Strife in the garden!

Or Loosestrife (Lysimachia) to be nore precise.

Laburnum abstract

May time

A scene characteristic of the British countryside at this time  –  the combination of cow parsley, rape and (on a good day) a clear blue sky.

Under the influence of Georgia O’Keeffe (6)

Gallery Series I/8

I would like you, the viewer, to visualise each image as a softly lit large scale canvas (say, approximately, 8 feet square) on a white gallery wall and imagine quietly contemplating the abstract pattern. Attention should focus on a feeling response rather than a rational analysis.  The use of the magnifier to enlarge the image may be helpful.

(Please see also the post introducing the series  https://lagill6.wordpress.com/2016/09/05/introducing-the-gallery-series/)

Gallery Series I/8

Abstract 250

Sunlight and shadows

As autumn encroaches the foliage on the cotinus becomes less dense and allows the sunlight to filter through, casting shadow patterns on the leaves beneath.  Textures and colours become prominent.  Fleetingly, illuminated abstract patterns emerge, contrasting with the shadowy surroundings.

Today in the garden

Change is in the air

The photos below were taken during a stroll along the bridle way on Sunday morning, the last day of September.  There are clear indications of the transition from late summer into autumn.

 

Angle Shades Moth

Sunlit grasses

Although the buttercup has suffered from the persistent rains, the cow parsley and grasses have positively thrived.  The verge beside the bridle way is waist high.

The picture below was taken in morning sunlight, looking across the field adjacent to my garden.

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Buttercup time

It was my hope to be posting photos of the meadow in its buttercup season  –  the meadow in which the dandelions bloomed gustily a few weeks ago.  Sadly, the weather has been against the buttercup.  Its early promise was cut short by the rain, wind and cold temperatures.  Instead, I am posting photos of the same meadow taken in late May two years ago.  I was hoping for a repetition!

Portraits of two friends

 

These are two good friends of mine whose company I have enjoyed in the garden over the past two weeks or so.

Iris sibirica

Aquilegia

‘Amid the alien corn’

Scenes such as this have been commonplace across the length and breadth of the UK in recent weeks.  Field upon field has been taken over by the acid yellow of rape seed plants.  The area under rape seed cultivation, and hence the amount of yellow, has expanded greatly in recent years.  Clearly it is commercially profitable.  But among the general public it is not unanimously welcome.  Many see the yellow as brash and jarring compared with the relatively subdued palette of the native vegetation.

Lichen

As moths are attracted to a lamp in the evening, so photographers are often attracted to lichen.  Why, then, another lichen photo?  Simply because I like it  –  and I offer no apology!  I am fascinated by the shapes, the colours, the mosaic-like natural patterning, the textures etc.  It is just a very pleasing subject. 

Yellow feeling

This picture is intended as semi- abstract pattern in yellow.  Yes, its source is fairly clear but try to close down the left brain, the logical/reasoning side, and focus on the feeling/the mood evoked by the various shades of yellow.  It would help if you click the image to enlarge it.  The purpose is not to make clear the details but rather to increase the expanse of yellow.  Enjoy this ‘yellow feeling’ for its own sake.

How was it for you?  What feeling(s) did you experience?

Golden Marguerite

 

Although popularly known as the Golden Marguerite, the Anthemis tinctoria ‘E C Buxton’ is a delightful pale yellow flower.  It forms a compact shrub and flowers throughout the summer.  This photo was taken three days ago and the shrub is still in full bloom.  Because it bears so many flowers the beauty of the individual flower is not always appreciated.  In particular, notice the swirling pattern at the heart of the flower.

 

 

Anthemis tinctoria ‘E C Buxton’

See also Sunflower, Garden in July, Pebble Pond Corner, Lupins after rain, Clematis, Garden in June, Blue Iris, The Gracious Lady of Spring, Poppy Days

 

 

Buttercup Meadow 2

Buttercup Meadow 2

See also Wild flower meadow, Flowering Gtass, Flowering Grasses in Sunlight, Grasses in the breeze 1, Grasses in the breeze 2, Grasses in the breeze 3

Sunflower

 

 

See also  Poppy Days,  The Gracious Lady of Spring, Blue Iris, Clematis, Lupins after rain

Buttercup meadow

Buttercup meadow

See also Wild flower meadow, Grasses in the breeze(1) and Flowering Grass.