Assorted Blossoms

 

Elegant Orange Blossom. . . .

Beautiful Apple Blossom. . . .

And the Cherry Blossom. . . .

More from the Garden

 

Pansies. . .

Blue Bell’s. . .

 

Grape Hyacinths. . .

Forget-me-nots. . . .

Ferns & shrubs all showing signs of life. . .

Porlock Wier

On Easter Sunday, following my walk on the Quantocks, I travelled  further on to Porlock Weir on the North coast of South West England.

         Porlolck Weir  is a very small village, which offers an anchorage  for boats while not in use.   Transformed some of the photos into black & white, which I think adds to the character & atmosphere of the picture captured.               

 

The collage below captures some of the coastline & village taken from the pebbled beach.

Swell Woods, Nature Reserve

 

Easter Monday, we visited Swell Woods, a Nature Reserve on the edge of the Somerset Levels.    As we parked up in the car park, many bird feeders were scattered in this area with Blue tits, Great tits & Nuthatches feeding frequently & consistently, allowing us to take our photos.

 

The Reserve had much to explore, with a circular woodland walk. . . .

Although the weather was a lovely day, maybe slightly chilly, the ground underfoot became rather different, but we did accomplish to do the full walk.

At one view point, we were able to look out over Sedgemoor, part of the Somerset Levels.

 

 

The woodland walk had much evidence of Fungi, wild flowers, lichens, pine cones, & even stray bird feathers. . .

One of the attractions to this reserve is the Herons that are taking up residence & nesting in the woodland, something which can be viewed from the specific Bird Hide that overlooks this.

Unfortunately, even though we had a good view point, & we had zoom lenses, the photos could not give us the close ups we would have liked.   But, it was interesting to watch their activities high up in the treetops.

A lovely afternoon, but still much more to explore, so we’ll be back!

100th Post

This is my 100th Posting! 

 Amazed, as this has been quite a journey since  my blog began  last July.

I’ve thoroughly enjoyed progressing with all the post I’ve composed.

 

It’s made me far more aware of  everything I would usually take for granted,

 or not even take a second glance at sometimes.

  I think I’m much more appreciative of nature & certainly of my cameras!

Now, I am usually taking a camera with me at all times,

 as I’ve realised that you never now when it’s going to be needed.

A special friend of mine,
 gave me his DSLR Canon camera,
 as he was updating his before Christmas,
which I well appreciated!

So, as it was my 50th birthday this year,

 I treated myself to a Macro lens  to use with it.

I certainly have not looked back. 

  I am really enjoying photographing what interest me,

and look forward to going to new places,

 besides exploring my immediate surroundings.

 

I have also thoroughly enjoyed following other blogs. 

  I feel they offer other insights, 

 full of inspiration & friendship. 

  Long may this continue!

 

Thank You all for leaving your kind comments,

 I may not always acknowledge these comments,

 but I do  sincerely appreciate them!

Warm Shades

Beautiful Flowering Currant, a surperb show of colour.

Below, a lovely shade for the Camilla.

An absolutely stunning spectaclular for flower & colour combination

 for this time of year.

And what's this!?! A flower?

No, it's actually the flowerhead of a vegetable,

 Purple Sprouting.

Amazingingly,

 this is also outstanding!

Rural Viewing

Dunster is overlooked & dominated by its Castle,

which has been connected with the Luttrell family for centuries.

The castle, which originates from Saxon times,

 is now run by the National Trust.

The views from the castle grounds,

 boasts views of countryside comprising of open fields,

 woodland, hills & even the coast.

 The castle grounds has a host of trees,

 ranging from ancient Oaks to Fir trees laden with oversized cones.

I wonder how long they've been here?