The calendar is a lovely collection of photographs and we will enjoy the pictures through the coming year.
In another correspondence you (Cyber) mentioned about the sunsets. I thought I'd share some pictures with your guys - this is our winter in one of the highest villages in England.
The next day we had snow, sun AND mist :cool:
Something has been playing in the field overnight ...
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4312.jpg
... let's just shape one or two up like yesterday's pictures:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4317.jpg
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4321.jpg
Bleak, but warm ...
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4313.jpg
Moving to the crest of the hill, I could see the cause of the mist: low cloud. Often we get it where we have blazing sun, yet folks down the road complain what a dull and foggy day it was. Today was odd being in the cloud, sort of above it and easily below it
This is our little village just outside Bradford, a major city in the UK.
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4316.jpg
The strong sun was making a real spectacle of the higher scenery:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4322.jpg
... and just below cloud level as things got a little clearer and perhaps a little more crisp I saw these interesting formations, presumably as a result of wetter cold weather (in the clouds?) and a light breeze the force the development of the structure in one plane - these were about as long as toothbrush bristles:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4328.jpg
Having walked back up 20 or 30' of altitude I noticed the same structures on the ground at this windswept area:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4349.jpg
Starting the very rapid descent from the crest of our hill down ...
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4353.jpg
1:3?
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4358.jpg
^ Check out the angle of the ground compared to the seam of the stone walling.
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4360.jpg
More frosting caught on some horse hair:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4365.jpg
... a 'Winter Wonderland'
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4366.jpg
Hej! Little rabbit :D
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4379.jpg
I also saw evidence of deer in tracks, but they will have been long gone by the time I was walking out.
Climbing back up, here's the road into Halifax (a town outside Bradford) at the top of the picture:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4383.jpg
... and back home ... is this a "fail"?
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4388.jpg
An absolutely beautiful walk!
... and today, we had another walk:
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4405.jpg
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4425.jpg
... we had a really odd snowfall last night which was more crystal than the underlying snow.
Collecting holly and fir for decorating in the house.
http://www.pjgh.co.uk/gallery_albums/wiaww_20101219/DSCF4422.jpg