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It's still all pink fluffy flowers and sunshine around here

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Cliffs by Godrevy, St. Ives Bay

My surroundings in April 2020

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!

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From the Springtime collection:

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Ayla. Springtime - Lemon Water w/Juicer

Ayla. Springtime - Lemon Basket

Ayla. Springtime - Flower Crate

Ayla. Springtime - Blanket Basket

Ayla. Springtime - Lemon Wreath w/Wall Hook

Ayla. Springtime - Chair w/Pillow

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From the Moroccan Corner set:

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Ayla items available at the Arcade:

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Additional items pictured:

Nutmeg. Bowls

Nutmeg. Silver Lemon Bowl

.:revival:. vintage rug

{vespertine}thrift store cat planter - spider plant

{vespertine}thrift store giraffe planter - pencil cactus/clay

dust bunny . at home baking . lemon cake

dust bunny . at home baking . lemon plant

hive // hanging devil's ivy plant . pink variegated

hive // hanging bougainvillea plant . yellow

hive // hanging bougainvillea plant . white

Build: Scarlet Creative Xander Skybox - Ground Version

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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)

Sea pinks or thrift on Porthminster Point, St Ives, Cornwall.

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One from last weekend when we ventured to Bedruthan Steps on the North Cornish Coast.

The coast is now covered in the gorgeous pink and yellow thrift giving it that extra bit of colour.

I went down with Darren and Jim and for a change, we headed further up the coast to shoot South, as we normally shoot towards the North. It's always nice to shoot a favourite location from a different vantage point and I'd never shot from this spot before.

Unfortunately, there wasn't much of a sunset, but we still had some nice side light on the cliffs from the setting sun.

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Armeria maritima, seen along North Cliffs, near Hayle

……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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©Alan Foster

©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……

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

At C88 ~

Soy. Rose Stool

New ~

7 - Cat Burglar Painting

Other items ~

(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frames (multi)

(Milk Motion) floral rug

(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frame 1

(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frame 3

(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frame 4

(Milk Motion) vintage needlepoint frame 6

(Milk Motion) rattan pendant lamp

dust bunny . areca palm plant

dust bunny . quirky planters 2 . kitty planter

Soy. OSC- ARM CHAIR - Floret copy

Soy. Shitamachi Alley Garden - Potted Plant

Soy. Shitamachi Alley Garden - Potted Plant

Soy. Room divider Shelf [Walnut]

Soy. Stool [No.728]

Soy. Old books with coffee

Soy. Super long Hanging Hedera

-tres blah- Eclectic Collection - Cat Face Pillow

(fd) Cat - 02 Sleeping Curled

(fd) Cat - 12 Curious

Nutmeg. Laundry Day Slippers

Nutmeg. Brass Candlestick 1 & 2

Nutmeg. Forgotten Library Book Pile

Fancy Decor: Wire Clock

6. AF Bambi Figurine

(NO) Pretty Boy Cat Vase RARE

(NO) Standing Cat - Blue China

(NO) Cat Head Pot - Ziggy

{vespertine}thrift store cat planter - spider plant

{vespertine} - mistletoe cactus

{vespertine}-through the looking circle./gold

{vespertine}sanctuary / 7

*HEXtraordinary* Flying Monkey Incense Burner - Silver

Dahlia - Cassiopeia - Decorative Jars

..::THOR::.. Raw Baskets

..::THOR::.. Licking Red Cat

..::THOR::.. Melody Moments

anxiety %eight miles high [ashtray]

KOSH- SEXY TIME LAMP

hive // potted plants . gold dust dracaenas . pot b

……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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©Alan Foster.

©Alan Foster. All rights reserved. Do not use without permission.……

As seen in tiny feet magazine.... ; )

Thrift in bloom at Jurassic coast

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

As I reported in a recent story, the bluebell season had proved to be a bit of a non event this year. A not very heady combination of poor weather, a poor attitude and even worse composition skills had delivered nothing whatsoever and I’d resorted to the archives for an image to share a story of abject failure. It was time to move on. What was next? Well a return to Echo Beach and Godrevy Lighthouse was long overdue. Very long overdue in fact – I was surprised to note that I hadn’t taken photos here since January. Even more startling was the realisation that on six of the previous eight visits, I hadn’t got beyond downloading the raw files onto my computer. Ok so during that period I was lucky enough to go to Iceland and the Canary Islands, trips which were filled with yet to be shared images, but it did make me wonder what on earth I’d been playing at. Why had I ignored all of these folders, and what was in them? I really should take a look.

