The first thing I do, once we have unpacked our car, which has been groaning with all the stuff we need for a week's stay in the holiday cottage, is head for the outer gardens of Colonsay House. It is a place of wonder for me! I particularly love the leaves of the giant rhododendrons. There are many different varieties, all planted in the early 1930s. The outer gardens are generally overgrown, having had little tending over the decades. That makes them even more magical! The old woodmill falls apart a little more every year, but that's fine by me because I love corrugated iron and especially if it's rusted! And of course the bees. Colonsay's beekeeper, Andrew Abrahams, has one of his apiaries on the edge of the pine wood. So lovely - the hum of busy bees and the heady smell of the pines. We are here - finally! Delayed by four months by the wretched virus, but now I am on holiday! Hooray!
Sunset was at 1645. At 1715 the sky was moody, and beautiful. 
The wind is roaring, as the latest storm blows through the wood. Another noisy night ahead!
Early mornings are so beautiful. Hope the wind wasnt too bad...and great photos..captures the mystical mood .... xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a dramatic photo - it looks almost like a forest fire. I'm an owl, not a lark, so I rarely see a sunrise these days, but there have been some fantastic sunsets lately - and those gale force winds. Unfortunately, I have been unable to get out and about to take photos, partly through my own ill-health and partly because of my elderly dog's arthritis making him unable to walk for more than a few steps each day.
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