The Fleet

I just Love to walk along the edge of the fleet, these boats just move about as the ebbs and flows. it is so peaceful , the silence broken by a flap of wings of the swans that inhabit the water.

Triptychs

Poppies                           Seed heads                      Diminishing Seed heads.

 

 

Apples                                  Apples as food                        Apples decaying

above and below

Yesterday the dorset coastline experienced a strange phenomena, Advection fog.Advection fog is formed by the slow passage of relatively warm, moist, stable air over a colder wet surface. It is common at sea whenever cold and warm ocean currents are in close proximity and may affect adjacent coasts.

The photos I took yesterday so above and below the fog. It was hot above and cold below.

 

Evening Walk

I live in a beautiful part of England, in the county of Dorset. Corsets coastline is part of the UNESCO world heritage Jurassic Coast.

Last evening I went for a wander to the Fleet lagoon.The Fleet lagoon lies between Chesil Beach, a large shingle barrier, and the impounded mainland Dorset shore, just west of Weymouth and the Isle of Portland. It is a natural lagoonal inlet with features of a percolation lagoon. It is largely natural, with a predominantly rural catchment and adjacent shoreline, partly because the lagoon bed and the majority of the shore has been owned and managed privately by the Ilchester Estate for over 400 years.

As you can see from my photos I was treated to a spectacular sunset.

Sun dogs

Last evening I was on the Chesil Beach, which is located on the South coast of England in the county of Dorset. It is a pebble beach 18 miles long and stretches north-west from Portland to West Bay. For much of its length it is separated from the mainland by an area of saline water called the Fleet Lagoon.

As you can see it was a beautiful evening, the sun was shining but also in the sky were 2 vertical rainbows however we hadn’t had any rain.

what are sun dogs?

Sun dogs (or sundogs), mock suns[1] or phantom suns,[2] scientific name parhelia (singular parhelion), are an atmospheric phenomenon that consists of a pair of bright spots on either horizontal side on the Sun, often co-occurring with a luminous ring known as a 22° halo.[3]

Sun dogs are a member of a large family of halos, created by light interacting with ice crystals in the atmosphere. Sun dogs typically appear as two subtly colored patches of light to the left and right of the Sun, approximately 22° distant and at the same elevation above the horizon as the Sun. They can be seen anywhere in the world during any season, but they are not always obvious or bright. Sun dogs are best seen and are most conspicuous when the Sun is close to the horizon.

 

 

Lobster Pots

I saw these wonderful handmade woven Lobster pots on the quay of Weymouth harbour. Images 2,3,4  have been altered using a computer editing program.

A bit of fun but I like the results.

 

 

 

Natures treasures

sunset

experimenting

Inspired by a friend, this photograph is a combination, the underlay is the bark of the silver birch tree and overlaying it is a photo of silver birch trees.

cowslips