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I only bought these Peonies last Saturday but they've opened up so quickly that I doubt they'll last till tomorrow - hence the early shot, before I dash off to the hairdressers for a trim and where, you never know, it might well be a matter of 'Hair today, Gone tomorrow' 😬
The other day I posted the photo in comments of the squirrel we hadn't seen in months since we last dog-sat for our son. Prior to that Huw had put a squirrel feeder on a back fence to prevent it from jumping into the bird feeders. To my delight, I saw it eating out of it today. Result! 😀
Seen at the Botanic Gardens, Singleton, Swansea. Today's visit was very brief because before this, I'd been to Colliers Photographic Services nearby to get some prints done ready to be mounted at home and which will go on display next month in an MS Cymru Celebration event to promote positivism and what many of us can do. Forgive the lack of commenting in the 365 Group because I'm flat out with this and with other kinds of things I'll be exhibiting.
Taken this morning through the car sunroof as we packed up the car to come home from our rural retreat. The plan was to stay over until Monday ( with Huw himself leaving early tomorrow for an MS Cymru Meeting and returning to join me ) However after a night of heavy rain and thunderstorms, and with severe warnings in place with storm force winds tomorrow, a decision was made to come home. Despite the blue skies in this we drove home through heavy rain.
It wasn't intended to be 'deconstructed' but the petals started to fall off as I placed it on a black plate.
I keep seeing this as we drive off in the car and assumed it was in a neighbour's garden. On closer inspection though it's the other side of the fence in the corner of a patch of greenery maintained by Swansea City Council.
Seen on the railings when we arrived at our rural retreat last Monday and taken from inside the car .
It's very difficult to get everything done at home today because of the numerous birds that have fledged in my garden in recent days. I could quite easily sit in the garden all day watching and snapping them but need to get ready to drive to Cardiff later on. I've chosen this for my PotD because it amused me to see a baby sparrow perched on top of a rusty miniature heron statue that's near my garden pond.
Buds on the drooping cherry tree that we have in our front garden taken this morning. An unexpected afternoon off for my OH too so we took off to WWT Llanelli to attempt to get the five spoonbills that have been there for quite a while now but I'll hang fire on those with regards my PoTD because they were so far out ( as was the tide) that I'm not too sure how good they look.
I think this idiom describes my life to a tee at the mo. ..
We were on the road to Carmarthen just gone 7am because our son was expecting a Sky technician to install his TV set in his new home after he'd left for work . No sooner had the technician left than we headed back to Swansea because my better half was receiving a cheque , money raised for MS Society Cymru . My own remit was to photo the cheque presentation. After I'd done all that I captured this pile of white tea plates and gave them a spin in Photoshop.
A Christmas tree that we bought for our front porch last year and placed in a pot outside. It's growing so rapidly that it's already too large to use this year so possibly we'll replant it in a field behind our home where many of our neighbours put theirs.
A 'thistle-do' shot because I'm already inundated with requests for pics from last Friday ( see next photo along), also still have our friends from Hampshire visiting.
Or possibly 'away with the fairies' because you get an idea that instead of using a lensball , a glass paperweight will work just as well 🙈 Mind you things had been getting pretty hysterical in the Roberts household before this whilst I was videoing my husband's 'Christmas Message to the Nation' for MS Society Cymru's Social Media Page.
The only time that I use the Six Star filter that our son bought me several Christmases ago is at this time of year, but again it describes my day to a tee. In the aftermath of yesterday's crazy day during which a photo of me and Huw was Facebooked , Tweeted , no end, I've spent my day off the web, doing my physio exercises at home, generally catching up with household chores and reading to my heart's content. I would have loved dearly to have gone into Swansea City Centre to take After Dark shots but know when to say 'No' . Self care is important to all in this 'Stresstive Season' I feel :)
Such a dull day.
Inspired by one of the Science Photographer of the Year images, I added a bit of a squirt as well. Was trying for some stress patterns in the plastic with polariser, but only managed a small area.
Two images combined in PS, then a play with colours to make it look a bit more otherworldly.
FCB 52 Week Challenge Week 43: Household.
You have to pretend that this is a Comma Butterfly...... one that was flitting about so much that I gave up trying to get a shot so took this instead. The background is the large hydrangea bush that's in my back garden
This is an acer that I have in my back garden. To the naked eye, the raindrop looked as if it was about to drip off but on upload it looks as if the leaf has spiked it.
I couldn't think of a suitable caption for this. One minute I was capturing the sunrise , the next I was in hospital getting my regular physio before going to visit my cousin who is akin to ,'my big brother' because he's been desperately ill for some time and continues to be so. I managed to get the sunset from Mynydd Y Gwair, a ten minute drive from my home before visiting him at his home.
