Evening sky in October

Pluteus aurantiorugosus

Even our mycological expert, Mick, hadn't seen this one. Quite rare, and definitely not edible.

Hope Cove, Devon, evening

Fenland sunset

Shot in a rush through car window! surprisingly realistic!

Red admiral on buddleia

Joined by a small tortoiseshell

Castle Ashby

The year turns

The seasons draw on apace.

A Rutland reflection

Colours in Oakham on a dull day

All these pics taken on Aug 24th

Field of wild flowers

Peacock butterflies

Tilia - linden - lime tree blossom

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There are several huge lime trees around Allexton Church - a sweet scented flower, that I remember drinking in an infusion - tilleul.  Proust dipped his memory-stimulating madeleine in a tisane of lime flowers, and the tree is celebrated in Wilhelm Müller's Winterreise poem "Der Lindenbaum" set to music by Franz Schubert.

Plants and cobwebs

Paris Day 6 - 15 June 2013

Paris Day 5 - 14 June 2013

88 of these Art Nouveau Metro entrances, designed by Hector Guimard,  survive in Paris.  When they first appeared in the early 1900s some people thought they looked liked red-eyed insects

traffic in the rue de Rivoli

Notre Dame de Paris

A bee

Day 4 - 13 June 2013 - Versailles

Paris Day 3 - 12 June 2013

Paris Day 2 - Montmartre

Place du Tertre

rue Maurice Utrillo (?)

Paris Day 2 - 11 June 2013 am