Posts Tagged ‘spring’
Following the Light through the lakeshore undergrowth,
April 7, 2019
Following the light through the lakeshore undergrowth, Winter into Spring..
2019 | Uncategorized | Tags: bark, briar, catkin, cherry, feather, fern, frost, grass, leaf, lichen, light, magnolia, mushroom, rain, seeds, spring, undergrowth, willow, winter, woodland, woodsComments (4)
wintry spring lake view
March 25, 2018
A few days of this year’s wintry spring lake view, Lough Mask nudies..
2018 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: branches, colour, flood, lake, light, lough mask, mist, springComments (2)
Spring Snow, the Beast from the East
March 7, 2018
Lough Mask got a whisker brush from The Beast From the East, no great biting storm Emma or fierce snow storms. But it did get very cold and these last couple of days of tail end melting give modest bits of excitement….even if we didnt get within a snowball of a snowman. BooHiss!
2018 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph, photography | Tags: birds, branches, colour, ice, lake, lichen, lough mask, moss, mountains, robin, scrub, silence, sleet, snow, spring, willow, winterComments (2)
This morning light
February 6, 2018
this morning light…just before this mid-morning’s nose-biting grey sleet storm blur – good ‘ol February
2018 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: colour, flood, hedgerow, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, morning, rock, rocks, scrub, silence, spring, trees, winter, woodsComments (2)
Spring Lake
May 4, 2017
Lough Mask is sinking back slowly leaving a creamy-grey sediment on seemingly barren rock. The summer shoreline has been under lake water for months. By March it started to reappear, then drowned a second time under inevitable Spring rains. The levels have dropped back in April and the new profile is taking shape. No great […]
2017 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: birds, flood, green, lake, limestone, limestone pavement, lough mask, mist, mountains, rain, seagulls, spring, wetComments (0)
Limestone Pavement, Lough Mask. A new plate
April 26, 2017
The limestone shoreline on our side of Lough Mask looks like a pavement made from slabs of exposed rock, the blocks separated by narrow, shallow fissures. When the winter floods sink back, the lake leaves a thin film of white silt which settles into time/water eroded sharp-edged small holes or cups in the limestone. Chunks […]
2017 | In progress PRINT WORK | Media: printmaking | Tags: aluminium, carborundum, drypoint, lake, light, limestone, lough mask, pavement, plate, process, reflection, silence, springComments (0)
Blooms blooming
April 12, 2017
Everything is slower in the west (time wise!). Word comes from the East; in Dublin the Cherry trees have been blooming for weeks. Our side of Ireland has a more considered, one by one, bloom. Humph. The Blackthorn is fully out, even its little green leaves are starting to bud by now – an advanced […]
2017 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: blackthorn, bluebells, crabapple, furze, gorse, green, hedgerow, primrose, sorrel, spring, trees, violet, whin, wildflowerComments (0)
Buds budding..
March 20, 2017
Spring is taking a grip with trees beginning to bud, small pockets and hazes of green are appearing on and between the dark bare branches
2017 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: alder, blackthorn, branches, buds, catkins, colour, green, hedgerow, honeysuckle, lake, sally, scrub, spring, trees, wildflower, willow, woodsComments (2)
Spring turn, wet and windy
February 27, 2017
Everything is wet and sideways with rain and wind at the turn of Spring. After the mild, dryish December-January, February feels like winter at last!
2017 | Blog PHOTOS | Media: photograph | Tags: birds, briar, colour, hawthorn, hedgerow, light, rain, scrub, silence, spring, trees, wet, wildflowerComments (4)
Winter-Spring Catkins
February 20, 2017
Alder catkins bring an edge of excitement to the sparse enough hedgerow Winter-Spring collection