on a grey day

 24th Feb 2021, Warkworth, 4pm

Grey can be beautiful too.

no picnics

23rd Feb 2021, Alnmouth, 8am

A chilly wind whipped off the sea this morning.  Not a place to hang about for a picnic (even if it was allowed!)

The wind was whipping through the grass on the dunes. I thought I'd try to capture the movement of the grass. There's a lot of experimentation with settings for this kind of trick and which is 'best' is purely subjective.

 

colour to find

 20th Feb 2021, Warkworth, 9am

Not much colour around under grey skies but there were splashes of colour down on the sand if you looked closely enough.

quieter

 16th Feb 2021, Warkworth, 8am

No snow, calmer seas and warmer air.

snow melts

 15th Feb 2021, Longhorsley, 1pm

Valentine's flowers sat in front of me at the table so I needed to photograph them.

The thaw has arrived and it was like a spring day although the snow still lay thick on the ground.

15th Feb 2021, Alnmouth, 4pm

Over on the coast and there's no snow left.  In the bunkers on the golf course lie pools of frozen water that look out of place in the spring sunshine.

All these blue skies tempt you to imagine that it's spring but there's more winter to come I'm sure. 

It's wonderful to enjoy this weather after so many freezing days.

fun in the snow (continued)

14th Feb 2021, Longhorsley, 9am

The wind has blown drifts of powdery snow across the roads but these drifts were very deep and overnight they'd frozen into solid icy banks blocking the road.

Back home to cuddle and dry off in front of the fire

12th Feb 2021, Longhorsley, 1pm

More fun in the snow while it lasts...

 

a feast for the birds

 11th February 2021, Warkworth, 7:30am

Lots of litter and nature thrown onto the beach by recent easterly winds.

Th gulls filled the sunrise sky they were attracted by the free feast on the beach.

Snow on the beach is quite rare but you see it most winters.

I've never seen this before.

Where last night's high tide met the snow on the sand