Ours is a land of rivers. Nearby, the Ure, the Skell and the Laver all course through Ripon, and the Ripon Canal peacefully splices the town in two. Local gravel pits end their working lives transformed into watery nature reserves. We’re approaching the time of year when, because of the surrounding water, morning mists envelop the landscape. I relish those early hours when quiet descends with the mist, muffling sound, slowing us down and encouraging us to savour these peaceful moments.
For Ritva’s Lens-Artists Challenge #364: Quiet Moment.
And Leanne’s Monochrome Madness.
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Sounds and looks like a fabulous time of year Margaret 😀
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I’m quite fond of it, despite its occasional inconveniences.
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Good for photo ops
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These are wonderful Margaret.
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I do love a misty morning. Thanks Leanne.
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What beautiful shots, Margaret! Eerie yet so evocative. You certainly have an eye!
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Well, thanks! It’s the fog that does it though – it’s so all-enveloping.
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We get fog in the mountains but it’s nowhere near as photogenic as yours!
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Fog’s always pretty photogenic, I think.
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Very atmospheric, all the more so for being in monochrome. That’s a very sturdy sheep!
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Of course the sheep are sturdy! They have to be! Thanks Susan.
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I do Envy You, those misty mornings…
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Don’t you get them dahn sahf?
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I’m never up in time these days!
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Oh, the mists linger here plenty long enough for the late riser to enjoy.
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All that water, not the case here
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Aha!
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Margaret, mist / fog makes for magical shots and these are just that. Mostly I was drawn to the ones with the sheep and trees, they are really beautiful
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Oh thanks Ritva. Mist and fog are the photographer’s friend, aren’t they?
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Yes, I love the mood it brings to the picture
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Gorgeous photos
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Foggy photos are an easy win. Thanks!
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Pleasure
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It’s awfully foggy here today and no I am not tempted to go outside to take photos. But yours are lovely.
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Foggy already? Not quite happening here yet.
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Well possibly just in a cloud. Very wet this morning and huge thunderstorm and lightning yesterday with torrential rain.
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We’re still awaiting Proper Rain. We just get short showers that promise a lot and deliver almost nothing.
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I wish I could send you some of ours. It looks to have been very wet whilst we were away.
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We could do with some.
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Good for the skin too. Nature’s moisturiser!
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Fair point!
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My favourite weather x
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Me too. I love a walk in the fog, and those moments when it starts to lift and the landscape begins to reveal itself once more.
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Very atmospheric shots. I like the sheep in the fog and fence.
Timeless!
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Absolutely timeless. ‘Twas ever thus round here. Thanks.
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Wonderfully moody and possibly broody, Margaret.
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Moody and broody? Love it!
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Beautiful Margaret, where I live, it is so dry that we rarely get fog. Maggie
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It is a rather northern and hill-country thing, I think.
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‘Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness’ – beautifully captured misty scenes Margaret 🙂
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Thanks Sarah. We get plenty of practice round here!
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Especially like the sheep and tree.
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Such stunning photos! I love the mood in all of them.
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Lovely mood and the black and white really enhances them.
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Thank you. I felt they responded to monochrome well, being so very nearly monochrone already.
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Really evocative of mystery and mistiness.
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Thank you. It’s a mysterious and evocative period, our misty months.
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Margaret, your photo and words immediately brought to mind Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze. There’s such a gentle harmony in the way you describe the rivers, the mist, and the quiet of the early hours. I love how you invite us to slow down and savour those peaceful moments — it feels like music in prose.
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Thank you so much Rebecca. What a truly lovely way for you to begin my day!
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We never get fog here, so I loved your images. Takes me back to the time I lived in UK
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Isn’t it strange that fog, which was regarded as a curse wen I was small and (then) living in smoggy old London, is now regarded as atmospheric and really rather wonderful? Thank you!
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Smog and fog are very different. I remember when they banned coal fires in Hull. No more roasted chestnuts 🫢
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True. Amd I too reember the Clea Air Act and what a difference it made. I didn’t remember that roasted chestnuts stopped being a ‘thing’ in winter though!
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Great images.
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Thanks Andrew.
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Margaret – lovely photos that capture the mood of the season perfectly. I love the morning begins with ground fog near the water and it lifts as the air temperature rises. Magnificent. fall is my favorite time of the year. have a wonderful day. Peace.
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I love autumn too, but the older I get, the more I love all the seasons. They all offer something, don’t they?
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I like each of the seasons, too. I just wish they’d move a bit slower! Seems like things fly by as I get older!
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It gets ever faster, Clay ….
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Beautiful fog and mist images Margaret. I enjoyed the image where the sheep is looking at you. The trees are especially expressive.
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Thank Anne. I think fog brings the best out in so many landscapes.
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Yes, it’s beautiful and moody.
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Top notch photography!
Makes me think of a sentence I noticed yesterday while reading Notes from an island, by Tove Jansson:
“the purest and most honorable colors are still black and white.”
Her nonfiction book contains black and white paintings by her partner.
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What a thoughtful quotation! By – yet another – author whose work I am yet to read.
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Simply beautiful. Words and pictures. Thank you for this moment of peace.
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What a lovely thing to say on this rainy, chilly Friday. Thanks Sandra.
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The mood in these is just perfect. Wonderful photos, Margaret.
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Thanks so much Sofia.
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Beautiful post Margaret. The sheep in the fog are fantastic. I’d be making a wall hanging of those! Always love it when you join us.
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Thanks so much Tina. What lovely things to say!
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Misty! Love it.
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Oh thanks John. I love a misty morning.
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So beautiful. Love the mist.
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Mist makes any scene atmospheric. Thanks Rebecca.
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Yes, it is magical that way. Agreed.
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Absolutely beautiful photos, and a lovely description of my favourite Season 🙂
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Evey season is my favourite when I’m actually in it. Well, maybe skip November, which can’t decide whether to be autumn or winter.
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ahhh the start of autumn – love this time of year
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And just bits of Indian Summer still to come.
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I hope so!
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