Friday 4 December 2009

Winter?

What are the first signs of winter - The start of December? Christmas decorations? The dark mornings? Or the now traditional breaking of the thermocouple on our boiler?

Certainly frosts have started to appear and provided a rather picturesque walk to work this morning.  Ladygrove meadow had a white cover:





The trees on the Ock valley walk are finally devoid of leaves (nearly):



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And the Barton Fields nature reserve is, as always, an ideal opportunity for a photograph:



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4 comments:

  1. Anonymous5 December 2009 at 06:07

    We've been spoilt by temperatures so far have'nt we? I love the cold crisp mornings.

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  2. Richard6 December 2009 at 06:50

    It's one of my favourite times of the year - crisp mornings and a good frost. It invigorates the senses

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  3. Kate9 December 2009 at 02:46

    Beautiful serene photos, Richard.

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  4. Richard10 December 2009 at 12:05

    Thanks Kate, I did take what I thought were better pictures. But they were somewhat spoilt by a blob on my lens.

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