Category Archives: nature

Blossom

Blossom, a photo by Monnowman on Flickr.

Photo – View from Wyesham

View from Wyesham – HDR Originally uploaded by Monnowman I’m experimenting with a HDR photography app on my iPhone and sometimes get interesting results, like this shot taken from my neighbourhood, Wyesham, across the River Wye to Penallt and Mitchel Troy.

Blackthorn blossom

Blackthorn blossom Originally uploaded by Monnowman. Spotted this next to the Wye today.

Fish

Crossing the Wye Bridge in Monmouth yesterday, I glanced at the shallows below the bridge and noticed a shoal of about fifty trout, though I’m sure a fish-nerd woud correct me as to the species. Among the smaller fish, swaying gently in the pellucid* water was a large salmon. Seeing it invoked small-boyish excitement in [...]

Alien Fungus in Monmouth

Saw this growing in the woods by the river a couple of weeks ago and felt moved to take a photo: The same wood is now full of wild garlic, some of which I have harvested and frozen in hopes of making a sort of pretentious champ. I also noticed that there are large carpets [...]

Ladybirds

I imagine that most of us don’t associate ladybirds with the middle of winter in these northern climes. However, perhaps someone can explain the following: One evening about a month ago I noticed a ladybird creeping up the wall next to the lamp on my bedside table. I thought it odd, as it was the [...]

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