Shiver Me Timbers

A Cold and Frosty January Morning 2016

Shiver me timbers!  A sharp frost lent a silver light to the world this morning.  I couldn’t resist going out to capture it.

Remnants of Summer

Remnants of Summer – Honesty

Remnants of Summer – Seedpods

Remnants of Summer – Crab Apples

Remnants of Summer – Chinese Lanterns

Yesterday I went in search of Spring.  And came home with the remnants of Summer.

I did find evidence of the new season, but what really caught my attention was the beauty of the plant fruits from last summer.  It was as if Mother Nature was purposely making them hang on in there until Spring boldly marches in to replace them with fresh new beauty.   Such is the annual cycle.

It seems appropriate to me to show full appreciation for the beauty of last summer, autumn and winter, before getting completely wrapped up in the joyful new splendour about to spring upon us.

Winter Snow

Winter Snow

Winter Snow

Winter Snow

Winter Snow

Winter Snow

Winter in the country with lots of pristine snow to crunch through; shots taken early February 2015.

Sticky Teasels

Sticky Teasels

Sticky Teasels

Sticky Teasels

Found overhanging a rural lake – sticky winter teasels.

Cold and Frosty Morning

Frosty morning

Frosty morning

Frosty morning

These images were taken late November 2014 – the first really frosty morning we had this winter.

Frosty Sheep

Frosty Sheep

This lovely looking sheep was curious about me and my camera, until the shutter started to click – then she and her pals shot off to the other end of the frosty meadow.  I liked that she had frost on her coat – it didn’t seem to bother her though.

Old Tin Tabernacle

Old Tin Tabernacle

This disused Primitive Methodist Church in rural Lincolnshire is an abandoned relic, an old tin tabernacle.  It glows pink in the sunlight and locally has the name “The Little Pink Church”.  It looked beautiful when captured with its light dusting of winter snow.

Snowy Tuesday

Snowy Tuesday

Crikey, we’ve actually had some real snow.  It’s beautiful and transforms the world.