Monthly Archives: August 2013

Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Blue and Yellow / Lingering Look at Windows

This week, on Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge, we are tasked to come up with images with the colours blue and/or yellow. I have decided to stick rigorously to , with each image having both colours, although admittedly some other colours

Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Blue and Yellow / Lingering Look at Windows

This week, on Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge, we are tasked to come up with images with the colours blue and/or yellow. I have decided to stick rigorously to , with each image having both colours, although admittedly some other colours

Wandering in a garden….

Following on from my post about the bees the other day, here are some of my favourite images from my wander around Saville Gardens that day. There is no theme – there are roses, Salvias, and backlight on a leaf

Wandering in a garden….

Following on from my post about the bees the other day, here are some of my favourite images from my wander around Saville Gardens that day. There is no theme – there are roses, Salvias, and backlight on a leaf

Lingering Look at Windows: London

For Dawn’s Lingering Look at Windows challenge this week(week 32), I am posting some shots I took on an evening walkabout in the City of London a few weeks ago. The colourful windows were taken in the atrium of the

Lingering Look at Windows: London

For Dawn’s Lingering Look at Windows challenge this week(week 32), I am posting some shots I took on an evening walkabout in the City of London a few weeks ago. The colourful windows were taken in the atrium of the

More bees this summer?

This last week or two, I have been struck by the number of bees in my garden, seems that they are more plentiful this year, and I think to myself that maybe I have the right kinds of plants. We

More bees this summer?

This last week or two, I have been struck by the number of bees in my garden, seems that they are more plentiful this year, and I think to myself that maybe I have the right kinds of plants. We

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote Challenge: Open

This week, Ese has us thinking about images and quotes that say ‘Open’. Well, the photo bit is easy enough, I’ve gone for a couple of very different images here, a beautiful peony from my garden (the peonies were marvellous

Ese’s Weekly Shoot and Quote Challenge: Open

This week, Ese has us thinking about images and quotes that say ‘Open’. Well, the photo bit is easy enough, I’ve gone for a couple of very different images here, a beautiful peony from my garden (the peonies were marvellous

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus

Weekly Photo Challenge over at WordPress for this week is Focus. I liked the idea for this challenge, and whilst I know I think about depth of field actively, and use it to put the foreground out of focus, most

Weekly Photo Challenge: Focus

Weekly Photo Challenge over at WordPress for this week is Focus. I liked the idea for this challenge, and whilst I know I think about depth of field actively, and use it to put the foreground out of focus, most

Weekly Travel Theme: Play

For Ailsa’s travel challenge this week, it’s play… I have shots of people playing musical instruments, children with toy trains, grown men playing Boules, etc etc. but there were two images from my travels that fitted this challenge best of

Weekly Travel Theme: Play

For Ailsa’s travel challenge this week, it’s play… I have shots of people playing musical instruments, children with toy trains, grown men playing Boules, etc etc. but there were two images from my travels that fitted this challenge best of

A Word a Week Challenge: Herd (of Water Buffalo, and of Goats)

Another challenge over at Sue Llewellyn’s blog, a Word in Your Ear, entitled A Word a Week. And this week the dictionary fell open at herd. So one I couldn’t resist, because where else am I going to post an

A Word a Week Challenge: Herd (of Water Buffalo, and of Goats)

Another challenge over at Sue Llewellyn’s blog, a Word in Your Ear, entitled A Word a Week. And this week the dictionary fell open at herd. So one I couldn’t resist, because where else am I going to post an