Sun, snow and spuds! A few personal highlights from January 2026, captured in tiny wee snapshots.
This is my latest monthly selection of snapshots of things that caught my eye over these past few weeks, comprising the month of January 2026 (plus a stray pic from the closing days of last year, taken after my photographic round-up for December 2025).
31 December 2025: The sun sets on one year…
In which the sun prepares to set on the Ashdown Forest and, indeed, on 2026 as a whole. The bright and beautiful spring-like sunshine belies just how freezing cold this moment actually was.
Thursday 1 January 2026: …but a new one is just around the corner
Beautiful first sunrise of the new year.
Stark beauty of a winter tree in the frozen Ashdown Forest.
Monday 5 January 2026: Glinting
Sunlight on the snow a la Ashdown Forest.
Tuesday 6 January 2026: Stay frosty
The brilliant morning sun catching the frost.
10 January 2026: Moss
Ashdown Forest moss in brightest, coldest sunlight.
Tuesday 13 January 2026: Glaring
Misty, murky morning.
Wednesday 14 January 2026: Mid-month mellowness
A quite beautifully painterly vista upon the Ashdown Forest as the weather chose to take a turn for the more mellow (by winter’s standards, that is) around the middle of the month.
Wednesday 21 January 2026: Spud launch!
In this particular corner of East Sussex, the 2026 potato chitting process is now officially underway!.
Thursday 29 January 2026: Attempted sunburst
The sun trying its best to burst through the heavy cloud on a very chilly day.
MJCarty and Meg on the Ashdown Forest.
Your snapshots
What about you, gentle reader? What has made or is making your month memorable? I would love to know! Post a comment below, or @ me on the social medium of your choice: BlueSky, Mastodon, Threads or Instagram.
May you be nothing but kind today, to others and to yourself.
May today be nothing but kind to you and yours.
IMAGES
- All photography by MJCarty (except for the blog post thumbnail images, which are from Wikimedia Commons, and are fully credited on the relevant parent posts).
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