On the background: Hurst Point Lighthouse

A shot of a Puffin stretching its wings from Lunga, one of the Treshnish Isles between Mull and Coll in the Hebrides. From Spring 2015.

From Ballybunion Cliff walk.

I love Irish Atlantic Coastline :-)

Cliffs by Godrevy, St. Ives Bay

As I was a little way from these I used my telephoto rather than a Macro set-up. The hoverfly would have flown long before I got near!

I actually really enjoyed this trip to Cornwall. I didn't think the sunset was going to happen because of the clouds, but... it just managed to peak out from the bottom and then just after Sunset the sky lit up, BOOM ! We had ourselves a great evening, the fellow photographers from Italy had a treat too they were standing nearby talking in Italian I could almost hearing the joy from the language as they quickly snapped away. We all just looked at each other with amazement as moments before the sky was dull.

Although the thrift was just on the way out I wanted to capture some colour in the foreground, I really didn't think about taking a shot for the foreground to be in focus too busy catching the light But!!! lesson learnt for next time!

(or sea pink)

……Might as well go for three flower posts in a row, only this one has a sea view!! Taken at New Polzeath on the North Cornwall coast - we were just beginning our coastal walk to Daymer Bay, Thrift is a popular coastal plant and I liked it here with the sea as a backdrop.…. Alan:-)

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Armeria maritima, the thrift, sea thrift or sea pink, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plumbaginaceae. It is a compact evergreen perennial which grows in low clumps and sends up long stems that support globes of bright pink flowers. In some cases purple, white or red flowers also occur. Isn't nature wonderful.

I awoke to birdsong and bright sunshine this morning and wasn't in the mood for another Bodmin Jail photograph (being dark and gloomy) but there will be more to follow for anyone who is interested.

Thrift growing on a clifftop at Kynance Cove

The secret treasure of Porth Nanven way down in the far west of Cornwall.

Very much enjoyed a trip down to Cot Valley and Porth Nanven with my old mate My Beady Eye. and Khun Jeremy who'd taken the long trip down to visit us.

……Always a good place to see Thrift and usually the right time of the year when we visit the North Coast of Cornwall in May, a phone shot taken on an evening walk here.…… Alan:-)

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Thrift

I just love these little flowers on the Cornish cliffs

Probably my favourite coastal flower! Highlights are rather blown, but still like it!

Isle of Staffa - Scotland (May 2010)

Burgh Island had Thrift, Bluebells, Spring Squill and Campion flowering nicely this week.

Thrift in bloom at Jurassic coast

“The crickets and the rust-beetles scuttled among the nettles and the sage thicket. ‘Vámanos, amigos,’ he whispered and threw the busted leather flintcraw over the loose weave of the saddlecock. And they rode on in the friscalating dusklight.” -Eli Cash in The Royal Tennenbaums

I planted the sedum inside...

Micro world

For Macro Mondays Group - Translucent

I found this beautiful ornament in a thrift store on a day trip to Hillsborough, North Carolina a few years ago. Love how the light shines through it and the colors pop. Couldn't believe someone didn't pick this one up quickly, but it was tucked off in a corner. I love glass and I immediately saw it when I went into the room where it was located. I placed it on one of my glass candle sticks and photographed it in a north facing window. Lace curtains diffuse the light. The ornament is 3" across. HMM, everyone ! !

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Purple rock flowers - thrift - between rocks on beach in Harris

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Cornish Thrift with Bedruthan Steps in the background.

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Thrift shop microscope. Because I couldn't afford the accordion.

River.

Silk.

UC.

diagonals and details in such a small space

I went hunting for butterflies a couple of evening's ago. Couldn't find any butterflies but found a few of these cool metallic green beetles on some thrift.

on the rocks on the Isle of May

Came across this while photographing thrift on Carsewall point.

Its still lovely even when its withered away.

Thrift (Armeria maritima) in bloom.

Zawciag pospolity (Armeria maritima) w rozkwicie.

Cairns of Coll

Always a joy to see clumps of Thrift also known as Sea Pinks. This cushion-forming perennial carpets cliffs, coastal roadsides & salt marshes from April to July with dense tufts of papery, pink flowers & grass-like grey-green leaves. This is the view down to the beach from the cliff at Carnarvon Bay, Co. Wexford. The yellow flowers are Kidney Vetch. I'll upload a separate photo of these another time.

Wild flower photo 52/100 for the 100 Flowers 2018 Group.

Thrift is so pretty. One Flower head is made up of many tiny florets!