Scattered Gems
20/07/2016
warm rain tumbling free scattered gems on richest green wealth in abundance
Category: Photography
Try
17/07/2016
It’s hard to feel love in a world filled with hatred. It’s hard to feel joy in a world filled with fear. It’s hard to feel forgiveness in a world filled with anger. But we must try.
Echoes of my Neighbourhood: Chinooks
15/07/2016
On damp winds they’re blown in, the thunder of their blades as they slice through the air echoing over golden fields. Stalwart defenders of the nation, here they’re far from war torn lands: no bombs or bullets to lay them low, only nature’s unpredictable buffets to keep them humble. This afternoon I was down at the … More Echoes of my Neighbourhood: Chinooks
May I Have This Dance?
14/07/2016
light breezes caress swaying to silent music may I have this dance? may I have this dance? a murmur of sweet nothings advantage taken
WPC: Look Up
12/07/2016
Gathering storm clouds Ominous shadows spreading Time to seek shelter This post is for the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is Look Up.
Breathe Deep
10/07/2016
Breathe Deep Feeling nature’s embrace, I Breathe deep. Cascading perfumes entwine, senses take to the sky, Feeling nature’s embrace, I Hear the buzzing, the singing; let it fade to a sigh, Welcoming a serenity indigenous to sleep, Feeling nature’s embrace, I Breathe deep. This is my first ever attempt at a triolet, a poetry form that intrigued … More Breathe Deep
Beautiful Dawn
07/07/2016
Awakening touch Virginal blossom caressed Before bees arise Today’s pictures were taken at the wildflower meadow on a beautiful June dawn. Yes, after months (possibly even years) of saying I was going to go out at dawn to photograph, I finally did it! And it was an enchanting experience. As I watched the sun slowly extend its … More Beautiful Dawn
Cee’s B&W Challenge: Store Front Signs
05/07/2016
The New Store Edith’s footsteps halted as she caught sight of the shop front with its jumbled array of items. How strange, she thought. She’d strolled down this road with her beau just last Sunday and was sure that no such establishment had been in existence then. Nor had she heard that a new shop was opening – … More Cee’s B&W Challenge: Store Front Signs
Remembering the Fallen
01/07/2016
Poppies bathed in rain Remembering the fallen Teardrops on spilled blood One hundred years ago today was the first day of the Battle of the Somme. The Somme Offensive ran from July 1st to November 18th 1916 and was one of the bloodiest battles in history, with over one million men wounded and killed. The first … More Remembering the Fallen
Changing Season 2016: June
01/07/2016
It’s time for June’s Changing Seasons post, a challenge that asks you to photograph the same place over the course of a year and to share a monthly gallery of pictures. Yet again I’m afraid I have a few more photos than the Cardinal asks us to share. Oops! You probably wouldn’t believe just how long it took … More Changing Season 2016: June
On the Wing
29/06/2016
Air fills with movement Fleeting insects buzz, dart, dance A feast on the wing I had intended to share my monthly Changing Seasons post today but unfortunately I haven’t actually finished sorting through all of the photos I’ve taken. I’ve visited and photographed the meadow so many times over the past few weeks that I have … More On the Wing
Wordless Wednesday: After the Rain
22/06/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a picture with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
WPC: Curve
20/06/2016
Protective arms reach Offering shelter from storms Open seas cry home This post is for the Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is Curve. The pictures were taken in Newlyn, the fishing village in Cornwall that we stayed in during our recent holiday. Newlyn harbour has been in use since at least 1435, … More WPC: Curve
Wordless Wednesday: Apple Arches
15/06/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Cee’s B&W Challenge: Steps
14/06/2016
This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is: steps – inside or out. The steps stretch before you in a seemingly endless trail up the cliffside and you curse your decision to make the trip, your legs aching from the strain. The steep drop alongside the path is enough to make you grip the … More Cee’s B&W Challenge: Steps
Cee’s Oddball Challenge: Beware – Giants Sleeping!
12/06/2016
This post is for Cee’s Oddball Challenge. Ssh. You must walk on tippy-toes as you creep past the giants’ lair. Take care not to wake them. Run if you feel their stares. Oh no… Run! These oddball photos were taken at the Lost Gardens of Heligan, a fascinating place in Cornwall that we just had to revisit … More Cee’s Oddball Challenge: Beware – Giants Sleeping!
Echoes of my Neighbourhood: Welcome to the Greenwood
02/06/2016
This post is for Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood. This week I’m sharing pictures from one of my favourite places – the home of Robin Hood, Sherwood Forest. Growing up in Nottinghamshire, Sherwood was a place we visited regularly, on both school trips and family days out. Tales of Robin Hood were instrumental in developing … More Echoes of my Neighbourhood: Welcome to the Greenwood
Taking Flight
01/06/2016
Adrift on warm air Future’s promise soaring free Seeking fertile ground
Changing Seasons 2016: May
28/05/2016
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s Changing Seasons photography challenge. This year I’m sharing a selection of pictures taken around my favourite place in the village – the wildflower meadow, wooded area and stream. I was determined to get this month’s galleries up before the end of the month! Don’t forget to click on the galleries … More Changing Seasons 2016: May
Wordless Wednesday: The Great Tit’s Perch
25/05/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Echoes of my Neighbourhood – The Village
20/05/2016
This post is for Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood challenge. Unfortunately it’s a day late as today was the first day I’ve had free where the weather was actually nice enough to leave the house! This week I decided to wander around the village and photograph a few of the views that I haven’t captured in a while. … More Echoes of my Neighbourhood – The Village
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: What’s This?
