Exhibition

From the 21st November to 3rd December i will be holding a exhibition along with my friend Nicola Mclean a very talented artist. The location is The Carre Gallery in Sleaford and will be open daily from 10am to 4pm. If you are in the area please drop by to take a look admission is free.

Puzzle Wood

After months of inactivity, last week made a trip to the Forest Of Dean with my daughter Rhiannon where we spent a magical time exploring Puzzle Wood.It is thought that J.R.R.Tolkien walked here and gained ideas for the woods and forests of middle Earth and once you visit it is easy to see why. Lichen covered rocks and twisted tree roots abound,while bird song is

filterd down from the overhanging canopy. a truly magical place.

Hare watching

Well, disappointing to report that i have been unable to undertake any photography during the last week, haven't even been able to visit Hare watching site.
Hoped this morning was going to dawn bright and clear but alas rain and leaden skies, went for a run with Indie instead through the woods. have added a pic that really follows on from the previous one i posted.

Hares

Spring is in the air out in the natural world, It maybe difficult to leave the warmth of home early on a cold February morning especially before it is even light! but the rewards can be high.
I made a couple of trips to one of my favourite Hare watching areas during the course of the last week to watch and see what was happening in the world of the Brown Hare and was rewarded with views of small groups of Hares interacting such as mate guarding,chasing and a little boxing going on.I am hoping for some bright cold mornings over the coming weeks to try to capture some new and exciting images of these beautiful and entrancing creatures.

Mallorca Trip

Recently spent a few days with friends at a festival in Mallorca,great fun as it was the St Antoni festival lots of bon-fires around the town on the Sunday evening. Monday was the main event with the blessing of peoples animals outside the local church everything from Horses,Dogs,Cats,Rabbits,Ferrets,Parrots,Goldfish to a flock of sheep came past.
The afternoon most of the town walked up into the hills behind the town to eat and drink free red wine supplied by the town council! A tree had been cut down and stripped of its branches, which was to be dragged back into town taking many hours,all the time locals were letting of fireworks(no health and safety here thankfully!)where it was erected and the locals tried to climb to the top of it to win a cash prize,we sat in a local bar and watched all the mayhem go on around us great fun.

Partial Eclipse

Took a peek out of my bedroom window around 6:45am and realised there was an outside chance that this mornings partial eclipse of the sun maybe visible as it rose above a nearby woodland.Walked with Indie to where i thought a good viewpoint maybe wanted to have a tree or two in the foreground to give the picture some depth, the dawn sky was spectacular and around 8:15 the Sun began to creep above the trees veiled by a thin layer of cloud that i feel added to the amazing site of the eclipse.Within an hour a we were engulfed by a short lived blizzard but by then i was back home with a hot cuppa and pics safely downloaded.