13/12/10 - Roost

Roost

Just a small portion of a vast roost of crows silhouetted against a very, very grey sky

13/11/10 - Optimism

Optimism

Solar panels on east facing roof in beautiful downtown Loughborough ... seen in against a clear blue sky and ... weak sunshine!

07/11/10 - Calke Abbey

Calke Abbey

Seen from the lakeside walk ... all boarded up for the winter ... sky grey/blue, 6 deg C

06/11/10 - River Soar

River Soar

Near Normanton on Soar on a wonderful November morning, blue sky, sun shining as best it could, a riverside walk of 11 K

26/10/10 - Triple Moon

Triple Moon

As I opened the curtains to look at the moon I got this strange triple view due I think, to the double glazing on the window.

25/10/10 - Vapour Trail

Vapour Tail

06.00 ... the, now not full, moon in a frost morning sky lights up a vapour trail at about 36000 feet

22/10/10 - Slowly, silently now the moon ...

Slowly, silently now the moon ...

The moon, big and bright ... looking south ...

Silver:

Slowly, silently, now the moon
Walks the night in her silver shoon;
This way, and that, she peers, and sees
Silver fruit upon silver trees;
One by one the casements catch
Her beams beneath the silvery thatch;
Couched in his kennel, like a log,
With paws of silver sleeps the dog;
From their shadowy coat the white breasts peep
Of doves in a silver-feathered sleep;
A harvest mouse goes scampering by,
With silver claws, and silver eye;
And moveless fish in the water gleam,
By silver reeds in a silver stream.

- Walter de la Mare

20/10/10 - Oak

Oak

Still in full leaf in spite of being exposed out on the top of a hill ... beautiful day, sun shining and blue sky ... cold wind

19/10/10 - Autumn evening clouds

Autumn evening clouds

A strange yellow light developed as the cloud grew and grew ... a pending storm, and cold.

04/10/10 - Nights are drawing in

Nights are drawing in

... but the wonderful clarity in the sky means that the frost and mist will be there in the morning

07/09/10 - The last of summer?

The last of summer

Whispy mare's tail in a clear blue sky ... perhaps the last of summer?

03/08/10 - Red sky at night

Red sky at night

Evening sky over Guinicourt near Reims ... and it did rain next day

25/07/10 - From a distance

From a distance
Clear blue sky but the clouds are gathering

23/07/10 - Long sky

Long sky
The clouds were just there waiting ... It didn't take long for the rain to come

22/07/10 - Night falls

Night falls
Red sky at night, shepherds' delight ...

11/02/10 - What a difference a day makes !

What a difference a day makes!

The snow is still there as powder on the grass but the sun is out in a blue sky though there are ominous clouds still.