Couple of snails

 Spotted while out on the walk the other day.

Some wild flower spots

 Taken while out on a walk.

High altitude clouds

 Looking straight up on a walk to the shop.

The thin whispy clouds are Cirrocumulus. There's also some irridesence visible where the sun shows in the shot.

Cirrus clouds

 Couple of shots of these high, thin wispy clouds.

May's Flower

 A spot of Hawthorn blossom in a Privet hedge.

Cowslips

 These were found growing in a verge by the side of a footpath near a main road. I'm used to seeing them growing in the wild!

The name Cowslip is said to derive from Cow's slop because it is often found growing near cow dung.

Wildflower Spots

 Spotted while walking the dog. 

Wild Garlic (Allium ursinum) and Garlic Mustard (Alliaria petiolata) 

Phone shots

Fluffy clouds

 Nice clusters of cumulus clouds against a hot blue sky

Spring Stars

 Lesser Celandine in mono, taken with my phone.

Spring doing its thing

 

A few phone shots taken in April '22

Hawthorn blossom

 From a walk the other day. It rained heavily later while I was still out!

Spring cherry tree

 Spring is in the air

While out on a walk I looked up under this cherry tree, and squinted at the image on my phone screen.

Jumping Spider

 I so love these little guys 

Bracket Fungi

Found on a little walk today through Brinkburn Nature Reserve, Darlington, taken with my phone.

Wet Sky

Went out for a walk with my daughter on Saturday and it poured down all day. Till we got home...typical. Got some good shots though, including this lovely Stratocumulus cloud.

Canon 30D, EF 75-300

Help...me...

After photographing some clothing at Oxfam the other day I happened across this arrangement of mannequin parts, and I thought it looked a little creepy,  so I got a photo with my phone.

No Entry

A close up abstract view of the garden shed.
Canon 30D +Vivitar 19-35 zoom.

Inside an icon of Spring!

My partner Helen brought some daffs home for young Katie and I thought, ooh, photo ops! And so..... I thought I'd get a close look at those inner parts, and so I reverse mounted a 50mm lens onto the macro lens to get me to 2X (ish). In this shot the petals were touching the rear lens mount of the 50, so that set my close limit! Canon 10D Vivitar/Cosina 100mm macro lens Pentax SMC 50mm f1.7 reversed

Hedgehog in the garden

Well I say in the garden, he was actually near the back door step! I let the dog out and wondered why she was hesitating. I went to get her and came across this big pig!
First time I've ever been able to get a good hedgepig shot!
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Wood Avens

Also known as Herb Bennet, this is a wild flower in the Rose family  that seems to like my garden! Its a sprawling low growing plant with these tiny yellow flowers that are less than the size of a penny. These are follwed by seedheads that are like burrs that catch on your socks as you walk through the grass.
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