One out of very many taken at Swansea Vale Ponds this afternoon. I stood for ages watching it fishing, flapping its wings before it jumped up onto this tree branch
I was up late last night so popped outside my back door to get this - 99.9% of Full and because I was up that late I couldn't wake up in time to see the lunar eclipse . D'uh!
Inspired (?) by the fact that after having to go out to have my haircut in high winds and driving rain this morning, I gave a tulip a bit of a twirl when I got home . I went out later on to meet my better half at Swansea SA1 in bright sunshine but even stronger winds, to the extent that for my own safety I wrapped myself around a lampost ( there are no railings ) to get the shot in comments.
Inspired by Liz's image from the other day, I setout to make a game of noughts and crosses on Millook beach today.
A play with my Steampunk fob watch for Macro Mondays. Hanging the wound-up watch did create some movement though, so a shorter exposure needed. Just managed to get a little movement in the second hand :-)
Some unwanted reflectios as well. Learning curve!
A 78 % waning gibbous moon taken at silly o'clock this morning just before it started to get light and as it sank into some misty wispy clouds. An early start to the day because my OH was catching the 6.30am train to Paddington.
One for Macro Mondays topic of Hot or Cold. I hope both is allowed!
Quite a challenge setting light to an ice cube! All done in camera...
Cube measured 1.5" wide x 1" tall before starting to melt!
Also for the FCB's 52 Week Challenge topic of Icy.
I knew I wouldn't get time for anything today, so my Macro Mondays shot for the theme of Nine was made yesterday, while I was processing and uploading nearly 600 mountain bike shots from a long day on Saturday at Swinduro.
My first thought for Nine was noughts and crosses, so I added the Polos for 0 and Jacks for X.
Photographed in reflected sunlight underneath my wooden desk, on a gold shiny piece of card, I believe from a supermarket pizza!
The inked grid is 2.5" square.
... Marcello ( think about it ) 😁
A day at Cardiff Bay today . Whilst my OH went off in one direction to his monthly meeting. I went in the other direction to Cardiff Wetlands - both saw this but it was I who had a camera. He joined me later though for a spot of lunch followed by a spot of twitching with his whatawhappa lens ( in comments)
Bit of a lazy day, despite not staying up till midnight for the first time in years... We usually watch Hootenanny, but George Ezra was up first, which caused us to turn TV off and go to bed at 11.30pm. Not much point, as the West Chiltington bazooka brigade started up at midnight or thereabouts. More money than sense round here. At least I didn't have to deal with a terrified horse...
A first attempt at oil and water pictures... More work required methinks.
Saved these bottle caps for Macro Mondays. Had thought of calling this Seize (the way the French seem to order this beverage), but realised you might think I was seizing the day.
One minute I was on my knees in our front garden, checking out our dwarf chrysanths, when this flew past me and landed on alyssum behind me. If you ever heard of a little old woman who can turn 180deg from the waist in a split second (and live to tell the tale ) - I am that woman ;-) It's the first small tortoiseshell butterfly I've seen or captured this yea.r
Stationery for Macro Mondays.
Crayons bought for Oliver, lit from below with fairy lights, and above with a torch.
Had to be a rainbow, as we've had so much rain recently...
2" maximum width.
The North Pole of the distant Moon, Bulla in winter.
Size: 2" maximum diameter.
Macro Mondays: The First Letter of my Surname: B is for Bubble (Bulla in Latin).
Multicoloured for the FCB's 52 Week Challenge.
The camera club Challenge 2019 topic for December is Triptych, so five of us went to Worthing for the high winds at high tide. The light was variable, but we did get some sunshine.
I was looking at the waves and birds with my 100-400 lens most of the time.
The foam patterns kept catching my eye.
Oil and water for Macro Mondays. As soon as I saw this arrangement of oil droplets I thought "Orion's Belt.
1:1 focus.
Approx two years ago a young man named Ben fell into our lives (younger than our son in fact ) This was on a 'needs must basis'. Since then he's been so successful that he's had his own cards printed, wears tee shirts with his company logo . Suffice to say that he's made my life so much easier since he first set foot over my doorstep. This is his new website...
For the Macro Mondays theme of Jewellery - a ruby brooch and pearls that I inherited from my grandmother.
Also for my POTD - this was after we'd taken our friends from Hampshire to the station to start their journey home, followed by an emergency visit to my optician because in between leaving home and meeting them at a restaurant last evening, I lost my near-distance ( or reading ) specs. I always carry a spare pair but those had a screw loose which fell out first thing this morning 🙈
Hope to resume normal (?) service tomorrow because we're driving to Carmarthen later to take our son's dog home ready from when he arrives home from a holiday in Egypt #neveradullmoment.
A snapdragon . One out of a tray of 24 multicoloured ones brought out from the greenhouse to harden off on the patio before they get planted up.