new normal

 2nd March 26, Warkworth, 10am

Getting back to the new normal.

Thank goodness for little Ruby who makes it all easier.

gone but not forgotten

 28th Feb 2026, Bumpy Road, 10am

We scattered the ashes of our beautiful Henry today at his favourite beach for swimming and playing.

It's a cruel world sometimes to lose a wee pal when he was only half way through his life.

There was the lightest shower of rain for just a few seconds as we laid him to rest.  So beautiful.

RIP Henry

28th Feb 2026, Rothbury, 5pm

Beautiful light shone across the land as we walked and exchanged memories and tears.

from the hills to the sea

 14th Feb 26, Rothbury, 9am

The first blue sky day for a long time.

Unfortunately I was in a black and white mood...

14th Feb 26, Warkworth, 4pm

High cloud has drifted over us now.  

A prelude to the snow and rain 

That has been foretold. 

In winter, we can only be grateful 

For a briefly bright respite 

And bid farewell to the fading blue 

As it dissipates over the horizon

21st Feb 25, Warkworth

Recent storms have revealed a layer of purple sand.  Animal, vegetable or mineral?

22nd Feb 26, Simonside,

Ruby's first unassisted walk up Simonside (last time she was carried part of the way)

23rd Feb 26, Hauxley

25th Feb 26, at home

Across the rooftops 

and through the wires 

I can see a line of sea 

and, today, 

the sunrise.

25th Feb 26, Bamburgh Castle

Patterns in the mosses and lichens of the old walls.

27th Feb 26, Bamburgh Castle

Just a beautiful morning but then a fulmar passed by...

flotsam

 7th Feb 26, Warkworth, 9am

The grey weather continues.  We've had weeks of persistent easterly winds which I have never known here before.

The amount of litter on the beach is shocking but some of it is photogenic.

after the rainy season

 1st Feb 26, Simonside, 9am

A misty start but brightened up a bit.

After several weeks of rainy days this was like spring

 1st Feb 26, Alnmouth, 3pm

A very pleasant end to the day.  After so many gloomy days, you could finally see the later sunset.

misty, moss and lichens

 18th Jan 26, Rothbury, 9am

A misty day of mosses and lichens.

happy by the sea

 14th Jan 26, Buston, 8am

Just before sunrise, on my way to the dunes and the high clouds are painted with light and colour. 

Later, down on the beach, I will always appreciate these moments of Northumbrian solitude and beauty. 

best before

 8th Jan 25, Warkworth, 8:15am

Fifteen minutes til sunrise and the sky has got the best colour.  It's often the way.

The sun allowed the colourful sky and stormy sea to take centre stage until she eventually appeared quietly from the wings from behind a shapely cloud.

beach icicles

 6th Jan 26, Hauxley, 9am

The coast and its environs were all frozen but the spring tide had defrosted the actual beach.

snowy lock in

 5th Jan 2026, Longhorsley, 8am...

Heavy snow meant we didn't venture far from the house.

I went back out.  Just me and the camera