Out of My Back Gate

I have decided to keep a Journal of how the natural world changes around where I live. Of the things I see that interest me. I may not always know the names of the trees and plants, birds, animals and insects that I will photograph but I will have fun doing it and perhaps I will learn something new about my surroundings.

Just ‘out of my back gate’ is a lane which continues on the other side of the main road. So this is the title of my Journal I know that there will be times when I am not at home and I will still want to include the things I see but it will still be ‘out of my back gate’

Wednesday 22 April 2009

Sunday 12 April 2009

The day the Clocks spring forward

Wednesday 25 March 2009

Monday 23 March 2009

Friday 20 March 2009

A week spent up in Skipton Yorkshire with my daughter and her family, most of my photo are of my grandson, Daniel, who is now 20 months old, but I did take some of the countryside around the area. Skipton has a wonderful network of canals and a river so lots to take there and the beginning of the moor is within easy walking distance that even Daniel walked quite a lot of it.
see my other blog Mary's Musings for photo of his walking that day.

Saturday 7 March 2009

Coate Water

Frost, The Robin and spring in the air

Sunday 1 March 2009

March Moon

Saturday 28 February 2009

Wednesday 18 February 2009

Catkins in the rain

Monday 16 February 2009

It doesn't cost a penny

Saturday 14 February 2009

Red Sky in the Morning

Tuesday 10 February 2009

The Tree in the Lane

Thursday 5 February 2009

Winter Wonderland

Tuesday 3 February 2009

Winter Walk

Monday 2 February 2009

Snow Snow Snow

Sunday 1 February 2009

Bright but chilly February

Saturday 24 January 2009

Night Glow

This photo was taken at nearly midnight, the long exposure with the orange glow of the street light made it look as if the clouds where glowing

Wednesday 21 January 2009

Trees

Friday 16 January 2009

Birds

Wednesday 14 January 2009

Mist and Sunshine

Monday 12 January 2009

Wet, wet, wet, wet, wet

Not been able to take any photos for a couple of days, and the weather was not really encouraging enough to taking them today by I did anyway

Friday 9 January 2009

Crystal Web

Wednesday 7 January 2009

Footprints on the water

Tuesday 6 January 2009

Sky Line

Monday 5 January 2009

Melting Snow Water Droplets

Sunday 4 January 2009

Cones

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Saturday 3 January 2009

Ice Crystals

Friday 2 January 2009

Catkins

Someone has called the second catkins Holly catkins and yes it is an evergreen and the leaves are a bit like holly leaves, but I can not find any reference to them in my books. I will endeavour to get to the library and see if I can find them in a book there.
I have been to the library and still can find no identification for this plant. I have looked through lots of books but not one of them shows this catkin so for now Holly Catkins are what I will call them until someone somewhere is able to put a true name to them.
I have found it at long last this is a garden plant apparently and is called Garrya elliptica and I found it on this site http://www.thegardener.btinternet.co.uk/diaryjan01.html

Thursday 1 January 2009

Gnarled tree stump