Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
My friend is leavng the Trust today so we won’t get our weekly lunchtime chats, I’ll really miss her 😦 this is the photo I used to make her a good luck card.
She’s been a ray of sunshine that helped me through the week, especially when I was stressed because I had to apply for my job. She’s moving to a great new pastures and I’m sure she will love it and they will wonder how they managed before!
Myfanwy at http://chittlechattle.com/ began taking photos on a 100 step walk and several bloggers have followed her idea, it’s a great way of becoming aware of your surroundings. I’ve tried it from home and from work, and yesterday as I was at Rosemoor, where there is beauty in every direction, I decided to choose a particular starting point. Half way around the garden it changes its nature by going through an underpass on the A3124 to the original garden bequeathed by Lady Anne and bearing her name.
I walked 50 steps in each direction from here and saw this cute bird, part of the sculpture exhibition
Some well weathered and lichened stone
Plenty of greenery of course but I like this leaf
A sculpture with an interesting texture
A leaf with a shimmer, about fifty centimetres across
These are my favourites, I love the way the shadow became blue and I have no idea why, but I used my phone camera to take these shots because I was dodging the rain.
Hope you like my steps Myfanwy!
I saw these today at RHS Rosemoor and as I know nothing about orchids I’ll just show you.
Naked limbs of Oak
A canopy of dark lace
Edges cyan skies
http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/sunday-post-focused-attention/ Jake says Focused attention is the cognitive process of selectively concentrating on one aspect of the environment while ignoring other things. Attention has also been referred to as the allocation of processing resources.
I’m bringing you some photos which I hope fit the bill.
http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/01/25/weekly-photo-challenge-love/
Love is the topic this week, I hope it’s all around and that you love my love.
Another challenge I have missed recently but this is one photo that I wanted an excuse to post, so here we are. You can join in at  http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2013/01/20/sunday-post-simplicity/#comment-8747
Oh my this is Lucid Gypsy’s 500th post!
Do you know what? Despite the small stones, I’m really fed up with January. Fed up with walking to and fro to work in snow, sleet and sideways rain, only catching twenty minutes of daylight at lunchtime and getting cold all over again.
So, today my stone is looking forward to spring.
In February there will be Daphne, with its fragrance so strong that it reaches me way before I see it.
In March, I’d like to walk on Dartmoor on a clear day and listen to the hum of bees, awake and busy on the bright golden gorse.
March, what could be lovelier than a Dog’s Tooth Violet, the ballerina of the spring garden? I can hardly wait.
These have cheered me up, I hope you like them too!
Sara Rosso says,
‘Do you have a photo which invites the viewer to look beyond? Are there hidden depths in the background? Is the focal point just a framing for the rest of the picture? If it’s not clear why we should look beyond, tell us! Lead us through the story in your photo.’ for this weeks challenge. I’ve chosen three photos and I hope its clear why you should look!
If you would like to join in http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/01/18/weekly-photo-challenge-beyond/
Lucid Gypsy 