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Rising Green | Glasgow, 2014
A quick post with a picture taken at a friend’s place last week in Glasgow 🙂
Bennan Hill and the Pig-Sheep | Scotland, 2014
Sunny weather, many sheep (including some pig-sheep – see the below 😐 ), some beautiful Scottish landscapes and the company of great friends – what else could you ask for on a Sunday hike? 🙂
Sunday at Bennan Hill, near Straiton, Scotland.
White, the black cat & Sunset Magnolia | Glasgow, 2014
Details from the walk home earlier today, enjoying the beautiful sunset.
Fairy Pools | Isle of Skye, Scottish Highlands, 2014
We spent a long weekend on the Isle of Skye, enjoying some of the Scottish Highland’s most beautiful scenery. The weather was against us for much of the trip, providing drab, overcast conditions mosts of the time. Additionally, it was very windy (I write that in italics as, as a result of the wind, we hiked with a slant most of the time 😀 ), which combined with heavy, sideways (fairly normal in Scotland!) rain, proved tiring while hiking. We did several hikes which we thoroughly enjoyed though, including this hike around the Fairy Pools in Glen Brittle, near the west coast of Skye. At the end of the hike, we were drenched almost from head to toes – there was so much water in one of the rivers we couldn’t avoid but step right into it in order to cross it -, but luckily I was able to keep the camera dry and capture some pictures of several of the stunning waterfalls in the area.
Ten birds from today | Glasgow, 2014
Spent some time in the park today, enjoying brief moments of sunshine while taking some pictures (trying out a new lens – I’m pretty pleased 🙂 ). As per usual, the weather was very variable, and it was very windy as well, sometimes making it difficult to hold the camera still. Here are some of the best shots I took of some of the birds I encountered.
Cherry Blossom Snow (and the Abandoned Buggy) | Glasgow, 2014
Spring is arriving, but in a manner typical to Glasgow: most days are dark and gloomy, and still cold. Even so, colour is slowly shooting back into trees – flowers and leaves are gradually emerging. Some Cherry Blossoms appeared on trees in Kelvingrove Park about 2 weeks ago.
On a quick visit to the park this week, on one of these ‘Glaswegian spring’ days, the wind was blowing many blossoms off the trees – it almost seemed as if it was snowing cherry blossoms (or as if autumn was starting over again).
Sea of Lavender | Ireland, 2012
Looking through my old(er) pictures, I found this. Taken on a gorgeous, sunny day in Dublin, Ireland, while visiting a great friend 🙂
Waterfall | Volcán Barú National Park, Panama
While in Panama, we spent 1 afternoon and 1 night in the Volcán Barú National Park, which neighbours La Amistad International Park, a park spanning across the Panama-Costa Rica border. We would all like to have stayed longer as the area was very beautiful, with amazing landscapes and (near-)pristine forest. Reaching the area is quite difficult, and the last part involved driving for about 40 minutes along the roughest road I’ve ever been on in a car (which the tractor (!), on the way up, and 1980s Toyota Land Cruiser, on the way down, could only handle at a lowly pace of ~5km/h). We arrived quite late in the afternoon, and only had time for a 1-hour long hike. This gave us a good taste of the impressive nature though.
This waterfall was one of about 3 we saw on our short hike, but also the one I liked most. If you pay close attention, you can just about make out the muddy path on which we walked, coming down along the rocks and over the branches at the top right of the picture. I’m pretty happy with how this picture turned out, particularly considering it was getting quite dark and that the picture was taken handheld at a slow shutter speed.
As always, comments welcomed!
Holy Rainbow | Glasgow, 2014
Yesterday, the weather was a prime example of how variable the weather in Scotland can be: rain, followed by sun, followed by heavy rain and wind, followed by sun, … you get the picture 😉 On the way home, heavy rain fell while the sun was shining brightly. Moments later, the rain was gone, and what was left behind me was this gorgeous (at the time) double rainbow. As I reached Great Western Road, the rainbow was perfectly positioned behind the church. It always amazes me how few people bother stopping (even for 15s) to admire sights like these.
I wish I’d had a proper camera with me, but didn’t unfortunately, so I took these with a smartphone. First post with smartphone pictures…
Comments greatly welcomed 🙂
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Bribri the Hummingbird | California, 2013
Hummingbirds can be very territorial, aggressively chasing away other hummingbirds that enter their ‘territory’. ‘Bribri’ was a very territorial female Anna’s hummingbird that actively tried to defend what she believed was part of her territory – the hummingbird feeder we placed outside where we stayed in San Diego. She would sit on a branch with sight of the feeder, and quickly attempt to chase away any other hummingbird that approached the feeder. After a long weekend away, we never saw her again. We believe she may have had some illness or infection (possibly Avian Pox), as a growth could be seen extending over part of her beak.
Comments always welcomed 🙂
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