#346 - Seedheads against Clouds

Towards the end of summer the hedgerows begin to change. The blackberries are purpling, the cherry-plums reddening and the wild chervil loses its beautiful, lacy flowerheads and begins to hold up slim, glossy, black seeds. It's not quite autumn, the sloes are still dark green and the Rosebay-Willowherb is still lining the river-bank, but it won't be long...

#345 - River Stones

Yesterday was a perfect sunny day spent by the river; the children building dams, making mud-pies, painting their arms and legs black with silt, wading upstream between the trees... Happiness.

344 - Hedge nettle on river stone

More treasures, scattered carelessly in the grass. I thought this was real nettle and was waiting for the sting but then I noticed all the beautiful tiger markings that make this tiny wild-flower look almost orchid-like. I love the way the deep pink is reflected in the wet stone.

#343 - Marigold, Ragwort and Rosebay Willowherb

Orange, yellow and fuschia - August colours.