black and blue

25th August 11, Newton Links, 7pm

A rare evening walk and Daisy's 3rd walk of the day. As is the way, the sky changed slowly as we walked from the last blues of the day to the first blacks of the night.

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Happy Families

23rd August 11, Boulmer, 4pm

The shore North of Boulmer is fairly bleak, especially at low tide when there's a vast expanse of flat, weedy rocks. This is a much loved area for folk who gather something from the rocks for reasons outside of my knowledge - fishing bait, seafood?

Inspired by chatting to a couple of artists on Twitter yesterday I've taken a slightly abstract approach to the shore.

...and then I came across this happy family. Regular readers of my blog will know how much I appreciate it when visitors leave art behind them. Isn't it great?

PS there's a bit more to this creation than I've photographed - you'll have to get on your bike and find it for yourself to see that...!

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romp and contemplate

23rd August 11, Newton Links, 8am

Thanks to all for birthday wishes via Facebook and Twitter - very touching and oh so a la mode!

I was brought a rabbit from the garden for my birthday at 7:30 this morning. No pictures were taken of the 'rabbit incident' and we'll move on...

Daisy joined me for my birthday walk on the beach and it was blissful.

While I walked, Daisy had a romp in the waves...

...then contemplated the view for a while....

...and so did I.

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no poser

21st August 11, Newton Point, 5pm

On Sunday morning I'd photographed two lovely dogs (click this link) but it's harder to photograph your own dog.

First she wouldn't look at the camera...

...then she turned round with her eyes shut! Uncooperative hound.

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first light

20th August 11, Embleton Bay, 6am

Up early as I noticed the sunrise out the window.

It's the first time I've seen colour in the morning sky for a few months and it reminds me of what a great season autumn is....

The first view is from The Sportsman's Hotel terrace

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ominous

19th August 11, Christon Bank, 6pm

En route to the pub I got stuck at the level-crossing and noticed I was surrounded by these amazing cloudscapes.

A few raindrops were starting to zing to earth as the barriers went up but these clouds seem to threaten more than rain...

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flat calm

19th August 11, Howick Coast, 8am

A fine, peaceful morning down at Howick with the sea flat calm.

The 'stone-age' hut has now been demolished completely and is missing from the skyline.

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