WHAT is it that gets so many people excited about June.
Perhaps it is the fact that school is almost at an end and the holidays near?
Is that feeling of childish excitement something we all carry into our adult lives?
One thing is for sure. Life is better in flip-flops and life is better in June.
The American philosopher Aldo Leopold was certainly a great fan of the month, writing ‘In June, as many as a dozen species may burst their buds on a single day. No man can heed all of these anniversaries; no man can ignore all of them.’
Such sentiments can certainly be agreed and life is abound all around us.
Others regard June as the gateway to summer and perhaps have not even hung up their winter coat yet.
After all, the weather is Britain is infamous for its unpredictability and it is ingrained in us all from a young age that it is is either about to rain or just finished raining.
Perhaps this inherent cynicism plays a part in our fascination with the weather.
Even in June when the days are longer and the sun is out more often than not we find time to discuss the weather with strangers.
You can guarantee that one of you is finding the weather intolerable, whatever that weather may be.
Yet these connections are part and parcel of life and something to look forward to.
Simple pleasures such as a day out in the sun are all well and good but we would not be British if we also did not use this as an excuse to bemoan the weather,
It is all part of the human condition.
Redstart chicks in the Elan Valley. Picture by Rodney Holbrook.
The Mad Hatter standing tall in the sun at Pantpurlais, Llandrindod Wells. Picture by Mel Evans.
A squirrel in Powis Castle in Welshpool. Picture by Ian Francis.
Swan chicks. Picture by Bod70 Amateur Photography.
Eyes on the prize. Picture by Bod70 Amateur Photography.
Ant and Aphids. Picture by Phil Owen.
Nature at Coedydinas Nature Reserve in Welshpool. Picture by Gary Williams.
Charmoise yearling rams in Minyffordd. Picture by Milton Jones.
The rivers Wye and Irthon meet in Builth Wells. Picture by Mick Pleszkan.
'You shall not pass' Picture by Ian Francis.
A young jay feeding near Clywedog Dam. Picture by Terry Holloway.
Out and about in Llanerfyl. Picture by Toni Mannell.
Fingers of God over Llandrindod Wells. Picture by Simon Plumridge.
Cows and Clywedog Dam. Picture by Terry Holloway.
Swallow lifting off after a drink in the puddle. Picture by Steven Weekly.
A deer in the grounds at Powis Castle in Welshpool. Picture by Charlotte Jewell.
The iconic Royal Welsh Warehouse in Newtown. Picture by Bod70 Amateur Photography.
Paw pals in Llangadfan. Picture by Toni Mannell.
Red Kite at Nant Yr Arian. Picture by Terry Holloway.
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