Autumn Spider, water droplets and a Fly

A spider on a fading rose in my small Bedfordshire garden at the end of October

There had been rain overnight and the suns rays were caught by the water droplets on this leaf.



Then amongst the water droplets, I spotted a fly waiting for the sun to warm it up







London - Sky Umbrellas in Autumn

A selection of photographs of a yard between Stoney Street and Park Street behind Borough Market.

 

Colourful Umbrellas...

......reflected in a puddle with autumn Plane Tree leaves.





 

A visitor admires the spectacle....

 

....missing the almost abstract reflections

 

...but enjoying the umbrellas above.





Scotland - Houses with Views & Unusual Sheep Family

Houses with wonderful views

Overlooking Cul Mor, Stac Polly and Cul Beag and Assynt

The house sitting under Quinag

And an unusual family of sheep sitting on the beach at Clashnessie

Scotland - Beautiful Clashnessie Bay Pt 2

 

More views of the beach in June

 

Rockpool, sea and sky

 

Sea Snails brushing aside the thin coating of sand on a rock in a pool, leaving a trail of their trips.

 

The intricate pattern of ripples of a shallow stream crossing the sand frozen by the camera



Scotland - Beautiful Clashnessie Bay Pt 1

Beautiful Clashnessie Bay in June

 

A cloud marked sky, shining wet sand and colourful sea

 

Common Gulls riding the waves...

 

...feeding in the seaweed at the edge of the sea at low tide...

 

...and moving off down the beach. 



Scotland - Assynt Wildlife and Sea

More from June 2012, a grey day in Assynt.

 

A Common Sandpiper

An inlet from Enard Bay

Strange bubbles reaching the surface in the same inlet



A Red Deer Hind











Spiderman Running and Friends

A few photos taken one dull morning in my accommodation in Scotland in June.

 

A spider spinning on a thread for a second looks like a running man carrying some sticks.

Midges that got inside.  Apparently there are at least 10 thousand species of midge.  Which one these are I have no idea.

One of the many species of Crane Fly, or the Daddy Long Legs of my childhood.







London - Different Views

 

Recent photos across the roof tops of London

Chimney stacks and pots casting shadows in Southwark on a bright morning

 

The railway approach to Cannon Street Bridge and Railway Station with the City buildings beyond

 

Different building facades at Southwark



Scotland - Ardmair Thrush & Sea Views

Back to June in Scotland

 

 A calm morning at Ardmair looking across the bay to Isle Martin and Ben Mor Coigach - A beautiful sky

 

A Song Thrush that was tamed by mealworms



 

The evening sky across the bay taken at 11:30 pm BST.  The light hardly went out of the sky later.









 

September Swans

A selection of photos mainly taken into the sun of a family of Mute Swans on the Grand Union Canal.  After so many local swan's nests were flooded this year, it was good to see this family had four surviving cygnets.