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Flower of the Day – 17th January 2023

Oh Boy!! Was it cold today on the station run! It was -5°C when I got into the car and left and stayed that exact temperature all the way there and back. I don’t mind frosty mornings but -5°C is beyond a joke… To me that is stay in bed weather until the temperature gets […]
Floral Friday – FF#82 – Crocuses

One thing I love about spring is that spring is the start of the flowering season. Yes, there are shrubs that bloom in winter. However, when you start to see spring flowers, you know that the weather is hopefully getting warmer, and the sun is going to shine longer. Crocuses, you just can’t beat a […]
Flower of the Day – 12th January 2023 – Rhododendron

I just can’t believe that this photograph was taken nearly 8 years ago at Doddington Place near Sittingbourne in Kent. I love rhododendron flowers, but there is something about them, maybe it’s their variety of colours, or could it be how big the bush/shrub has grown. To be honest, I not sure. However, one thing […]
Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #231 – Favorite Images of 2022

On my this is going to be hard… This week John asks us to post our favourite photos for 2022 for the Lens-Artists photography challenge. One of the last photographs I shot was at Christmas using my mobile and this cheeky little face has to be amongst my favourites. One of the places we visited […]
Mid-Week Monochrome #118 – Viola

Here we are another week and another Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge. And a New Year… I hope you enjoyed your festivities and here’s wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year xx. Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USMF/Number: f/4.5Focal Distance: 60 mmISO: 100 Shutter Speed: 1/1600 secPhotograph Date: 15.08.2022Location: Mr GardenPhotographer: […]
Flower of the Day – 11th January 2023

Eleven days in and it still feels strange typing 2023… I don’t know about you but the number of times I’ve had to had to correct dates so far this month, is astounding. It’s just like when you get married and change your name… that takes a fair bit of time to be able to […]
Happy New Year Everyone…

First of all, I would like to wish all my readers and fellow bloggers a Happy New Year. I do hope you enjoyed your festivities. Let’s hope better times are ahead and 2023 isn’t as harsh as some predict. Well, I eventually got over the flu… over 5 weeks… of lack of energy and feeling […]
See you all in the New Year.

Sorry for my abrupt absence, but I went down suddenly with the flu… Even though I’ve rested, taken the paracetamol etc, I still can’t shake it off fully. So I’ve decided that I will rest up, and hope it’s gone, fully, by Christmas. May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very merry […]
Mid-Week Monochrome #117 – Sheep

Here we are another week and another Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge. The following image was photographed back in 2012 when we first started out. And it so reminds me of a female sheep saying to her partner, ‘Are you listening to me?’ Camera Settings Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ-48Lens: n/aF/Number: f/3.6Focal Distance: 16.5 mmISO: 100 Shutter Speed: […]
Floral Friday – FF#81 – Cornflower

Back in 2020 finally when they lifted lockdown, we visited Rosemoor gardens in Devon. And it was whilst driving around these beautiful gardens on a mobility scooter – oh boy was that fun, calamity strikes again – that I spotted this beautiful silky blue cornflower. Believe me trying to turn around one of those huge […]
Playing with Texture

Sometimes, playing around can be real fun. And one of the things I love to play around with is texture. Texture is everywhere! In bricks, trees, flowers, everything that surrounds us has a texture to it. Fine Arts ~ . the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting […]
As November Closes

This is it, the last day of November 2022. I found Becky’s WalkingSquares challenge rather late into the month. Tomorrow will start the countdown for Christmas… So, my contribution to the final Walking Squares of November 2022, is this image photographed back in 2012 on our walk around Sheffield Park Gardens. Whilst most of us […]