Frosty swirl
Frosty winter afternoon. Dalkeith Country Park
frosted ivy
Here in Scotland, the season is turning and Winter is unrolling her cloak across the land. The trees are bare now, stripped of their summer clothes, and the only green is from the evergreens which will endure all winter. There’s no snow yet but frost hangs in the air spraying everything, untouched by the watery sun, with a crisp white coat.
These photos were taken on a dog walk in Dalkeith Country Park. The ground was gripped firm by ice, and the leaves crackled with frost beneath our footsteps. The sun barely seemed to lift her head above the horizon, and our breath curled like dragon smoke in the air above us. The promise of snow hung heavy in the sky all day, and the puddles remained glazed hard despite the suns best efforts.
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Lovely! Scotland is one of my favorite places!
amazing pictures!
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I love the frosted ivy 🙂
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Beautiful pictures of a beautiful country. My grandad was a chauffeur for the earl of dalkeith many years ago 🙂
Wow, what a small world! That’s amazing. He would have known exactly where these photos were taken….the second one is from the bridge over the Esk which sweeps into the estate through the Kings Gate….built for when King Charles visited back in the day 🙂 I’m sure your Grandfather will have walked the same paths we do now with the dogs….and Im sure he had some great stories to tell about the Earl!
Unfortunately I didn’t get to know him all that well, but I do remember being very young and walking what could well have been those paths with his immense german shapard called “Storm over Dun Monaidh” or just Storm to us
That’s such a great name for a dog. Loving it 🙂 and I love the idea that our feet have touched the same piece of earth, separated by years of time 🙂
The cold atmosphere certainly shows through on these photos. I wonder how cold the temperature was?
It was only about -3 that day…..so I’m sure we’re in for even colder days to come 🙂
such good photos !
Thank you so much. I had a look at your blog and you have some amazing photos too.
Thanks 🙂 the phone camera doesn’t always cut it though!
Great contrast, great photos!!
Thanks. I just love what frost does to the landscape….so mesmerising:-)
2nd one is beautiful.
Wonderful photos, GM!
Very nice photos. Good work.
My opinion is that your photos are great! Landscapes are there to be seen….and you knew how to transmit to us what we wouldn’t have seen at all!
Thank you
Wow, thank you so much for the encouragement. It’s my pleasure to share, and I just can’t resist taking pictures when we are out walking. It drives my poor husband nuts at times…..but it’s worth it 🙂
Very well captured… 🙂
Thanks for the feedback 🙂