Mr Geoffrey Cat likes to bring me dead mice and birds. My kitten, Hex, brings me leaves. I definitely prefer the leaves. This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is anything beginning with the letters K or L. It’s been a while since I last joined in with a challenge … More CB&W: The Kitten and the Leaf
think of the stories that could be told if the voices of the long gone could be heard within those aged walls but their tales have been forgotten as our own too shall someday be This post is for Cee’s Black and White Photo Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ buildings.
bask in memories of sun-filled days aglow with joy there amidst the cornflowers and the daisies breathing deep of nectar laden air whilst insects hum at peace with nature This post is for Cee’s Black and White challenge. This week’s prompt is the letter C or D. The pictures were both taken last summer in … More Cornflowers and Daisies
boundary lines marked containing Earth’s wild spaces guardianship claimed This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ Letters A or B, andĀ I decided to show pictures of some of the boundariesĀ of the meadow and wooded area. Both the first and last pictures show newly erected boundaries, as management of the wooded … More Boundaries
embodied in resoluteĀ metal, he watches from the rocky heights, forever awaiting his call to arms, a silent guardian poised in enigmatic grandeur, the once and future mingling of legend and history This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ things made by human beings.Ā The pictures were taken at Tintagel Castle … More Silent Guardian
here, amidst the overgrown tranquility, let’s hope to see no discarded packets or rusting cans: the only litterĀ allowed is nature’s own This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is signs of any kind. The picture, in case anyone is curious, was taken on the lane near to the meadow I … More Sign
In amongst the minutiae, the everyday, the hither and thither of lifeĀ rushing by, thereās no time to talk, no time to rest, no timeā¦ Stop. Breathe deep. Tilt your face to the sun; feel the warmth on your skin. The world will wait. Listen to the harmoniesĀ ofĀ natureās music asĀ wind strummed trees join in chorus withĀ buzzing … More All About Nature
fragile gems draped in elegant purity amidst an array of elusive dreams interlaced with droplets of shimmering starlight in celebration of the morning This post is for both the WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge, with the theme H2O, and Cee’s Black and White challenge, with the theme liquid.Ā The pictures were taken on a very misty morning … More Droplets
“Silly Little Bear, what are you doing in there?” ā Mummy Bear smiles at her cheeky boy. ā “I’m playing hide and seek of course.” ā Laughing, LittleĀ BearĀ runs away. ā “You’ll neverĀ find me,” he says. This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ two different things or the number two.Ā The … More Two Different Things
poised mid-air avoidingĀ the squabble ofĀ voracious opportunists swooping with raucous cries patientlyĀ he awaitsĀ his chanceĀ toĀ dive This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ isolated subjects.Ā The picture is another one that I took onĀ holiday in Cornwall earlier this year – this time on the beach near St Michael’s Mount.
They hide amongst the sunlit leaves,Ā with onlyĀ hints of movement to betray their presence. If you watch carefully you might see a darting shape, there and gone in the blink of an eye. But listen. You can hear them:Ā the swish of fluttering wings; the pattering of tiny footsteps on branches. And there – the tinkling of … More Sunlit Leaves
sheĀ leans into his strength knowing he’ll support her knowing the roots of their love are secure This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. The theme is still trees as Cee is currentlyĀ taking a well-deserved blogging break. The pictures are of a pair of trees that have grown together beside the stream, leaning out … More The Lovers
They huddle beneath the sheltering branches, hidden from view by tangled growth. Soon they’ll have to move – their pursuers won’t have given up so easily – but for now they sleep in restless slumber, recovering their strength for the struggle ahead. Their dreams are haunted by darkĀ figures who laugh as blood cascades over a … More Trees
Proudly they stand, ancient stones steeped in mystery, weathered and windblown onĀ the lonely roadside, sheltering stories of times longĀ past. Name carved in stone, black feathers bathed in blood, Ā warrior fallen in battle, legend unforgotten. Crawling on hands and knees, scrabblingĀ and squeezing, hoping and praying that aches and pains are drawnĀ away by weathered stone duringĀ undignified rebirth. … More Cee’s B&W: Older than 50 Years
The New Store Edith’s footsteps halted as she caught sight of the shop front withĀ its jumbled array of items. How strange, she thought.Ā She’d strolled down this road with her beau just last SundayĀ 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
This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is:Ā steps – inside or out. The stepsĀ stretch before you in a seemingly endless trail up the cliffsideĀ and you curse your decision to make the trip, your legs aching from the strain.Ā The steep drop alongside the path is enough to make you grip the … More Cee’s B&W Challenge: Steps
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is Crooked and SquigglyĀ LinesĀ which immediately brought to mind the many pictures of curiousĀ tree roots I have in my archives .Ā I hope you like them. Writhing, Ā coiling, serpentineĀ formations slithering Ā out of theĀ darkness ofĀ concealing earth, tendrils stretching into sunlight in searchĀ of nourishment, Ā longing for … More Cee’s B&W Challenge: Crooked and Squiggly Lines
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ Food and Beverage. This is another of those themes that I didn’t think I’d be able to find muchĀ for at first. I don’t usually take pictures of food, other than the fruitĀ growing inĀ the garden. Once I started flicking through my archives, though, … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Food and Beverage
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ Lines and Angles. I hope you like them.
