Amelia's photos

A glorious morning today, without a cloud in the sky. This is a reflection of trees in the Chirk canal. The PiP is a reflection of the sign which reads Croeso i Cymru - Welcome to Wales

These herring gulls didn't seem to want to smile for the camera.

Weather a bit dull and windy, but at least it's not raining. We didn't walk on the top deck of the pier, which is showing in the second PiP. I used to do this as a child, in the 40s and 50s, when it was customary for the St.Andrews University students to walk along the pier wearing their distinctive red gowns on Sundays. I don't know if this still happens.

A house dating from 1692 located in the Scottish fishing village Anstruther, has become known for its shell decorated facade. It is a creation made by Alex Batchelor who lived in the Victorian era. He was a slater and a plasterer, who probably in the 1840s was active in this project. The locals considered Batchelor as somewhat eccentric, not in the least since he also had made a shell decorated coffin and was willing to let people take a look at it after paying some pennies. There is a story that the show included that for an extra penny he would lay down in the coffin. The shells decorating the wall include scallops, dog whelks, edible whelks, limpets and a few mussels. I think it requires some attention as there are some blank spaces, but considering the situation, on a sharp bend on a busy road, it is in remarkable condition.

Sit down and take it easy.

SC66 - Knife, fork, or spoon In this photo it's possible to see a dining chair, a botanical print, the door to the kitchen, the 3 pronged light fitting in the ceiling, a glass for orange juice and a red splash which is part of a fresh fruit salad. The bright light is coming in from the french doors out onto the patio.

The view when I walked to school as a child. I miss this view even now, 70+ years later.

Dum spiro spero, which translates to "While I breathe, I hope". At some point, it also became the motto of the town of St Andrews, Scotland, and is visible on heraldry around the town from the mid-19th century onwards.

Lower Largo or Seatown of Largo is a village in Fife, Scotland, situated on Largo Bay along the north side of the Firth of Forth. It is an ancient fishing village in the parish of Largo. Lower Largo is famous as the 1676 birthplace of Alexander Selkirk, who provided inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe. The Fife Coast Railway line through Lower Largo was closed in 1965 as part of the restructuring programme of British railways known as the Beeching cuts (overseen by Richard Beeching), and though it has been disused since then the viaduct that dominates the village remains an important local landmark. Such a lovely wee town with a gorgeous beach.

The September equinox is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Because of differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September equinox may occur from September 21 to 24. The equinox may be taken to mark the end of astronomical summer and the beginning of astronomical autumn (autumnal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere. Meteorological autumn begins on the first day of September. Earth balls have indeed been common in Ruyton XI Towns woodlands this year. Eventually, when fully mature, the top of the earthball cracks open and allows the wind and rain to disperse its precious content, its spores. These are one of the few species in the woods that will make you very ill if eaten. We in the north are now officially in autumn. We are away for a few days. Enjoy the weekend and next week.

The September equinox is the moment when the Sun appears to cross the celestial equator, heading southward. Because of differences between the calendar year and the tropical year, the September equinox may occur from September 21 to 24. The equinox may be taken to mark the end of astronomical summer and the beginning of astronomical autumn (autumnal equinox) in the Northern Hemisphere. Meteorological autumn begins on the first day of September. We in the north are now officially in autumn and we have cooler weather, lots of rain and now equinoctial gales. We are away for a few days. Enjoy the weekend and next week.

I very rarely bring stones home from the seaside as I consider it to be unlawful, but this little heart was an exception, and is now on a chest of drawers.