Cygnus update and other stuff. July 2014

I've been taking a few short walks this week.

Here's a few of the pictures I've taken.

Over on Blairmount Pond  the cygnet's are doing fine.

The ducks get short shrift from the swan parents if they get too close.

A chaffinch poses for a picture.

Flowers bloom in the gardens by the memorial to Randolph,9th Earl of Galloway.

A young family by the riverside.

This one goes walkabout.

Liz Niven poetry

summer cree

river traffic buzzes

mayfly, dragonfly, dipper

ripple-arc surfaces

swallows water-pattern weave

Japanese Knotweed

kimonos the earth

spring cree

Galloway greens again

the river silvered with

white eggs, sharp scent of cucumber

sweet vernal grass

vanillas air

hope buds like catkins

The riverside.

A wren at the Wood of Cree.

The Otter Pool

(That looks like a heron at the far end)

A long zoom gets the picture.

Too late to photograph the otter that put in a fleeting appearance.

A quiet pool by the burn at the Wood of Cree car park.

Zoomed in and enhanced, the Cumbrian Mountains from Baldoon.

Another full zoom towards Workington and Whitehaven.

Yacht sails perhaps (they were moving around), strange how they appear to be floating above the shimmer.

Mochrum Loch.

The Old Place of Mochrum built in 1368.

Home until her death in 2005 of Miss Flora Stuart. president of the Belted Galloway Cattle Society. 

Penningham Forest.

Loch Eldrig 

Bumble bee on a thistle.

More of Loch Eldrig

A Common Blue butterfly.

A thrush in the forest.

Wednesday night's moon.

An omnium-gatherum of images

Having used Gallimaufry and Salmagundi in past posts of oddments, I looked in the dictionary for something new to describe an odd collection. Omnium-Gatherum seemed to fit the bill.

As well as a collection of pictures I've taken over the last couple of months, I've included a couple of  sketches from my youngest daughter ( my bragging right ). She also has a blog page with lots of interesting pictures.

What's Not Goin On

I'm quite chuffed with my last picture in this post.

Snowdrops at Torhousemuir

Texel and lambs at Torhousemuir

Rabbit above Barbuchany

Lamb near Knockbrex, Carrick Shore

Rookery close to Parkmaclurg

Blackcraig from Parkmaclurg

Bull near Boreland of Girthon

Montpellier Terrace rear view, Cheltenham 

Sketch by my youngest daughter Marie 

Another sketch by my youngest daughter Marie, now cover art for 

House on Fire - EP

Edd Donovan & The Wandering Moles

Edd Donovan and the Wandering Moles  have a special vinyl edition on the Paper Label of their debut album 'Something to take the edge off', again the cover art is by my daughter Marie

Now a few pictures from a stroll at dusk

Close to Doonhill Woods, Newton Stewart
Ex: F-WQPV > G-HEMH > G-VGMC - Originally owned to, McAlpine Helicopters Ltd in September 2001 as G-HEMH. Currently with, Cheshire Helicopters Ltd since February 2011 as G-VGMC.

Song Thrush, Doonhill Woods

Ditto

Here's a short video clip of the above Song Thrush.

Sunset from the trig point, Doonhill, Newton Stewart

Moonshot from Blairmount Park, Newton Stewart

Swans and geese on Mochrum Loch

Greylag Goose on Mochrum Loch