New pics

Hey everyone! I know I said on my google profile that I'd have pictures up on Friday or Saturday, but I was a little bit busy with family gatherings and what not. So, I finally have some stuff to put up and I hope you enjoy them.

Sunny Day

I took these photos yesterday, which was actually warm! Yay! Spring is just round the corner (the snowdrops are even coming up) and that means no more cold weather! I suppose winter isn't all that bad, but you do get sick of it after a while. The photos are from my walk in Bluebell woods (yes, I went walking there...again). To be fair, there really aren't too many walks around Blairgowrie...okay that's a lie, but Bluebell woods is the walk that's closest to my house. I've been thinking that I should start doing some portrait photography because I think it's good to go out of your comfort zone and explore new things. I'm writing this listening to the news and I have to say I really don't hear anything positive, so hopefully these photos will put a bit of cheer out into the world. Fingers crossed.

By the way, if you take a look at the third picture from the top, you'll notice that it's a discarded plastic bottle. I put this picture in amongst the others to highlight the problem of littering in the countryside. Yesterday was a beautiful day but I couldn't help notice the amount of rubbish that had been dumped around the loch. Please think before you drop litter! Not only does it look disgusting, it's bad for the environment and just inconsiderate to other people.

Yeah, rant over :)

close up of tree branch

More pictures in the Snow

More snow for you! You're going to be sick of it if you live in the UK. There's just been so much! We've practically had to dig ourselves out the house the past couple of days. It's melting now though :( 

Buried in the Snow

These are a few pictures I took yesterday of my street completely buried in snow. The previous day we even got off school because of the amount of snow there was! I hope you like these, I will be posting a few more since I went a bit snap-happy and ended up with quite a few. I particularly like the first one. Comment ones you like or don't like! 

I've Lost My Cable!

As you can probably guess from the post title, I have somehow managed to misplace the cable for my camera which means I will not be uploading any recent pictures to the blog which is nothing short of annoying because I have literally just taken some photos of my street which is entirely buried in snow! In the mean time I will keep looking for the cable and taking photographs, which I hope you will be able to view soon. If I don't find it I'll just have to borrow my friend's cable as about three of them have the same camera as me (handy I know) and then I'll have to buy a new one provided it won't be too expensive. For now I'll just have to post less recent pictures I've taken, if I can find any good ones...

These are pictures I took around new year on a walk through Drimmie Woods. I've already put up a few from the same album, but oh well. I hope you like these!

Castle Dow Walk

Here are some pictures I took today on the Castle Dow walk at Grandtully. It was uphill all the way but it was definitely worth the effort for the view at the top where you find yourself surrounded by Victorian cairn like sculptures. The view of the river Tay was spectacular, especially in the low winter light. Throughout most of the walk you follow the forestry commission road until the last few paces where you take a narrow track to the summit of the hill. The walk was about 4.5miles (to the top and back down). Apparently there is to be a hill run there at some point as well. To all those brave and mad enough to participate in the event, I salute you!

Victorian Cairn Sculptures

Dad and his binos

Lichen on Cairn sculpture

A Creepy House And I Plant I'm Not Sure Of

 I took these pictures while going on a walk through Bluebell Woods. The top picture is one of a rather run down house on the edge of the wood, which I think is being done up. On any day it makes for a pretty gloomy site and it has always creeped me out a bit. The second picture is of a plant that grows in the front garden of my home called Teasle or Teasel, I'm not sure which. My dad planted it in order to attract bees, other insects and birds. I took this photo before going on the walk.