Another night, another sky

It's getting dark noticeably earlier now, and twilight is shorter, the light fades faster. From the first photograph to the last took three minutes and six seconds.

Thunder clouds gather

Heatwave sunset

Sunset after a summer storm

Nature Table - Lammas

Lammas (Lughnasadh in Gaelic) falls on 1 August in the northern hemisphere, half way between the summer solstice and the autumn equinox, one of the 'cross quarter days'. It is a time of 'first fruits' and harvest.

Fern spores ready to seed themselves, and a spider tending her egg sacs