River Lagan Walks. Part Eighteen

I took the photograph above in June 2022 and as you can see, the leaves of this tree along the River Lagan Towpath are full and green, but when I walked on I came across the Horse Chestnut trees in South Belfast which were clearly dying.

A few weeks later in June I took this photograph of this Horse Chestnut tree in South Belfast and couldn’t believe what I was seeing.

At first I thought some bug or disease had blighted the leaves of the Horse Chestnut tree, and since this photograph was taken in the middle of June, many trees are now showing the signs of Autumn, which on the 20th August 2022 BBC News are now calling a False Autumn, but they reported yesterday that this False Autumn has been going on for the last month, when in reality here in South Belfast the False Autumn has been going on now since June.

Another strange thing that has been happening along the River Lagan Towpaths and river is trees suddenly falling without warning, but luckily no one has been killed or injured so far.

I know the Himalayan Balsam plants make river banks weaker, but that does not explain the falling trees on the River Lagan Towpaths.

Lack of water through the trees could be weakening them this 2022, which is why they are falling across the towpath.

As you can see from my photograp above, the branches of the fallen tree here have no leaves on them, which is strange for Summer.

I am glad I take photographs of everything that catches my eyes, mind and imagination because they are good chronicles of what I see on my River Lagan Walk.

As Summer 2022 begun in earnest June past, I began to notice scenes more akin to Autumn along the River Lagan Towpaths, but just quietly took the photographs of the scenes I was seeing, which to me were Stranger Things in South Belfast.

You see dear brothers and sisters, when you walk ancient paths for whatever length of time you do so, you get to know the ways of Mother Nature along the walks you walk regularly and when something changes in Mother Nature, then if you are taking notice of her and her creatures as you walk, dramatic changes are easy to spot.

Now BBC News and the environmental agencies have noticed the Autumnal scenes in parts of the UK 🇬🇧 but as I have revealed through my photographs, this dramatic change in Mother Nature has been going on in South Belfast, Northern Ireland since early June 2022.

Meanwhile, as the world heats up and trees and their leaves wither, and while other trees fall across the towpaths and into the River Lagan, the wildlife still makes their appearance along the River Lagan, which I thank the Elders above for whenever I am able to get out and about in Mother Nature for a while.

This photograph of an adult Great Blue Heron standing tall in the River Lagan beyond the Red Bridge in South Belfast is a favourite of mine.

It is one of those seconds in photography that makes my hobby worthwhile.

The Eurasian Gold Finches are truly beautiful little birds with their red and black masks, as if tribal warriors from an African Tribe.

How can you not love the creatures of Mother Nature and Mother Nature in general with such beauty within her, and the so-called experts claim all you see and photograph within Mother Nature is by chance, or through Master Darwin’s theory of evilution!

Every species within Mother Nature comes from its own, Eurasian Gold Finches come from Eurasion Gold Finches.

Fleas come from Fleas, and Whales come from Whales, and everything in between comes from its own species.

Just like us, earthly human beings come from earthly human beings, but the questions your so-called experts in whatever field of life they come from still cannot connect or comprehend the simple Truth, that all species come from their own, and animals and earthly human beings came from their original sources in the World of Reality.

At times I turn my photographs into pieces of art, with surprising results at times, as you can see from this photography art of a Great Blue Heron flying away from me on the River Lagan in South Belfast.

I love this piece of my photography art just because it came out so well.

Beauty is in the eyes of the beholders, but to me this piece of photography art is fresh and uplifting to me anyway.

With an acquired brain injury, chronic cluster headaches, PTSD and sciatica to contend with everyday, anything to break my confinement indoors is a welcome distraction and being out and about in Mother Nature is good for my health, mental-health and well-being, it is also a good way to avoid the ongoing pandemic, which is still claiming thousands of lives weekly throughout the Earth-Plane.

At times, if I am lucky, a Grey Squirrel will grace my path as my friend Noel and little Maddie slowly walk along, but I have to be fast to capture these little beauties on my River Lagan Walk.

Gery Squirrel’s get a bad reputation because they kill their red cousins, but modern earthly human beings forget it was Victorian Men who first brought the Grey Squirrel’s to the UK 🇬🇧 and then onto here in Northern Ireland, and Belfast City where I live.

I love all of Mother Nature and her creatures and scenery and whenever I venture out in her, I am never disappointed by what she brings to me, and the photographs and scenes I capture while out in her.

The River Lagan is full of Fish and Eels this Summer 2022, though I would eat anything out of the River Lagan or any river in the UK 🇬🇧 and with it being recently reported that all water upon the Earth-Plane had radiation within it, then all food sources that come from them is radioactive and polluted, so eat at your own risk.

As you can see it is not only amazing wildlife I photograph and every now and then a get a Big Surprise on my River Lagan Walks as my next few photographs reveal.

While out walking along Clement Wilson Park in South Belfas I heard this amazing roar of a jet approaching, but when this aircraft appeared a few hundred feet over the trees I could believe my eyes.

An RAF Globemaster C-17 Military Transport Plane flying a few hundred feet above Clement Wilson Park in South Belfast and if these photographs were my only photographs on this River Lagan Walk, then I would have been.

The only thing missing from my photographs is Tom Cruise hanging from the side of this Globemaster Military Transport Plane.

I have been walking along the River Lagan, her towpaths, parks and pathways for the last 2 years, and have taken hundreds of photographs of the aircrafts arriving into the Belfast Airports and exiting them also, and also flying 30,000 feet above Belfast City in Northern Ireland.

As my River Lagan Walks stories and photographs on Vocal.Media.com reveal, this is the first time I have ever seen and photographed one of the biggest aircrafts in the World, and I was in the right place, at the right time to take these amazing photographs.

So everything has its reason and season.

