Brookdale

First frost

 

Monday 7th November, 2011

 

 

There is a high pressure system over the Island.  When I got up this morning, the back lawn white with frost. The temperature drops fast without our usual blanket of clouds but the lovely sunshine compensates for the frosty temperatures. 

 

We have a gang of roofers working on the roof and the dogs have to be shut in the house.  Alice needs to go outside more frequently than the boys so I took her for a short walk in Brookdale plantation.

 

 

We took a route through the conifers near the lower edge of the plantation and had a good view across the valley to the side Skyhill above our property.  Most of the year it is all green but this morning the larches stood out with their golden needles.  It was interesting to see the pattern of the trees, with the bare grey branches of the ashes in the ravines by the streams, the blocks of larch and at least two varieties of evergreen conifers.

 

 

Then I couldn't resist trying to get a view of our house and slid down a rather steep bank to take this shot through the trees - using the zoom.  It makes the situation of the house look even more idyllic than it is in reality, because I managed to eliminate the neighbouring houses with a bit of crafty cropping!