Take a walk - Thematic Photography

A high proportion of what I show each week are taken on my daily walk, so today will be no exception.

This winter/early spring has brought some strange things to our hedgerows.

Hawthorn branches covered in green lichen

Not that the riding school horses in the field are concerned - they just appreciate the grass.

Another of my favourite subjects every year still stands proudly against the sky.

Dead ash tree

Other trees make an arch for a distant copse.

My next shot is a bit of a disappointment as the sun distorted the shades of another dead tree,

That branch on the right has lost all its bark and is as white as snow.

However nothing can dim the colour of what could have appeared last week too.

Crocus - open to soak up the sun

Waiting for the bees and insects to come along.

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Purple - Thematic Photography

I've heard of purple prose and people going purple when in a rage, but I never thought that I would contemplate writing a book called 'Fifty Shades of Purple'.

After last week's yellow I just had to return to the same roadside verge where yellow has been joined by -

Purple crocus

Again I'm continuing the flower theme - 

Purple pansies

These were taken on the first day of meteorological spring having survived the winter.

Other spring flowers are showing off different shades - 

Garden crocus

and 

Emerging primula

I saved my 'pièce de résistance' till last. I walked 2 miles to get a shot of an estate agents sign - 

Foiled again! Last week the selling agent had been 'Purple Bricks'!

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Yellow - Thematic Photography

While we are waiting for Storm Doris to catch up with us I'm pleased to say that there is some colour about.

Crocus in roadside verge

and

Worm's eye view

While in the garden these have weathered the winter so far.

Primulas

For a bigger splash of colour look no further than -

Euonymus bush

Elsewhere you need to pay attention to the no waiting times.

And exercise caution to avoid the stump of on old street lighting standard.

9 months later

Now LED lights rule!

There is no need to get yellow with jealousy just check others' shots at  Thematic-photographic-401.

Hit the road - Thematic Photography

I don't drive much these days and to be honest I was never a fan of hitting the road.

These days I take things much more slowly by walking a lot. 

However there are some roads that I remember well, including one where the trees remind you where you are. This dirt road could only be - 

Oakwood Road

Every where you go, it seems to me you meet road works like these,

Approaching Rochester, Michigan

Nearer home it would be a mistake to go off-road.

Off the A67 in North Yorkshire

It's much more pleasant to hit the road in the other direction.

Turn right for home

Hitting this road is fun on a sunny spring day if you don't turn off here.

A driveway that shakes your springs

Better to remain on the open road.

A67 through the woods

Sat-navs would say keep left at this point.

Lay-by for a coffee stop.

Those in cars don't know what they are missing when they hit the road pass these.

Crocus in flower, daffs not far behind.

Whichever way you drive you miss out on them. I can walk by and admire their beauty.

Even with the trash can waiting to be emptied

Next door to us it will be a while before the grass verge will recover from where builders' wagons have failed to hit the road.

But don't let this put you off hitting the road with Carmi at Thematic-photographic-328