today in the garden

 reaching for the sky

lily

This is the first lily I've grown, wish I could capture the fragrance.

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first blackberries

The first few blackberries are ripening but its early yet and all stages of the flowers and fruit are here at the same time.

There is  the delicate pink blossom

buzzing with bees

the small green berries

red berries

and finally a few ripe ones. Autumn is on its way.

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summer by the canal

The weather has been warm and sunny, perfect for a leisurely walk.

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night sky

We drove a couple of miles to an area away from houses to look for shooting stars. Unfortunately the clouds moved in to cover the sky and we saw very few stars let alone shooting ones! We were also a bit early at just before 10pm when the peak meteor rate would have been after midnight.

I took photographs anyway, putting my camera on the ground for stability and using a long shutter speed. Amazing to find that the grey sky turned a deep blue in the pictures and that some stars were visible. The orange line in the last picture was a chinese lantern that some people nearby released. I hadn't seen one before and was surprised how quickly it rose in the sky and then drifted over my camera.

For the August Break 2012

in the woods

for the August Break 2012