Sunday
Aug222010
The Same View: August
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 7:00 PM 
I can’t tell you how disappointed I am by the picture above!
All year long as this series has progressed, I’ve been itching to show you August - the month when the heather flowers and the landscape is suffused with purple.
And as surely as the seasons turn, August has come and the moors have put on their annual spectacle. And it‘s breathtaking.
And yet....this!
As I stood on my habitual rock this morning, I could have panned my camera through 360° and in every direction you would have seen purple, purple, purple. Except, it seems, in this one.
I hadn’t realised just how dominated this particular aspect is by fields. To be sure, the faraway moors are resplendent with blossom, but the
gloom that’s been our lot this month renders them grey at this distance. Which leaves us with a token smattering of purple in the foreground.
And so I’m offering you today what I wouldn’t have thought was even possible - a green Pennine landscape in August.
Reader Comments (2)
It would have been amazing to see all that purple, Helen... but I still think this view is AMAZING anytime, anyway! :o) Happy Day ((HUGS))
Never mind, it's lovely anyway. With the August we've had you were lucky it wasn't pouring. You wait, September will be scorching. Take note of where the purple is now and try a new view for next year!