Snowdrop day

Snowdrop day at Burford Priory, a calming place to be for someone wasted from pneumonia.

Cotswold meltwater

Cotswold meltwater makes a lake district around Burford.   This from the snowdrop day at the Priory.

Shipton cut off!

Unfortunately sick as a parrot for duration of snow so only got some basic shots, more for the record.

Spider’s haw

Freezing fog hanging around the SE of England for days now and the spiders are making merry.   Haw, haw, haw.

Atleechnya Autumn

I’ve been missing these colours after 6 years in Australia. Dulux suede effects paint on the feature walls helps, but I prefer it natural. Only 2 weeks long this year was the autumn. How will climate change affect the seasons. Vibrant autumnal colours are normally associated with lots of sun & low temperatures. I guess as climate chnage kicks in we’ll have more things to worry about than the colours of autumn .

Summer sun and dark skies

Bailing the straw.   We stopped for a few minutes to enjoy the fantastic light and texture.   Truly the ‘golden hour’

Onlookers

Youngsters enjoying the specatcle. The flag on the shirt is an England one. Symbolised our public apathy in the face of a war to which we are contributing, massively.

Two sides of society

People protesting the invasion and destruction of Lebanon, others working Saturday,  marketing expensive real estate. Shop windows are excellent for conveying multiple stories in an image.

My Govt Stinks

Waiting for the ‘Peace in Lebanon’ rally to start last Saturday, this individual probably symbolised the feeling of many a concerned citizen. Pissed off and powerless at the sanctimonious bullshit and sheer arrogance of the Bliar cabal. Many feel reduced to protest for their own sense of self-worth. Yet the events of today are built on organisation of the last 20 years or so. It’s a bit late to have much affect on today, but we can hope to stop disasters for ~20 years in the future.   It’s all about getting organised.

We may be rearranging the chairs on the Titanic of course if we don’t deal with climate change.

Snow etching

View from Striding Edge to Red Tarn, Helvellyn.   Etching the hills, flattening the moors, exposing the streams.   Abstract balance in nature is everywhere you look, made overt by light snow falls.   I wish there was a group of walkers to give it perspective, but in an abstract form , it’s pleasent enough