Thursday 14 January 2021

Blue Bottom and Rainbow

 So, what have I been up to since The Year of Ferrero Rochering Dangerously ended and now?  (Other than that Tippi Hedren moment and Ms Scarlet's First Vinyl meme, of course - see previous post.) 

 Well, apart from work and wandering about the countryside surrounding Hexenhäusli Device, not a lot.  As these photos go to show...

 First up from 27th December, the titular blue bottom and a load of clay: 

Near the end of the End-of-the-Line is a blue bottom!
 
Don't worry, this photo was taken from quite a long way off.
This grey seal pup had just been disentangled from a discarded jacket, and was getting over the ordeal by lounging about waiting for its mum to return from the sea.

It's amazing what a difference a quick change in direction can make.  Looking east...

... and then back west. Well, north-west, really.

Extremely soggy, slippery, slumping - but colourful - clay cliffs.

These final three photos from the 27th show exposed clayscapes



 ~o~

  31st December saw a frosty walk to Northrepps:



Tower Lane, Sidestrand

The view south from Hungry Hill

This mute swan and his mate were poking about in a field near the reservoir

~o~

  A rainbow struggled into existence for my walk down to the beach on 9th January:





The End-of-the-Line

My haul from the beach: seaglass, a tiny fossilised sea urchin, some shells and belemnites

~o~

 I wandered into Northrepps again on 10th January, but the only photo I took was of these two buzzards flying away over the trees towards Crossdale Street:


Car was a bit put out that Broom featured in a post recently (the last time we saw Car was back in March 2019) so to save arguments, here is a frosty Car outside Hexenhäusli Device

11 comments:

  1. Lovely photos, as usual - I particularly love the mud slumps (and the blue-bum pup!). That's quite a beach-combing haul, too! Jx

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    1. I am especially pleased with the little sea urchin fossil - it's the first time I've found one. My sister and nieces, on the other hand, seem to find them everytime they go down there!

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  2. I love the sea urchin.
    I also love your entrance, which is the perfect setting for hysterical sobbing like Divine in Polyester going 'I'm a good Christian woman!'
    Go on, I dare you.

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    1. I suppose I could stick a pillow or two up my nightie and raid my sister's make-up box...?

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  3. I'm going to try to find a way to fit the word "belemnite" into cocktail conversation.

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    1. 'Oh, is that a belemnite? No sorry I see it's your cock tail.'
      Like that? No wonder I'm never invited anywhere.

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    2. I'm sorry, Very Mistress, I can't think of any other way now since Hound gatecrashed the party. Still, I think we should let him stay as he'll certainly liven things up and create many a talking point!

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  4. Wot No shags? Well, I never!
    I'm teasing you. You know I love your pics.

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    1. It's been a shag-free couple of months, Dinah. Unfortunately...

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  5. Cuddly seal pup!!!!
    Weren't those frosty days cool?! No, seriously, they were.
    I see you have found some more sea glass to send to me.... and I am into horizontal stripes at the moment, so the mute swan pic has caught my imagination.
    Sx

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    1. I think I might have to send some more your way, Ms Scarlet. Either that or devour some more Ferrero Rocher, as the Rocher-less box I keep the glass in is now full!

      P.S. There is no frost today. Only snow!

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