Gulls dodging the waves

I'm not usually a fan of seagulls but I think I will have to get this printed to see what it looks like larger. The great sunset on Sunday was one of those you only get in January where the water turns a rich golden colour. It looks viscous like waves made in golden syrup. The seagulls were doing their best to avoid the breaking waves which giving up their turgid shoreward journey suddenly burst out sending the birds into the air. The strange thing was having lifted from the sea they perfectly echoed the wave with those that rose first setting down first, with the others following with perfect synchronicity.

Windy weather!

Esmé enjoyed the wind with a little encouragement. If you look above the trees on the golf course picture you can see an iridescent cloud.

Ice on the riverTay

Brrrrrr on riverside just after sunset today. There was no wind and I was frozen within about 10 minutes. I had the gloves that I have worn on plenty of snow capped summits and my fingers were getting numb by the time I got back to the car.

Sunset at Grange of Barry

A gorgeous sunset yesterday. Both Gwen and I exclaimed "wow!" independently after climbing the bank of the large irrigation pond above the lade. Up until then we had only been able to see the pink tinged tree tops that only gave a slight clue to the drama unfolding between the thin clouds and the fading sun. The newly trimmed hedges add a very strange rectangular silhouette between the tangled oak trees.

Lunan Bay and Red Castle

Esmé and Dad had a lovely time exploring Red Castle and Lunan Bay on Sunday. Poor Mum was stuck at home doing reading for university :( Esmé especially missed her.