This year is the first time I have seen so many Kingfishers along the River Lagan in South Belfast.

At times the River Lagan Kingfisher’s are hard to spot as they fly pass me at speed, and though I have never photographed any flying yet, I have photographed hundreds of them hanging around on branches above the River Lagan in South Belfast.

This little beauty was perched on this branch over the River Lagan for the 20 minutes my friend Noel and I were there, and according the crowd that had stopped to watch and photograph it, it had been there 20 mins before we arrived on the scene, which is very rare indeed.

Normally, the River Lagan Kingfishers are flying at speeds hard to photograph, but when they land for a scout about, then they are easy to photograph, plus the give me a feeling of achievement and joy when I see them, and of course photograph them.

Even though my photographs seem to show a large Kingfisher, this was the smallest and youngest Kingfisher I have ever seen on my River Lagan Walk.

I said this to the fellow walkers watching this little beauty and my friend Noel said, “Yah, he even knows their date of birth,” LOL

This little male Kingfisher was happy perched on this branch over the River Lagan, as were the excited walkers who stopped to watch it and photograph it, and with some, it was their very first encounter with a Kingfisher, and some were in their senior years, which just goes to show, you are never too old to experience and learn new things as your venture out in Mother Nature, and best of all, she and her creatures, and amazing scenery are free, which is rare in this World of growing expenses.

Every now and then on my River Lagan Walks I see and photograph something which to me is both very creative and ingenious in thought and turning the knot on this tree in Clement Wilson Park in South Belfast into a clock is pure genius and comes from a Soul with a sense of humour, an eye for creativity and an inventive mind.

I made me smile and admire the Soul and mind behind this piece of Natural Art and humour.

Once more I came across another fallen tree along my River Lagan Walks and once more there was no storms to break its branches.

It seems the heatwave and drought this 2022 in Belfast is doing Stanger Things to the trees along the River Lagan in South Belfast.

Several Hurricanes 🌀 have popped up in the Atlantic Basin this September 2022, and though Hurricane Danielle has turned towards Portugal 🇵🇹 now, Hurricane Earl seems to be heading our way this weekend.

With so many trees toppling this Summer, Autumn and Winter could be a dangerous time along the River Lagan, her towpaths, parks and pathways, so be careful out there in Mother Nature because Stranger Things are happening in nature throughout the Earth-Plane this 2022.

Two weeks ago the river bed on the River Lagan was exposed as the temperatures hit 30 degrees and the drought began to bite, but our wee country is lucky to be were it is upon the Earth-Plane, where the jet stream pulls in Atlantic storms throughout the year when they appear in the Atlantic.

It is good to see the rains coming in South Belfast, especially for the wildlife and the cleansing of the river.

As the River Lagan once more swell’s with recent rain in September 2022, debris flows down river, which can be handy for the passing wildlife, but deadly to canoeists and anyone who might end up in the river persuing their hobbies.

There are millions of pathways and lanes to explore throughout the River Lagan, her towpaths and parks, all of which are crammed full of amazing wildlife and scenery and their are 53.5 miles of this beautiful river to explore, from it source in the Mourne Mountain, to it’s end in Belfast Lough and every mile in between.

At present the Lock-Keepers-Cottage is open to the public and is well worth a visit if your are visiting the River Lagan in South Belfast.

Even the small garden around the cottage are amazing, depending on what time of the year you visit this beautiful part of Belfast City.

If it catches my eyes, mind and imagination, then I photograph it.

Even Funguses are beautiful in their own way and well worth photographing for your records, books and social media posts and stories.

Your records are also chronicles of what is happening within Mother Nature and the climate change that is changing everything within her, and none of it is good.

Just behind the Lock-Keepers-Cottage in South Belfast there is a magical small wood tucked away from most walkers eyes, unless they explore it for themselves, though many trees have fallen down within this small wood, so be watchful as you walk along, because the trees in this small wood in South Belfast branches are like sharp spikes, which could impale an unexpecting walker on a stormy day.

As Autumn begins in South Belfast the trees are bringing forth their fruit for the birds and small creatures to enjoy, though with the recent heatwave and drought, many trees and bushes are bringing forth their fruits early this year, which could have a dramatic effect on the wildlife that depends on their fruit.

Many experts are referring to the trees shedding their leaves in August 2022 as a False Autumn, but I first noticed the leaves of the Horse Chestnut dying in July, which when I first began to photograph Stranger Things on my River Lagan Walks.

You can see the leaves of this Elder Bush have been burnt and starved of water, which seems to be the effect on many of the trees along the River Lagan Towpaths this Summer and early Autumn 2022.

The trees along the River Lagan are green and flourishing, but this has to be because the trees are close to the river, which is supplying the trees with some needed water.

Once more a tree with an eye on it’s surroundings, quietly watching the goings on in the pathways below.

Next time your out and about in Mother Nature, have a look at the trees as you are slowly walking along and you will see what I see, the trees have eyes.

Then photograph them for yourself and your particular form of art you practice through your hobbies or work.

Once more a tree with an eye on things in Clement Wilson Park in South Belfast.

Once you notice the first tree eye looking at you while you are out walking in Mother Nature, then you will notice more as you walk along, so keep your eyes peeled when out and about.

I love watching the Heron’s on the River Lagan when they make an appearance, which seems to be every time I am out on my River Lagan Walks.

This Heron is a Great Blue Heron as you can see from it’s blue plumage, plus this is a juvenile Great Blue Heron.

Heron’s have an amazing stare, especially when they are searching for food.

This Young Great Blue Heron was at the weir at Shaw’s Bridge before the heavy rain came.

The Heron’s are regular visitor’s along the River Lagan in South Belfast, so get out in Mother Nature and explore her and her creatures, and amazing Scenery, because Mother Nature is free.

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