I think there may be a little confusion going on in the heavens, and - just possibly - August has been swapped for April. We have had an endless succession of days full of sunshine and showers. So far this month we have only had one completely dry day. Now, this has nothing to do with Scottish weather because, by and large, on the east coast we get very little rain indeed. Anyway, the upshot is my runner beans are growing well and the cereal crops in the East Lothian countryside are looking good.
To my mind, August doesn't offer much in the way of colour across the landscape. The fields and wild grasses have all turned to straw, and the leaves on the trees have morphed into one dull dark green. There are little pinpricks of colour, which I relish, and we have had many rain-laden skies, which have produced a welcome intensity of colour to contrast with the landscape. But it's hardly high summer weather. Temperature-wise, although the sun feels hot, the air is cool and more like a Melbourne winter!
If you look closely in the photo below, you will see a little reed warbler.
To my mind, August doesn't offer much in the way of colour across the landscape. The fields and wild grasses have all turned to straw, and the leaves on the trees have morphed into one dull dark green. There are little pinpricks of colour, which I relish, and we have had many rain-laden skies, which have produced a welcome intensity of colour to contrast with the landscape. But it's hardly high summer weather. Temperature-wise, although the sun feels hot, the air is cool and more like a Melbourne winter!
Brilliant photos! You could well be looking across a summer landscape on Mornington Peninsula, down at Flinders looking across the cliffs! Looks so inviting xx
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