This month, Jude has asked us to find photos featuring brown. Well, I know about brown. Here is brown:

That’s right. Mud. We have mud everywhere.
I could cheer things up a bit however. Look at these. My featured photo was taken near Fountains Abbey only a few weeks ago, and here are more uplifting shots of the world in brown. We’ll start off with some that have been squared up – and can anybody help me identify that butterfly please?:




… and move on to a couple more autumnal scenes from Fountains Abbey and Studley Royal; a fish – part of a wall decoration at the Natural History Museum, London; tree bark: and our logs all stacked up for winter. Click on any photo for a close-up.

You’ve covered brown nicely, Margaret….AND even featured some of that mud!
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I couldn’t possibly leave the mud out Sue. It’s the story of our days at the moment: together with the ice.
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Well, that’s a good point. We’ve got a very heavy frost here this morning
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Here too. Super-icy. Stay home!
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I will!
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These are lovely, Margaret (with the possible exception of the mud 🙂 ). The fallen leaves are wonderfully nostalgic and who can resist a skwirrel? 🙂 A crowd pleaser, for sure!
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Wonderful browns, fabulous squares and glorious, glorious mud. Let us wallow!
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PS the butterfly is an interesting one. Where did you see it?
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If I’ve learnt ne thing recently, it’s that I’ve been rubbish at labelling photos. I have learnt my lesson now, but in some cases, it’s too late. Does that answer your question 😉 ?
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lol!
I was hoping you might have a vague idea so i could tweet it to the relevant butterfly/wildlife group – the UK one has been so good at helping me identify a few on twitter
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I’ll see in a bit. I should be able to narrow it down. Thanks.
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and so you have 🙂
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It was the Horniman Museum’s Butterfly House, so it’ll be exotic. I normally take a picture of the relevant label too, but this time … no.
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ah that explains why the most similar ones coming up were not from the UK! I’m on the case . . . well will be once the interviewing is done. Talking to a potential new volunteer in a few secs
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Hope it’s a productive interview for both!
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Well it was excellent from my perspective – just hoping she thinks the same. I got the impression she did 😀
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Not today. It’s turned to ice. Still slippery, just a different sort of slippery.
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Yikes!!
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Great selection of pictures thank you for sharing them.
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I had fun choosing.
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Lovely photos
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Thank you.
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My pleasure Margaret
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What a wonderful collection, Margaret!
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Well, brown anyway!
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The texture of your browns are amazing!
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Thank you. They were helpful subjects.
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The bark textures are beautiful
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I always like a good bit of bark!
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‘Brown’ could mean a gloomy selection of images but these are distinctly cheerful!
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Even your ploughed field was glorious.
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I am so happy with all the incredible browns people are finding. It really is not the boring colour we think. Your woodland scenes are gorgeous as is the red squirrel and I am glad Becky quizzed you about the butterfly. It looks a lot like our Meadow Brown except the upper wings are the wrong shape. I hope you have saved a brown for the next three weeks!
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Hey! Have I got to do a brown post a week?????
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Well you don’t have to. I will be doing. The colour changes monthly. ☺️
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I’ll see. It’s true I’ve found further photos since I wrote this post.
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I went out today to capture some new countryside browns.
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A red squirrel! How wonderful, I have only ever seen them in Sweden. We have plenty of greys. Yes, mud, mud and more mud. With the hard frost overnight it is now icy puddles.
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This chappie was in Málaga, and very unafraid of humans. Yep, we can do greys any day of the week.
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I was beginning to think you’d discovered a new UK butterfly and then you remembered where you’d taken the photo!
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Well, it WAS in the UK Peter. Don’t be picky! 😉
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So you decided to use mud afterall. I so adore your photos. I like the squirrel, the bark and stacked wood photos the best. 😀
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I was quite surprised how much I found when I put my mind to it. But there HAD to be mud …
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I’m not a fan of brown but this collection is delightful. As many a colour, brown has so many shades, and the different structures make for fascinating viewing. One of my pet subjects are barks, same as you – wood, in general, so versatile in colour, shades, texture…. you squared up well!
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Thank you. I might produce more bark in due course.
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Brown so often gets a negative press. I don’t know why and your diverse selection proves it IS a worthy colour.
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It can be a warm, rich colour, and when it’s not being muddy, I’m quite a fan too.
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Brown – as in a warm chocolate hue – is one of my favourite colours. Which is probably quite an unusual favourite colour. Great photos, the butterfly is really nice!
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Now is it the hue or the chocolate you like 😉 ?
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Hehe, both I reckon! 😁
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What a wonderful take on brown! Turns out it is both a warm and elegant colour – except of course when it is actual mud …
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It certainly has its moments as an inviting colour. But yes, we’ll avoid the mud.
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Wonderful captures these are 🙂
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Thank you!
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Such beautiful browns – and stunning photos! 🙂
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Thank you. It turns out brown is quite a forgiving colour.
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I love brown!
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How cute squirrell!!
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It was a charming little animal.
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