CATCHING THE MOMENT - NO.1

I am no photographer, but these are a selection of photographs in which I was in the right place at the right time.

Living in the mountains above Cortona, I am surrounded by nature. When I can’t sleep, I have the consolation of amazing dawns. When I go out walking, I usually have the company of at least one of my dogs and more often than not my cats. One of my dogs is a Labrador who loves any type of water whether it be a puddle or a stream. At home we have a pond filled with croaking frogs who give me endless pleasure. I am no photographer, but these are a selection of photographs in which I was in the right place at the right time.

Transfixed by a bone while cooling off

See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil - frogs taking a sun break at our pond

Autumn dawn

A lizard found drowning in the dog's water bowl who lived to see another day

....rightly or wrongly, we released the toad which meant the snake went hungry...

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A beautiful full moon on a cobalt background

Out on a walk in the woods with the cats for company

Bee on lavender

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