Sunday, July 25, 2010

First pup of the summer.



Summer. Meadowsweet, rosebay willow herb, honeysuckle, heather, golden grass, scabious, tormentil, clover, butterflies and stonechats. And on the pebble beach over the hill, the first seal pup of the year, at least a week old, snoozing by the slow lapping sheltered sea while its mum hangs sleepy in cool water.









At the Gessail we sit for a while to watch for porpoise. Three bright gannets move across, fast flight, not hunting. Then a school of porpoise move across, breaking the surface with fins shining. They are moving through towards St Davids Head, hunting for fish. And on the water three young cormorants.
 
 

13 comments:

  1. What a gorgeous scenery you have at hand Jackie! And what a blessing!Love xxx Lili

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  2. What a lovely slice of beach!

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  3. I do enjoy these glimpses into your place and space - the pup is gorgeous and I love the list of all your summer plants. Your part of the world looks wonderful, like a place I can only dream of.

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  4. Fantastic pictures! You always seem so connected and in tune with your landscape... living and breathing the season's changes... your love of this place really comes across too...

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  5. How beautiful, i have just been making wee seals this very evening. enjoying your beautiful words, they always lift my spirit, thank you!

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  6. Great pics, love what you captured.

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  7. How wonderful, to have beauty around you. I would be glued to that beach, as long as didn't disturb the seal pup and its mum. Great photographs and it makes me feel glad to be live! Thanks for sharing.

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  8. How wonderful! I've never seen a seal outside of the zoo. I'm told there are colonies of them not far from my home, but I've never seen them.

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  9. Jackie, the baby seal looked so cozy on the pebble beach and adorable looking up from the water. Will you transform him/her into a drawing or story?

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  10. What wonderful shots, Jackie! That seal pup found the perfect place to nap!

    Thank you for sharing your beautiful "backyard" with the rest of us!

    -Dean

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