Autumn Leaves

A few pictures from the last few days:-

Sycamore:

A couple of shots of Ash leaves:

Oak:

Lime (I think):

Beech:

Sunday's Stroll

A few shots from a walk along Swansea Bay on a very windy Sunday:-

The view across Blackpill Beach towards what there was of the morning sun:

Stormy skies across the bay towards Port Talbot:

Marram Grass:



Maple leaves:

As the tide came in, the waves crashed upon this outflow pipe:

The view towards the city centre:

This young lad couldn't resist walking along the pipe into the rough seas. Quite dangerous, I thought, as several people have been washed into the sea at high tide along this shore. Anyway, he didn't seem to mind me taking his picture:

I had my cap blown off a few times by the high winds, but the conditions were ideal for kite surfers:



Autumn Leaves

Unless it's my imagination, Autumn seems to be coming in faster than normal this year:



Spring Flowers

On Sunday, I took a walk down through Singleton Park. The Botanical Gardens were brightened on this lovely spring day by this splendid show of Primulas:

There were still plenty of daffodils in bloom:

Summer Snowflake:

Further down the park, in the Ornamental Gardens, some native Bluebells (as well as the larger Spanish Bluebells) were coming into bloom, including this pink variant:

Most of the usual blue flowers were barely opening:

A more unusual white bloom:

These small pink flowers adorning a tree caught my eye as they were backlit by the late afternoon sun:

I liked the effect of the sun shining through this leaf against the dark background:

I continued down to the seafront, where I found the dunes alive with Dandelions. The headland known as 'The Mumbles' can be seen in the background:

Yet more backlighting, this time on Blackthorn blossom:

Finally, a large clump of daffodils planted by the roadside: