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Sat and watched the waves at Dancing Ledge for ages. I have *slightly* tweaked the colours, as that was what my eyes could see in the water.
Today I went out with four friends that I made many years ago from WelshFlickrCymru..
We started the day with a spot of birding from the Cafe at Penllergare Valley Woods (photo in comments) before moving on to WWT Llanelli . The weather was too dark and dismal to take many photos there, not that it mattered because spending time with friends is in my books, time that is never wasted.
Every chapter of life brings new opportunities for growth and self-discovery. 🌸 Embracing the journey of becoming the best version of myself, one step at a time. 💖✨
Nadolig Llawen i'm holl ffrindie ar Fflickr/ A Merry Christmas to all my Flickr friends.
I'd have preferred to upload a photo more in the true spirit of Christmas i.e. one of our Nativity Set but in arranging it, a shepherd fell and broke a leg 🙈 (oh no he didn't! Oh yes he did 😉)
After yesterdays work, I needed to write on the back of each photo. After doing so, I realised the evidence for the DVLA would make a good mosaic.
We have to show that the van has built-in features, such as a cooker, bed etc.
Looking down into the harbour at Brønnøysund with afternoon light. Flipped to make a "sky" in the reflections.
Treasure Hunt 39: Impressionism
Subtitled : this as far as I got .
So today with another atlantic storm knocking on our doors, I thought I'd put up the Christmas tree and decs but I've had to call it a day by now due to physical constraints, therefore you could also call this a Work in Progress.
A dull day, after the glorious sunshine yesterday.
A quick look in the garden for something to photograph...
The gingerbread house is disappearing, and I thought it looked rather Gothic at this stage. Before we could have any more, it was out with a black background and flash to get light through the boiled sweet windows. I thought moonlight was appropriate, so I added a moon from 2016, then it looked a bit bare, so some trees from 2014 were inverted, converted to B&W and pressganged into action as well!
Treasure Hunt 72: Windows
Oh Hoh Hoh .....oh No......
We arrived home lunchtime from our morning meeting to this- Elvis Duck swimming around in circles in our muddied bird bath, can only assume he'd been at the 'cooking sherry' whilst we were out. Of course this is not the first time Elvis has made an appearance around this time of year ( see the one in comments...)
I first saw a dandelion macro a few years ago, and was fascinated by the structural detail to be seen.
When I heard that Macro Mondays theme for today was "Eye of the Beholder" I initially thought of using yesterday's car, as it was a bit battered. However, I spotted some dandelions, and thought that this would be perfect. How can something be so lovely, yet so unwanted and unloved?
Flower 2" in diameter.
There are several West Deans around. This one is near Friston Forest, where we went cycling. I stopped so suddenly for this that Dave nearly crashed into the back of my bike! Oops...
12th century with an unusual gable spire, which supposedly looks like a monk's cowl. A larger version of pareidolia!
This is a Passion Flower in my garden which I've given a bit of a twirl in Photoshop because it describes my morning to a tee. Whilst Huw was at the hospital this morning (getting his 6th and hopefully last post Bowel Cancer CT Scan) I was so busy attending to requests for so many things online that the Song lyrics by Don McLean sprang to mind,
"I feel like a spinning top for a dreidel
The spinning don't stop when you leave the cradle
You just slow down
Round and around this world you go
Spinning through lives of the people you know
We all slow down"
When he got home, the first thing he said , because I was so engrossed with what I was doing was , "Hello. This is Wales and you are on Planet Earth!" 😳 then half an hour later, I was still at it , "Ground Control to Major Tom..." 😬..... and breathe..............as they say.
Back to the grind early this morning to drive to Cardiff for Huw's monthly meeting. This is my latest book pile bought in Waterstones there with a Gift Voucher, and photo'd when I got home. The 'ancient' refers to the book ends which are solid brass ( in need of a polish) which Huw's grandad forged himself when he worked in Merthyr Vale Colliery . As for the books themselves, two are modern , but the ones in the middle are classics which I read as a child. I bought these because my last book pile was 'light reading' in chic lit style - many of which I ditched half way through . These I feel have more substance to them.
I took other shots of this using a narrower aperture but they turned out too sparkly, due possibly to the fact I didn't clean the sea spray off my lens after yesterday's boat trip- a 'thistledo' shot because this one is marginally better, but not the one I intended to upload.
I often buy peanuts in their shells to feed the squirrels at Swansea Botanical Gardens because they appear to enjoy them more than shelled ones. These are a few from a large bag of them which I keep at home ready to take with me on my next visit.
In the mustardseed sun,
By full tilt river and switchback sea
Where the cormorants scud,
In his house on stilts high among beaks
And palavers of birds….” Dylan Thomas
These are the first few lines of the poem by Dylan Thomas “On his Birthday” and this is his writing shed in Laugharne. We spent a pleasant hour or more here today en route the Corran Spa and Hotel, 2 miles away further on from here for Afternoon Tea for Two – a wedding anniversary gift from our son. It was a voucher that could be used anytime but I thought it wiser to use it asap because we’ve eaten so much fatty, sugary food of late that I need to get back to my healthy eating regime.
'Jac Codi Baw' is the popular name in the Welsh language for a JCB digger. Trs. Jac = Jack, Codi = to lift up, Baw = Earth . This was taken from the car window as we drove to the Lliw Valley Reservoir this morning. I had another two shots which I could have used for my PoTD but I like to vary things because the thing about 365 projects is that you run the risk of taking the same kind of photo year in, year out. The alternatives can be seen next to this in my photostream.
Cycling Moo Kay was part of the Surrey Cow Parade in 2016, sponsored by my brother. She now lives in his garden. Up in Guildford for a family get-together with cousins, which was very enjoyable.
Another of our pub walks. This was from the Crab and Lobster at Sidlesham. We knew we had to aim for the tide to be lower. The path was still quite muddy. I love these little inlets.
The toughest part was a gateway with the Rife going under it, where we had to creep around the edge of a large flood, getting tangled with brambles as we went. Pic of Dave making his way in comments
A trip up to see Guildford Flames play Coventry Blaze.
The home team were 4-1 up after the first period, then allowed Coventry back in, but managed to win by 5-4.
We haven't been to any matches in the UK, but very much enjoyed the two matches we saw in Canada some years ago.
The first was Calgary Flames vs Edmonton Oilers, and the second a local Colts team at Fernie, both while on skiing holidays.
This is Swansea's Singleton Hospital as seen from a balcony of Swansea University's Institute of Life Science. I along with many others including the Mayor of Neath/Port Talbot had been invited here on a tour of the MS Research labs, research which which is funded by MS Society UK. A fascinating insight into the current research going on in my hometown and a particularly moving talk by a PhD student whose aim in life ever since her childhood after seeing and chatting with an aunt who was affected by MS is a life dedicated to this
I also took many others photos as the official photographer for the event which are destined elsewhere, not for Flickr.
This is following on from yesterdays 'Organised Chaos ' shot and explanation ( in comments). I bought a bunch of red roses to put on the table - this morning when I was tidying up after yesterday, I noticed I'd plonked then in the jug without arranging them properly. I could have hung fire about today's choice of photo because I hope to get out later for some landscape shots but the jury is out on that because of the windy weather
A post and run shot because I've gone down with something similar to Huw , but in my throat. These are the antibiotics I was given yesterday as a precaution but needless to say I've had to start taking them today. Those who recognise what they are may think it odd because there are newer and more effective drugs available these days but it so happens there are very few that I can take, being severely allergic to them . Catch up when this nightmare is over .
Realising I didn't have an Umpire for the Treasure Hunt, I photographed this steward at the Laughton Ploughing Match. He seemed to be going round talking to people, like an umpire would, so he'll have to do. Not managed to get to any cricket or tennis this year!
Treasure Hunt 69: Umpire
These mushrooms have been catching my eye for a few days. When the sun came out, I walked down to try and capture the full effect. The largest was probably the size of a dinner plate!
Seen in front of a stable in a nearby horses field.
Treasure Hunt 63: Stable
When summer arrives, then Verdi's , Mumbles is a 'must visit'. Taken from inside and flipped in Photoshop.
An mtb ride at Swinley Forest again. I did get a few of Dave later on, but this was taken as my 365, reprising an old idea by lying in a small clump of pines.
I hasten to add, I lay down deliberately, not because anything had happened!
It was a beautiful, if blustery day.
I don't know how everyone else feels after the excesses of Christmas and its rich food, but I'm tired of it myself, so fancied something basic for my dessert at lunchtime.
Me and mine took ourselves out for the day very early on. As a rule we don't go far on a Bank Holiday Monday, so to avoid the traffic we had an adventure driving on unclassified roads, B roads and the like. Our first stop off was at Pentre Ifan Burial Chamber North Pembrokeshire and this was taken on our last stop at Lower Fishguard. It's part of the statue commemorating the historic importance of the herring catch to the economy of the town
This is a mounted photo ready to go on display, along with others , in an MS Cymru Event at The Future Inn, Cardiff Bay next Saturday but d'you think I can remember since I last exhibited whether to use a softer pencil to sign my name to it? I almost took one titled, 'No room to eat' LOL!! because my dining room is full of photo prints , mounts, a photo mobile with postcard sized photos to hang.
Subtitled: Wish me luck as you wave me goodbye....
This is because tomorrow I leave for Cardiff to photo the biggest event ever that I've photo'd for MS Society Cymru. It's the launch of the Stop MS Appeal in Wales at The Clubhouse , The Principality Stadium.
Re the photo itself I tried my best to get the Lego figure to stand up but she kept falling over. I'm so nervous about this that I hope its not an omen because I've been living with MS myself for all my adult life and due to it's fickle nature, I'm just so thankful that I'm (just about) still standing unlike many I meet whose lives are devastated by it.
Disclaimer: I'm not a professional photographer, never have I wished to be - if I'd the time in the past week, I'd have written a Blog Entry about why I do this.
So where else to go when you're a member of The National Botanic of Wales? From their e-newsletter
"As Wales’ national flower, it makes perfect sense for the magnificent daffodil to be so well represented at the National Botanic Garden of Wales.
Since opening in 2000, the Garden has shown over 50 varieties of this showy, distinctive beauty.
The Growing the Future project’s Daffodil Day will help you to understand the subtle differences between daffodil varieties and show you where to look for them.
There will be an indoor talk at 11.30am in the Paxton Room of Principality House by co-author of the Garden’s new Daffodils booklet, Dr Kevin McGinn, Growing the Future’s Science Officer, followed by an outdoor tour of the Garden’s late spring collections at 1.30pm, plus daffodil craft stalls in the iconic Great Glasshouse."
We didn't make it to the talk or the tour - a little matter of distraction on our part, meaning we took in the Birds of Prey Centre situated there , so I found it difficult to choose ( nothing new there, then) between this and the photo in comments.