Sunday 20 September 2015

Saturday morning bike ride.






























A misty start. Lots of dew-dropped cobwebs and ripening berries.

As I and the sun climb higher the mist starts to clear. I am rewarded with beautiful clear views at the reservoir, though even as I sit to admire them the mist drifts back over, changing the view in minutes.

I left at 7:30am and get home at 11:30 (the ride includes lots of photo-faffing time, not all 4 hours are spent actually cycling!) to find freshly baked muffins waiting.

A lovely start to the day.

Days like these put me in mind of the first line of "To Autumn" by Keats - "Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,". Linda @ Occasional Scotland introduced me to few more lines which I now can't get out my head as I am hearing (but not seeing) robins whenever I am out and about: " and now with treble soft The red-breast whistles from a garden-croft; And gathering swallows twitter in the skies." I saw swallows still here on Wednesday!
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15 comments:

  1. Sheila Khan20 September 2015 at 09:52

    What fabulous photos!

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  2. blueskyscotland20 September 2015 at 10:53

    Well done. You've managed to really capture the "magic in the mist."
    Heard someone at the local shops say on the same day " I was going to go out and take some landscape photography shots but there's nothing worthwhile to photograph when the weather is like this".
    Says it all really.

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  3. Mac n' Janet20 September 2015 at 15:57

    Keats fits your photos perfectly. The ram in the fog was great.

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  4. CJ20 September 2015 at 16:48

    Absolutely gorgeous photos today, you've outdone yourself. And how lovely to come home to freshly baked muffins. Wonderful. CJ xx

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  5. Louise20 September 2015 at 19:56

    Beautiful photos - and coming home to fresh muffins - perfect!

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  6. Amy at love made my home21 September 2015 at 00:34

    I love that poem and shared it last week because it is such a favourite of mine. Your photos illustrate it perfectly and the coming of autumn! What a wonderful bike ride! xx

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  7. Teresa Kasner21 September 2015 at 02:19

    Wow, you got some real prize-winning photos on this day! I loved the big horned sheep and the spider web crystal beads.. and who made the muffins for you? ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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  8. Rosangela21 September 2015 at 03:00

    MagnĂ­ficas fotos.
    Parabéns.

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  9. Sarah21 September 2015 at 07:20

    Those photographs are beautiful, especially the misty ones and the spiders' webs.
    S

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  10. Mereknits21 September 2015 at 14:19

    Stunning photos my friend. So glad you take time to get off your bike and take them for all of us.
    Meredith

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  11. Anonymous21 September 2015 at 15:05

    Such gorgeous photos Anne. I particularly love the raindroppy cobwebs. And those muffins! Lucky you :-)

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  12. driftwood22 September 2015 at 08:10

    oh those cobwebs x

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  13. Lyn22 September 2015 at 21:31

    Another lovely post, even in the mist it is stunning! xxx

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  14. Penny22 September 2015 at 21:35

    What fantastic photographs! They really capture the season! X

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  15. Angela24 September 2015 at 03:33

    Love the mists, the lovely spider web and whau those muffins looks delicious! You did a good job with the photos.

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