Winter has finally arrived

This morning I woke up to a nice thin layer of snow outside. Told you it would be a big contrast to what I posted yesterday! The photos below show the view from outside my uni room window this morning. There was a slightly more substantial layer of snow about half an hour before I took these photos. All the photos in this post were taken with my digital compact camera due to the fact my SLR is currently being sent off for minor repairs. So these pictures aren't the best quality, but I thought it would share them anyway.

With me having no lectures today, I popped outside to have a wander round the campus and capture some of the snowy scenes. As the morning went on, the snow became much more like sleet, and the remaining snow began to disappear.

Although the snow really was quite light this morning, it's maybe a sign of things to come in the next month or so. It really is good to finally welcome proper winter weather, following the strange mild, rainy and dull weather we've had for the last month in the south east. 

Wherever you are, enjoy the wintery scenes around the country today. Also I hope the snow doesn't cause you too many problems getting around- I know that other parts of the UK are expecting more heavy snow throughout today. Anyway, I'm off to go and get some lunch and get a bit of work done, so I'll leave today's post at that. Have a great day :D 

Brightening up January

The weather recently really hasn't been great. So I thought it would be good to cheer you all up with some sunny pictures from last September that I never got round to posting. With it being such a wet, dull December, and January turning pretty cold, its nice to brighten things up with a few sunny pictures. 

Below is a few photos of a Comma butterfly that was perched on the edge of our bird table in the garden. It took a while for it to open its wings and show its bright colours.

  

Its only when you are able to get up close to butterflies like this Comma, that you realise just how delicate they are. The wings look rather like they've been made out of paper and cut into shapes.

In the evening, a very bright pink sunset could be seen for a short time. It seems a while since we've seen something like this. 

What a strange contrast these kinds of scenes will be to the snowy scenes much of the UK are expecting over the next few days. 

My SLR camera is currently off for repairs and I won't see it for about 4 weeks I think, so I'll try to post what I can with my other camera in the meantime. Also, I'm back at uni now, so any photos I do take will likely be from the university campus. Anyway, I'll leave today's post at that I think. Have a great week everyone and I hope the snow that is expected doesn't cause you too many problems.

Life update

Its been nearly a year since I last posted on this blog and I just thought to myself today that I miss it all rather a lot. No matter how long I leave it between posts, it seems I will always want to come back here to post stuff occasionally. Quite a few things have changed since I last spoke to you, and I thought I would use this post as a quick way of letting you know what's going on in my life.  

After A-levels, I'm now studying Environmental & Countryside Management at Reading University. Its been great so far and I've thoroughly enjoyed it. I'm living in university halls though which means I no longer have a garden to blog about (sad I know). But I will not let this stop me from updating this site. The university campus itself is a great place for wildlife, so there's always stuff to see there. And when I'm home (as I just have been for Christmas), or when I'm on holiday, I'll always have stuff to talk about. So basically, my aim for 2013 is to do at least one post a month, which sounds like a bit of a rubbish target, but I only managed 8 posts in 2012 so it's not gonna be the easiest thing in the world.

Anyway, I'm gonna keep this post short cause its late and I have a busy day ahead tomorrow. To summarise, I'm gonna be back soon, so stay posted folks! x