19/05/2016
This post is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. This week Cee is asking us to share a picture or two that we think the viewer might not be able to recognise. Here are my two pictures: Can anyone guess what they are? Leave your answers in the comments.
Echoes of my Neighbourhood: English Civil War Re-enactment
12/05/2016
This post is for Jacqueline’s Echoes of my Neighbourhood, a photography challenge that asks you to share a selection of photographs from around your neighbourhood. This is the first time I’ve joined in with this challenge and I’d originally intended to share pictures from the village. Last Sunday, however, having a rare weekend day free … More Echoes of my Neighbourhood: English Civil War Re-enactment
Changing Seasons 2016: April
09/05/2016
I know this is very late but I was determined to get it out anyway! As some of you may know, I spent April joining in with CampNanoWriMo. Nearly all of my free time was spent working on my novel which is why this wasn’t posted then. My favourite writing spot, however, (when it wasn’t … More Changing Seasons 2016: April
Wordless Wednesday: The Lure of Dandelions
04/05/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Beltane Fires
01/05/2016
This post is for Cee’s Oddball Challenge, a photography challenge that asks for you to share pictures that don’t seem to fit any particular category. I’ve been looking at these shots for a while now, trying to decide what I could use them with – oddball seems appropriate. Flames dancing skywards Challenging encroaching night Bright … More Beltane Fires
Wordless Wednesday: Daisy
20/04/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Wordless Wednesday: Sunlit Bluebells
30/03/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Changing Seasons 2016: March
26/03/2016
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s monthly Changing Seasons photography challenge. This year I’m photographing my favourite place in the village – the little wooded path alongside the wildflower meadow that runs down to the stream. The main feature during March has been the daffodils, which were much later to bloom beneath the shelter of the trees … More Changing Seasons 2016: March
Wordless Wednesday: Vintage
23/03/2016
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Sunburst Daffodil
17/03/2016
Sunlight brightly bursts Awakening promises Warming hearts and minds
Cee’s B&W Challenge: Crooked and Squiggly Lines
11/03/2016
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is Crooked and Squiggly Lines which immediately brought to mind the many pictures of curious tree roots I have in my archives . I hope you like them. Writhing, coiling, serpentine formations slithering out of the darkness of concealing earth, tendrils stretching into sunlight in search of nourishment, longing for … More Cee’s B&W Challenge: Crooked and Squiggly Lines
WPC: Harmony
09/03/2016
This post is for the Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is harmony. Exultant voice trills Joining triumphant chorus Harmony embraced I encountered this incredibly tame robin when I was down at the stream last week. He flew from branch to branch in the tree above the bench where I like to stop to write, singing … More WPC: Harmony
Weekly Photo Challenge: State of Mind
04/03/2016
This post is for the Weekly Photo Challenge. This week’s theme is State of Mind and we’re asked to share pictures that reflect our emotions at the time we took the photograph. I often take pictures of reflections on water – I love to look at them as you do clouds, finding images in the play … More Weekly Photo Challenge: State of Mind
Changing Seasons 2016: February
02/03/2016
This post is for Cardinal Guzman’s monthly Changing Seasons photography challenge. I joined in with this challenge for the first half of last year, taking photographs along all the lanes around the village that I live in. Unfortunately I was taking so many pictures that it reached the point where I couldn’t find time to sort through them all … More Changing Seasons 2016: February
One Four: February Week Four
29/02/2016
This post is for week four of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. This is a quarterly photo editing challenge that asks us to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. I would have liked to spend a little more time working on this final edit but, as today is the … More One Four: February Week Four
Snowdrops
26/02/2016
Clad in purest white Innocence personified The land awakens
One Four: February Week Three
24/02/2016
This post is for week three of Robyn’s One Four Challenge. This is a quarterly photo editing challenge that asks us to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. . I know I said I’d try to remember what I did to achieve the final edit this … More One Four: February Week Three
GPC: February’s Monochrome Garden
22/02/2016
This post is for Jude’s Garden Photo Challenge. For February we’re asked to share monochrome photographs from around the garden. I took all of these pictures around our garden earlier today. I’d intended to share photographs from my sister’s garden as I did for January’s Garden Photo Challenge – she has lots of nooks and crannies … More GPC: February’s Monochrome Garden
One Four: February Weeks 1 & 2
17/02/2016
Robyn’s One Four Challenge is back! Yay! This challenge has always been one of my favourites so it’s great to see it return. For this challenge we’re asked to edit one photo in four ways over a month, posting a different version to our blog each week. I’m a little late joining in so rather than posting … More One Four: February Weeks 1 & 2
An Enchanted Place 