May days out and about around Whitchurch with the camera club

May is synonymous with the gifts of spring - flowers and good weather.

After the storm, comes the sunshine, so they say.

May, more than any other month of the year, wants us to feel most alive.

Certainly it seems the world’s favourite season is the spring and that is because all things seem possible in May.

May and June have gentle names for the two best months in the garden year.

Cool, misty mornings gently burned away with a warming spring sun, followed by breezy afternoons and chilly nights. What is not to like?

The month of May is the pleasant time.

Its face is beautiful, the blackbird sings his full song, the living wood is his holding, the cuckoos are singing and ever singing and there is a welcome before the brightness of the summer.

Perhaps James Joyce said it best when he wrote ‘Winds of May, that dance on the sea, dancing a ring-around in glee, from furrow to furrow, while overhead, the foam flies up to be garlanded.’

Our camera club members certainly seem to have embraced all that May has to to offer.

From stunning sunsets and sunrises to the return of nature and re-greening of our trees and woodland. All have captured their interest and a place in their hearts.

So long live May and let us continue to enjoy this darling month when everyone throws self-control away and live their lives to the fullest.

Whitchurch Herald: Action at Brownmoss Park. Picture by Steve Beech.