up and away

10th August 2015, Christon Bank, 6am


Lovely morning Time for the sheep to get up and get out of the way. They like to sleep on the bridleway...

10th August 2015, Newton Point, 5pm

Nice and bright down at Football Hole. Nothing like an afternoon shower to clear the beach. It was good to have time to use the real camera (instead of the phone)

looking up or looking down?

3rd August 2015, Christon Bank, 6am

Nice morning for a stroll down to the woods...

3rd August 2015, Newton Point, 5pm

Lying here looking at the sky I wonder if the view is the same from space looking down to the ocean through the cloud?

7th August 2015, Howick Shore, 7pm


Last rays of sun. What photographers call 'the golden dog hour'

8th August 2015, Newton Links, 7am


A big empty beach this morning We plodged in the waves, ran around the sand and chased up and down the dunes then went home from breakfast...

same old

1st August 2015, Low Newton, 6am

Daisy's favourite spot to view the comings and goings on the golf course...

The meadowsweet in full bloom - I can't resist this shot (every year!)

Dogs old and new

This is what photography means to me:


We all breathe the same air but most hurry by.
If you let yourself be aware
Of where you are
And what you see around you,
And if you smell the grass and listen to the trees.
And if you taste the wind and feel the touch of the rain.
And if you let yourself acknowledge how this touches you inside.
Only then will you truly see the photograph
And you will know the art of photography


20th July 2015, Embleton Bay, 5pm

Guest whippet Zak - very muscly and newly rehomed by friends of ours. Lovely dog.

24th July 2015, Embleton Bay, 6am

The Skaith - I've recently learned that the name refers to all the marshy area, not just the water.

25th July 2015, Low Newton, 7am

There are people who come here and leave behind them a mermaid in the sand
These people are welcome back anytime

27th July 2015, Embleton Bay, 6pm

Daisy's hairy sister Bess.

31st July 2015, Low Newton, 6am

In bed at 1am after Rothbury Roots but up at 6am as the beach was calling...

mixed weather

13th July 2015, Christon Bank, 6am

Damp dog in the woods

Walked, dried, fed Now back to Zzzz

13th July 2015, Newton Point, 6pm

Rain on the wild flowers

Today's rain was soft and beautiful
Did you hear the gentle sound as it met the earth?
A million raindrop jewels
On grasses bowing their heads low
As if embarrassed to be so transformed
And to have beauty so bestowed
When they'd rather reach for the sun

14th July 2015, Low Newton, 6am

A portrait of the clouds

15th July 2015, Football Hole, 5pm

iphone panorama of the beach.

16th July 2015, Newton Point, 5pm

On the shore

17th July 2015, Football Hole, 5pm

Along the sand. Me and the dog

orchids

12th July 2015, Newton Links, 6am

Orchids and sundry other wild flowers in the dunes.

things

28th June 2015, nr Hexham

Daisy and a poppy

1st July 2015, Christon Bank 6am

bracket fungus

3rd July 2015, Howick shore, 6pm

Howick shore panorama

3 backlit things

10th July 2015, Newton Point, 5pm

Not interested in watching Murray get knocked out of Wimbledon so me and Daisy went to the beach.  Daisy's had a week of stitches after being bitten last weekend.  She's desperate to get off the lead - maybe tomorrow...