the bird feeders in my front garden. It’s wonderful to watch, but I do end up refilling the feeders every day!
In a hunt to find a top up bird seeds for those hungry birds, I found a lovely garden centre. In the warm sun, I balanced eating an ice cream with photographing these lovely butterflies!

On my way home from work one night I got a surprise, I came across a gathering of traction engines. So I had to stop and admired the incredible machines!

I had a bit of fun another evening, watched the Leicester Morrismen. A pint and a dance, a great evening!

The most random of moments happened a few weeks ago. When I opened the door to put out the hedgehog food, a large buzzing beastie flew over my head. Turned out to be a Large Elephant Hawk-moth. A most welcome and colourful house guest!

My last photo for this blog is a rather stunning sunset taken on my way home from work one evening. I couldn’t resist stopping to admire these fiery streaks of colours.