So some time towards the end of last week, we headed down to Godrevy in the van. On a sunny afternoon that was colder than it looked, we sat at the field on the headland in our camping chairs, enjoying a cream tea that had arrived as part of an unexpected hamper delivery that morning. It seems that recommending services you’ve been happy with pays dividends once in a while. I’d brought the camera with me of course, with only a passing thought about whether we’d stay long enough for sunset. Really we’d just come down for an afternoon out, and a brief stroll to watch the seals at Mutton Cove before racing back to the van as a shower raced towards us from across the bay. Back in the van another cup of tea was brewed as we settled down to watch the world outside. Ali had a little snooze while I pushed on through the last few chapters of the novel that had taken me away to the dreamland marshes of the North Carolina coast for most of the last week. Afternoon ticked on towards early evening. At some point we’d have to make a decision about food.

So we trundled off to Hayle and continued to abandon our cholesterol levels outside the front door of the local chippy. We could always have alfalfa sprouts tomorrow. Once rumbling stomachs were refuelled, we returned to the exact same spot as before, noting that the gates would be locked at nine. I’d just hop down and have a look. There wasn’t much doing, so I told Ali I’d be back soon. I’m never back soon. She knows that.

After poppies, it’s sea thrift in this rapidly passing floral season. No sooner have the woodland blues begun to wane and descend back into the lush green foliage, the vivid pink blooms appear on clifftops across the coast. And while I’d gradually begun to make sense of bluebell compositions (at least until this year’s big step backwards), the sea thrift had remained complicated. I pretty much always shoot into the light because it’s what inspires me and moves me to landscape photography, but of course that sets its challenges. Shadows, silhouettes, and dynamic ranges to test the computer’s memory later on. I look back to early attempts where I’d followed the letter rather too closely – highlights all the way down, shadows all the way up, noise all the way up with it – all shots where I’d failed to keep the raw files to try again years later as I released the histogram was on the back of my camera for a reason and learned new techniques in the editing suite. At one time I tried a stage of shooting the foreground an hour before the background, but the blend never looked convincing. Focus stacks also came with accompanying headaches – all of those fiddly strands against the blue background sea that looked messy if you dived into the pixels too far.

The most pleasing result to date was one that ironically, I’ve never shared on Flickr. Maybe I should. A beautiful glowing mass of colourful cloud, a clutch of gulls making for the island and an appealing pink patch at the front of the image. Why did I never post it? Not sure, but when I have another creative block like the one I faced in the bluebell woods, I guess I can keep it up my sleeve. Two further years of learning how to use Photoshop will need to be applied first though. It was one of those pesky focus stacks and the blending needs another visit. At least this was in the era since I decided to keep every raw file forever. Except the real duds of course. Mind you that could be a mistake – ICM is so popular nowadays. Even if this is more like UCM.

This evening was also testing my brain cells. In truth, I’d left things late. If I’m out on my own I can happily set up a composition and wait for two hours until the light is at its best. But an hour ago we were queuing at the chippy three miles away in Hayle, and nowhere near any compositions. Not unless Asda superstores are your chosen subject. Now I dashed from one spot to another, always struggling with the gulf of water between the headland and the lighthouse that separated the foreground and background almost irreparably. As I settled on this one, Ali rang to say the man had arrived to lock the gates as a stream of vehicles headed along the clifftop towards the road. At the exact same moment, the sky was starting to get interesting, so shameful to say, I asked her if she could drive Brenda back to the main car park that is never locked, and five minutes later I saw a big red van moving away from me. “Got here without any bumps” came the message.

I settled down as the sun headed towards the horizon and the colours became ever more saturated. By now it was a case of seizing what I could from the scene and hoping for the best, before walking back along the cliff path and remembering what it is that brings me here again and again, whether or not I take photos, and whether or not I get around to working on them later.

Emboldened by her success at driving the van from the field to the car park, Ali drove us home. Cream teas, fish and chips, sea thrift and a chauffeur. Better than frowning in frustration at bluebells that don’t want to play.

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 ! !

I planted the sedum inside...

Your Granny, your Auntie, your Momma, your Mammy

I’ll take those flannel zebra jammies

Second-hand, I rock that motha

That built in onsie with the socks on that motha

I hit the party and they stop with that motha

~ Macklemore & Ryan Lewis

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sea thrift growing from a rock on a local beach,buncrana county donegal

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

Another example of the sea thrift and its thriving on sea cliffs of Hook Peninsula.

Cornish Thrift with Bedruthan Steps in the background.

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

Thank you for your visit. I used my own textures

River.

Silk.

UC.

Some Thrift making some colour impact.

Walking the aisles at a thrift shop.

Micro world

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.

Thrift (Armeria maritima) in bloom.

Zawciag pospolity (Armeria maritima) w rozkwicie.

A lawn full of thrift in a coastal Pembrokeshire cottage

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.

One of the few open shops in downtown Butte.