Wordless Wednesday: Sit and Watch the Flowers Bloom
flowers
Snowdrops
pale head
demurely bowed
beneath youthful Sun’s
gentle caress
innocent love burgeoning
new life stirring
Wordless Wednesday: Sea View
Every Wednesday all across the internet bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
May I Have This Dance?
light breezes caress
swaying to silent music
may I have this dance?
may I have this dance?
a murmur of sweet nothings
advantage taken
Wordless Wednesday: The Lure of Dandelions
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Wordless Wednesday: Daisy
Every Wednesday, all across the internet, bloggers post a photograph with no words to explain it. Here is mine.
Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge: Red Flowers
This post is for Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge. This week’s theme is red flowers and so I decided to revisit a few of the flower photographs that I’ve taken over the last year or so. The poppy pictures were the main things to catch my attention as I wandered through my archives but I also found a few red roses and tulips that I thought you might also like.
I’m still really behind on visiting blogs so if I haven’t been over to see you recently, I apologise. Hopefully I’ll be able to spend some time blog hopping soon. 🙂
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: What is Beautiful to You
This post is in response to Cee’s Black and White Challenge. This week’s theme is, What is Beautiful to 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 in the honey bees, meandering over the flower heads as they collect their nectar.
I find beauty in my nephew’s smile as he larks before the camera.
I find beauty in my oldest friends, Bear and Elephant.
I find beauty in roses, elegantly swaying in a summer breeze.
And yes – I know I’ve already shared some roses. I got a little carried away taking photographs of them. But they’re just so beautiful…
After the Rain
One type of weather you can nearly always rely on in England is rain. This year has been particularly wet! It might be annoying, stopping me from getting outside to take photographs, but it’s what makes the gardens so green and the growth so lush, so I suppose I shouldn’t complain.
As I arrived home a few evenings ago, the rain (that had been pouring down all day) was just easing off. I immediately grabbed my camera (Canon EOS 1300D) and went into the garden to snap a few pictures.
As you can see from these first two pictures – taken over the back fence – the weather front was just passing over as the sun was setting. A few clouds trailed in its wake and whilst I was outside a few of them decided to deluge me with sudden, sharp rain showers.
I was quite fascinated by all the droplets hanging on various plants, flowers and fruits around the garden.
The dragonclaw willow, with its wonderfully curly leaves was a particular favourite of mine.
I then moved on to photograph the geraniums, camellia and rose bushes, all of which looked lovely bedecked in jewel-like droplets. I particularly liked the rose leaf, where the droplets appeared to glow pink.
The apple and pear trees were the next things to catch my attention.
A final view that I found particularly appealing was the droplets hanging on two spindly branches near the back fence, with the setting sun creating a pleasant background glow .
I hope you all liked the pictures – I’d love to know what you all think.
Cee’s Black and White Challenge: Flowers
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 work well in black and white. By the time I came back inside our internet had gone off! Unfortunately it’s still down and we have no idea when it’ll be back up. I’m currently sitting inside a local restaurant, using their free wifi to post this. The only good thing about not being able to post last night is that it gave me lots of time to go through my new photos and play around with them, converting to black and white, so I have far more pictures to share than I’d planned.
I hope you all like them.
