african grasses

grasses at shutterstock

altocumulus lenticularis

Same cloud at shutterstock 

throwing snow

they are warming themselves up by throwing the packed snow into the river

and that's how the bridge looked before we put out footprints all over it and took all the snow off

long shadows - Norway

boys on the shore of the frozen lake. They loved it. The biggest hit with them was trying to break the ice (still thin) by throwing stones. I don't think they managed to do it even once

upwards diagonal

when we only just started our walk around the lake, all those twigs were covered in snow. On our way back sun got to them already and they were bare again

went to Norway with boys over this w/e. We were vary lucky with the weather - it snowed the first day and was sunny on the second. Mist was hanging everywhere, in some places forming a blanket a few meters above whatever surface there was - lake, field, whatever

saw for the first time in my life something that is apparently called "fogbow" - a white bow, like a rainbow, but with no visible colors. It appeared while Francesco drove us through a valley filled by fog. Sun was behind us and to the left and there was this white arch in front to the right. Apart from not having color, it also appeared "closer" than a rainbow would be - I could "see" where the end of it were touching the field, maybe 30 meters away

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fogbow

halloween apparitions (two of them)

today's autumn

somebody's out of focus

spot in the sun

it was a lovely day today. I went for a walk in Wandlebury. when I happened on this bench that was in the sunspot at that exact moment, I was really sorry there was no-one to sit there with me

physalis

and one more - last in this particular lot

reclining 2

another quick thing in illustrator

pale seascape with red sail

according to weather people, "summer has finally arrived", so went to Southwold yesterday. It was a lovely day and seaside was full of people, families with kids, bikers (passed a big group pf Harleys on A11), and especially older people, mostly couples, having teas, fish and chips and icecreams. It's so touching to see them there, keeping each other company

autumn crocus, "naked lady"

funny name

autumn things

beautiful weather today - warm and sunny

quick sketch

I am still struggling with adobe illustrator, but making simple strokes seems tremendous fun

red belt

my youngest got himself a first colored belt in karate on saturday

look at him there

too dark and contrasty for miscrostock, too beautiful to go unnoticed

another collage - rowan, montain ash

tutorial for this type of collages is here