Sunday 2 December 2012

An afternoon walk in Stonehaven

This afternoon we had a drive to Stonehaven then walked around the harbour.

With the colour of the sky it could look like  a summers day but it was a cold, frosty day and a bit slippery under foot.

Here are some photos.

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Saturday 24 November 2012

A Frosty Morning’s Walk

Woke to a bright and frosty but chilly morning but great weather for walking and taking pictures.

Come walk the frosty path at Murton Nature reserve with me.

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These were taken from one of the Hides

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  A frosty bench

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A busy flight path

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Tuesday 20 November 2012

Some of my orchids

I have been growing Orchids now for a few years and first got interested in them when my husband took a box of them home from a Singapore trip.
I was surprised to see how long Stemmed Orchids lasted. It was about 6-8 weeks.
I don’t buy cut flowers anymore and instead buy an Orchid plant. Now I am happy to say that I have mastered the art of orchids in rebloom mode.
This is one of my Dendodriums with a new flower stem growing.
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This was a cutting I took.
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Another Dendodrium. It is interesting to see the colour change on the foliage of this one.
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Finally my new Orchid that I bought at the weekend.
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Sunday 18 November 2012

A Day in the Life

My morning started off with a wonderful walk on a chilly but beautiful frosty morning in Caddam Woods, Kirriemuir.

Enjoy walking with me as I share some photos.

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Fungi of some description. It is definitely not frost. Can anyone identify it?

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Some Geese overhead on their way South.

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A frosty seat

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A frozen puddle.

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Sure woody woodpecker has been here

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Some more fungi starting to grow. 

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This also looks like some sort of fungus growing on the tree. 

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  The field still had some frost on it.

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After this walk we went home for a hot drink to cosy up.

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We continued our day with a drive to Glamis and then did a walk around the grounds followed by lunch in Glamis Castle Restaurant and then another walk.

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The start of our walk.

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A tall and unusual tree.

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Princess Margaret’s Memorial

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 This is a Magnolia called Princess Margaret, I will need to go back to see it in Bloom in the Spring.

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The picturesque Glamis Castle on a perfectly blue sky day.

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And the sun sets on a wonderful day…

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Thursday 15 November 2012

Garden weather change

I just had a wee stroll to check on plants. There is still a wee bit of foliage colour but it will soon be gone. I will just share with some photos in this blog.

A clematis still in bloom and lots of buds.

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Lost its leaves now

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