Wordless Wednesday: Ceanothus Buzz

Ceanothus Blue Sapphire

Close up of a honey bee preparing to land on Ceanothus Blue Sapphire
Close up of a honey bee feeding on Ceanothus Blue Sapphire

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednsday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

CMMC: June Close Up or Macro

Wordless Wednesday: A New Nest

close up of a male swan on the river
a female swan on her nest in the river

It is lovely to see the young swan pair back on the river with a new nest.

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Wordless Wednesday: Periwinkle Pollen

macro of white tailed bumblebee feeding on a periwinkle flower
macro of white tailed bumblebee feeding on a periwinkle flower

It was lovely to see this white tailed bumblebee collect pollen from a periwinkle flower.

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

CMMC: May Close Up or Macro

Wordless Wednesday: Still Waters

close up of stones lining the loch shore
macro shot of stones on the edge of a stream

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Jez Braithwaite’s Water Water Everywhere #173

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #246: Still Life

Wordless Wednesday: Small Blue Wonders

Close up of Anemone Blanda Blue with raindrops
Scilla siberica after a rain shower
Glory of the Snow in the sun after a rain shower

It was a treat to see Grecian Windflower (Anemone Blanda Blue), Siberian Squill (Scilla siberica) and Glory of the Snow (Chionodoxa Forbesii) glowing in the sun after a heavy rain shower.

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #244: Glowing Moments

CFFC: Anything Small

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Wordless Wednesday: White-Tailed Bumblebee

close up of a bumblebee hovering near flowering currant
close up of a bumblebee feeding on flowering currant

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

CFFC: Found in Nature

CMMC: April Close Up or Macro

Wordless Wednesday: Small Treasures

close up of a lilac crocus bud covered in small raindrops

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Cee’s Flower of the Day

Weekly Prompts Weekend Challenge: Treasure

Wordless Wednesday: New Growth

close up of a pine cone resting on moss
macro shot of moss emerging between fallen needles

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

CFFC: Things People Grow

Wordless Wednesday: White River Mallards

three white mallard ducks on the tidal river bank
two white mallard ducks snuggled together among tall grass on the riverbank

Tina, at Lens-Artists, invites us to post some images we did not get a chance to share earlier in the year.

These white mallard ducks may be offspring from escaped domestic ducks or hybrids. They have made themselves at home on the river and seem very friendly.

We wish our friends in the Northern Hemisphere a Happy Winter Solstice, and our friends in the Southern Hemisphere a Happy Summer Solstice.

We wish all of you who celebrate Christmas and Happy Christmas too.

We will return on Wednesday 28 December with a special post where we look back at 2022 and all the treasures it brought us.

a white mallard duck swimming in the river

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

Lens-Artists Weekly Photo Challenge #230: Last Chance

CFFC: Salt White Colors

Wordless Wednesday: Forest Lace

macro capture of bearded lichen and monkshood lichen growing on a dead branch
macro capture of monk's hood and beard lichen

Wishing you all a wonderful Wednesday and a peaceful rest of the week,

with love from Xenia xxx

Photographs by Xenia Tran, edited in lr.

Wordless Wednesday

CMMC: December Close Up or Macro