Make a Christmas Wish
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is an old saying I learned by rote from my beloved maternal Grandmother, who often quoted it when I said I wished for something as a child. I think she read it in Nancy Mitford's "Love in a Cold Climate", which is where I first came across it quoted. However, the proverb and nursery rhyme was first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs.
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
If turnips were swords, I'd have one at my side.
If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers' hands."
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 9th of December is “selective multicolour”. In the last two years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “Smile on Saturday” themes in the past. My model has kindly returned to sit for me yet again for this theme, creating a most whimsical portrait. I was recently given the small wishes jar containing blue glitter (and I assume a wish on a scroll, although I haven't actually unfurled it to find out) and the butterfly clip by a friend who knows I like an interesting challenge to photograph. I've been playing around with them for the last few weeks, and produced a selective colour image, which has turned out to be perfect for today's theme! I hope that you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!
Make a Christmas Wish
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride" is an old saying I learned by rote from my beloved maternal Grandmother, who often quoted it when I said I wished for something as a child. I think she read it in Nancy Mitford's "Love in a Cold Climate", which is where I first came across it quoted. However, the proverb and nursery rhyme was first recorded about 1628 in a collection of Scottish proverbs.
"If wishes were horses, then beggars would ride.
If turnips were swords, I'd have one at my side.
If "ifs" and "ands" were pots and pans,
There'd be no work for tinkers' hands."
The theme for “Smile on Saturday” for the 9th of December is “selective multicolour”. In the last two years, I have been exploring a new avenue in my photographic creativity, that of portraiture photography. I used a somewhat illusive sitter for several “Smile on Saturday” themes in the past. My model has kindly returned to sit for me yet again for this theme, creating a most whimsical portrait. I was recently given the small wishes jar containing blue glitter (and I assume a wish on a scroll, although I haven't actually unfurled it to find out) and the butterfly clip by a friend who knows I like an interesting challenge to photograph. I've been playing around with them for the last few weeks, and produced a selective colour image, which has turned out to be perfect for today's theme! I hope that you like my choice for the theme this week, and that it makes you smile!