CONTRASTING WEATHER!

(Sue writes...)  Unlikely though it is, I thought I'd better make another entry on this blog before I forget how to do it!  Needless to say my absence here is no reflection on the lack of photography on my part;  my camera is my constant companion wherever I go....  Last weekend the weather was absolutely gorgeous with lots of sun and huge cloud formations - so I did the Harlosh Loop on the Saturday. Below is a view towards Caroy and Ose.  Just loved the clouds and the line of stunted windblown trees.

This shot below was was taken further along, - again looking across to Caroy, - as my jaunt took me closer to the end of the loop.  Some rusting farm machinery lies redundant in the foreground as a memory of agricultural days gone by!  

Along the route there were a number of windblown, stunted and lichen covered trees bearing witness to the more severe and stormy weather that often blights this island.  Below is some lichen at close quarters - really delicate and long fronds attractively dress the branches of its host.. and the barbed wire fence to the side of it!

.... I met a couple of friendly faces too! They looked most interested and happy basking in the mid winter sunshine.  It was glorious!

However, less than 48 hours later Jack Frost paid a visit.  This was the sight that greeted me when I stepped outside our front door to take Basil for his morning stroll.....  swirling mist and frost covered vegetation...

Yes, Mr. Frost certainly left his calling card that particular morning, brrrrrr ... but by midday the sun had stolen it and brightly shone again upon this spectacular landscape  :)