Shane and I were horrified to walk along our favourite lane on the hill and to find that the firestarter's had been along the lane the day before burning large areas of verge as they walked along.
Initially I looked at the damage with complete horror and then I found myself stopping and actually looking at the burned areas. I hate the smell of burned foliage. It is acrid. But I realised that when I looked close up at the burned areas it was actually truly beautiful.
I had photographed the beech leaves only a couple of weeks before covered in frost.
I liked looking at our shadows this morning on our walk. Shane has a particularly interesting shadow although quite tricky to get it from nose to tail.
Shane and I walked through the field this morning in the sunlight and were met by the horses who trotted across the field to us.
Shane and I were horrified to walk along our favourite lane on the hill and to find that the firestarter's had been along the lane the day before burning large areas of verge as they walked along.
The magpies have been a frequent visitor to the garden since last summer.
When I go out, I leave some breakfast outside for the cats so that I can set the alarm. The magpies sometimes do not even wait for the cats to vacate or even settle down on the chairs before they are helping themselves.
I took these photographs through the glass window of the conservatory. That's why there is a bit of fuzziness now and again.
