Category: Photos

  • November Posy

    November Posy The weather forecasters are promising a drop in temperatures and frosts next week. This will put an end to some of the flowers still soldiering on in the garden, giving their all. We are usually lucky here: we live on a peninsula and so we’re surrounded by the sea; our frosts are mostly…

  • Llŷn Peninsula – cloud waves

    We had a very nice cloud formation this morning. Air currents had formed these pretty waves in the lower cloud. Here seen above Mynydd Rhiw looking south-west from where we live. And here looking south in the direction of Abersoch. And this slightly further west. It’s a dull day light-wise but we have some good…

  • Tarragon vinegar recipe

    My friend Emma has started Project Nosh to eat as many of the edible plants in her garden before she moves. One of the plants Emma wants ideas for is French tarragon (artemisia dracunculus). The dracunculus in the Latin name means ‘Little Dragon’, perhaps referring to the teeth like shape of the leaves or its…

  • Tree flowers and more, the forest garden in May

    It was a gorgeous summery morning yesterday. Many of the trees in our forest garden were looking gorgeous. Also the sound of the birds was incredible. We could hear grasshopper, sedge & willow warblers and chiff-chaffs back from their foreign trips. The insects were enjoying the tree flowers. So I decided to take a few…

  • Snowdonia snow and sun

    Snowdonia was beautiful wreathed in snow this morning as I travelled into town. So I stopped to take some pictures with my iPhone. The panorama extended all the way across Cardigan Bay down to mid-Wales. Glorious and another bonus after yesterday evening’s crepuscular ray sunset.

  • Llŷn Peninsula sunset – crepuscular rays

    Today started with high winds and snow. Nasty north-easterly winds that are not usual. So all sorts of things are blown into odd positions. After a few days where we did loads of work outside in shorts and t-shirts, it’s a bit nasty for the plants. In particular we have almond, buckthorn  and peach blossom…

  • Llŷn Peninsula sunset – glory after the fog

    The day started a bit murky here. And certainly further along the coast where we were for the main part of the day, the murk didn’t properly clear. This evening, on the end of the ‘Dragon’s Tail’ that is the Llŷn Peninsula we’re in a bowl of cloud. Facing west, we have this beautiful sunset.…

  • Llŷn Peninsula sunset and Wicklow Mountains

    A perfect end of daylight on our 23rd Wedding Anniversary. A gorgeous sunset. On the horizon on the right you can just see the silhouette of the Wicklow Mountains in Ireland. They’re a good 60 miles away, so the visibility is good. We like it here…

  • January flowers on the Llŷn Penisula

    Wandering through the garden today I was amazed at how much was in flower. We’ve had a really mild winter so far, but cold is on its way and some of these flowers will not survive. How many can you identify?