All these photos were taken in a thirty minute spell on a sunny day in mid January and my purpose was to highlight winter colour at a time of year when the sun is low in the sky but with the right light and particularly if water is included in the composition you can forget the biting wind and the freezing temperature !!
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Is Toby looking for truffles ?!!
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Freshly cut conifer logs from one of our fallen trees January 2014
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Willow bark January 2104
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Eucalyptus bark adds colour in winter
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![Silver Birch Jacquemontii at its best in winter DSC_6642 (Large)](http://petrovskagarden.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6642-Large.jpg)
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Bird House … a present from Vera !
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Mid day January sunlight
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![The milk churn dates from the mid fifties & belonged to Mrs. Lawliss DSC_6673 (Large)](http://petrovskagarden.com/wp-content/uploads/DSC_6673-Large1.jpg)
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Tussock grass in the swamp area
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Early morning January sun in the conifer wood
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Some oul lad left his bike here fifty years ago !
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Variegated phormium against upright railway sleeprs
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Newly cut logs from conifer wood
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