Lazy Poet’s Thursday Haiku

Posted on September 8, 2016September 5, 2016 Posted in Flowers, haiku, Nature, PhotographyTagged Haiku, Lazy Poets Thursday Haiku, Photography13 Comments

Fairest of flowers

no pretension no drama

pure simple nature

This is a scheduled post, be back soon.

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on September 7, 2016September 5, 2016 Posted in Photography, TravelTagged Photography, travel, Wordless Wednesday8 Comments

This is a scheduled post, be back soon.

September: Flower Portrait

Posted on September 6, 2016September 5, 2016 Posted in Flowers, PhotographyTagged Canna Indica, Flowers, Garden Challenge, Photography16 Comments

Jude asks for a single picture of either a favourite flower or an unusual one for September’s challenge. As I failed miserably to find an entry last month, I was determined to make it this time. So yesterday, I had a flying visit to Killerton to see what was on offer in their late summer border.
I’ve never been a particular fan of Canna Lily’s, but at this time of year they make a bright, bold statement in the border. The delicate petals of this one, Canna Indica I believe, attracted my attention.

You can join Jude’s challenge here, and you have until the end of September to showcase a single flower.

Black and White Sunday: Portrait

Posted on September 5, 2016September 5, 2016 Posted in Family, PhotographyTagged Black and white Sunday:Portrait, Family, Photography11 Comments

Paula hopes not to give us a headache with this weeks black and white challenge. I did briefly think ‘oh no’, I can’t do portraits, and most people don’t want their photograph taken -me included! But then I remembered these,taken a few years ago, of my niece at fourteen, a lovely young girl on the cusp of womanhood.

She’s all grown up now and will be heading to uni soon, the begining of a very bright future.
If you’d like to join the challenge pop over to Paula’s place, you’ll get a warm welcome.

I popped along to see Queenie’s House

Posted on September 4, 2016 Posted in England, TravelTagged Buckingham Palace, England, London, Photography, travel11 Comments

A few weeks ago, I had half an hour to kill in London, so I walked from Victoria, up Buckingham Palace Road, wondering if Her Majesty had time for a cup of tea. Strangely, she had more pressing matters to attend to, so I just looked at her garden fence, click these for a bigger view,

her garden lighting,

and the statue across the road.

Oh well, I suppose I would have only had about ten minutes free to chat, but maybe next time.

Mirror

Posted on September 2, 2016 Posted in Nature, Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged Bystock Ponds, Nature, Photography, Weekly PhotoChallenge: Mirror17 Comments

The weekly photo challenge, I can’t believe it’s Friday again, but I’m really happy as I have two weeks leave now.

Jen H chose Mirror as the them for the challenge this week, and left us to interpret it in any way we like. I went to Bystock Ponds last weekend, and it was a lovely day for reflections, here’s one of my captures.

You can join in here!