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ Anything that StartsĀ with the Letter S.Ā All of today’s pictures were taken aroundĀ Hartsholme Country Park in Lincoln, UK, back in November. I hope you all like them.Ā Do you have aĀ favourite?
This is my second entry into Cee’s Black and White ChallengeĀ for theĀ themeĀ buildings.Ā I decided that I may as well postĀ the rest of the pictures Ā I’d originally intended to include in my last post seeing as they were all ready to go. These ones are a little less ‘vintage’ than the last set.
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is buildings.Ā As I’m sure you can tell, I spent a little longer playing around with the editing of these this week. I thought a vintage effect would fit the subject matter quite nicely. I’d love to know what everyone else thinks. … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Buildings
This is my entry into Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme isĀ Any Kind of Bricks or Stone Walls, Walks or Roads. Ā I had to go withĀ my favourite types of stone walls for this – those of historical sites! The photos were all taken at either Warwick Castle or Fountains Abbey last year. My … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Stone Walls
It’s time for another post forĀ Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, Things Made From Wood. All of today’s pictures are of a wooden statue that my grandfather brought back from Africa in the 1970s. She’s probably quite basic tourist wear, not to mention she’s rather battered nowadays, but she’s been a part … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Things Made From Wood
This post is in response to Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, Cameras or Photos of Photographers. I wasn’t sure for a while whetherĀ I was going to be joining in with this week’s challengeĀ because, as I’ve mentioned before, I don’t generally take many pictures of people. The exception, of course, is my … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Cameras or Photographers
This post is in response to Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, Backs of Things. I consideredĀ taking some photos of the backs of random items for this oneĀ butĀ thenĀ I thought about all the pictures I’ve taken of my family that only show their backs . In the end I decided to create the … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Backs of Things
This post is in response to Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, Perspective. And here are my photos: A little while ago I was wandering along the lanes around the village when I discovered a piece of farm equipment, unhitched at the edge of a field. I think it might be a … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Perspective
This post is in response to Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, What is Beautiful toĀ You, so I thought I’d post a few galleries. I hope you all like them. I find beauty in roses, blooming gloriously throughout the summer months, their velvet soft petals curling in intricate layers. I find beauty … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: What is Beautiful to You
This post is for Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is flowers. This post was going to go up last night. I had a photograph (the first dahlia shot above) all ready to go. Then I thought I’d have a wander around the garden and see if there was anything else that might … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Flowers
The Lady of the Ossington Stairs creak, footsteps of a ghostly presence creeping ever closer. She watches through the veil as workmen transform her dream into her direst nightmare. As alcohol swirls in glasses, voices rising in drunkenĀ excitement, her ire grows. This was not what she wanted! How dare they defy her will? Fury crackles … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Older Than 50 Years
You gaze upon the sun-kissed waters from the shoreline’sĀ shaded nook, bare toes caressed by liquid chill. One by one you gather each angry thought, each nagging frustration that claws at mind and spirit, and you cast them into the depths. With a heart embracing serenity, you let the water wash away all cares. This is … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Liquids
Whilst fashions change and technology takes flight on wings of wonder, stillĀ men and women continue to gather, summoned by the haunting cry of the train’s whistle.Ā Eyes wide, captivated by the remembrance of a simpler time; ashes are brushed off shoulders, as darker truths are brushed from minds. This is my entry into Cee’s Black and … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Signs
How many people have sat there, upon the old wood of the bench on the green, watching the slow life of the village pass by? For many years it has provided a place to stop and rest; now itās old and worn, wearied from its long labour. Moss and lichen mottle the surface like age … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: The Bench on the Green
For long years the pair have stood guardian over the sacred space, their presence conceived to repel what evil spirits might wish to venture within. Their features, once finely carved, are worn and weathered now with the passage of time. One sleeps in peaceful repose, free of all cares. The other watches the world. And … More Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Textures
The lanes twist and turn across the countryside, crossing, merging and dividing as they skirt around fields and farmyards, winding in leisurely meanders in an intricate tarmacked maze. Muddied verges, puddled from recent rainfall, are torn and frayed by the tires of vehicles forced to pull aside on the narrow route. In the chill of … More Cee’s Black & White Challenge: Roadscapes
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