I realised a while ago that I haven’t posted for some time and it was only when I opened WordPress that I saw my last entry was back in February. There’s no great reason for the absence, it’s just been a period of other priorities, various distractions and diversions, topped by that sweltering summer when most of us felt inclined to do as little as possible.
This afternoon’s lovely November sunshine tempted us out for a walk around the Calke Abbey estate. I’d hoped to capture some wonderful autumn colour, but it has been surprisingly hard to come by this year. Perhaps the summer drought is partly to blame, or maybe many trees didn’t get the memo about putting on a spectacular show of reds and golds, in fact some seem to have gone straight from green to dark brown or bare branches almost overnight.
The sunlight certainly gave the whole landscape a beautiful golden glow, yet my favourite photographs from the walk, rather than the autumn hues we had set out to find, turned out to be of the sheep who were only too happy to pose for the camera.
