Be it majestic, beautiful, stark, straight, bent, riven, ailing, weeping, or occasionally troublesome, there is one near you (hopefully). At this time of year, it may be undergoing a dramatic change in appearance. It doesn’t matter what it’s doing, I’d like a photo of it please, on this thread.
The subject is Trees.
For those of you with Entish inclinations, please take a leaf from Janus.
Entries by midnight 15 September.
Taking photographs of the great outdoors is not one of my hobbies. Therefore, most of my snapping is done indoors. I know I’m a bit late to enter the 14th photographic competition as set by my castle-dwelling, tram-travelling cousin, though I found this old dusty shot in my archives (hark at me) that might have been suitable as an entrant. You can judge for yourself what this is meant to be.
Our Grand Day Out took in the environs of Buckingham Palace and The Albert memorial where I admired the statures….
this one in front of Buckingham palace
Photo and retouch, that’s what the artist Eric Johansson calls it, (portfolio here)
There’s more, in fact there’s lots of them Continue reading “Photo & Retouch”
Today we took a trip in London for the London Surrey Cycle Classic part of the ‘London Prepares’ series that replicates the route scheduled for the London Olympics in 2012. Today’s ride of 140 km did follow the route planned for the big event, but only took a couple of turns rather than the nine that will take place on the day. We had ‘Silver Wristbands’ (thank you J) which meant gaining access to the finish sprint down The Mall.
We, that is just Cyclo and me, drove into London and parked in a side street, then took the tube in, followed by a short walk. We were nodded in to the cordoned off area, where there was a lovely atmosphere. At first we found a place to sit and read the papers with a cup of coffee, but soon it was necessary to take our place along the barriers. From where we stood we could see that there were quite big crowds outside, several deep at the barriers, but we were lucky enough to have a section of barrier to ourselves!
Looking back towards Buckingham Palace
Arachnophobia afflicts two members of our household, while I’m rather fond of the eight legged scuttlers, even when they are fairly large. So when I saw this:
on the landing I knew I had to do something. Continue reading “Saving lives”
An email from a friend showed me this
What are the dots on the damn? Continue reading “Damn it”
Cutting through the flex that provides the power for the hedge trimmer is one sure way to slow down the process of hedge trimming… and that’s just what I did just before lunch yesterday. (Luckily for me I wasn’t harmed; the power came though a surge protected socket) Continue reading “At a snail’s pace….”
This afternoon after work I wandered around the garden.
Crocosmia: it may be Lucifer.
The butterfly was intent on the thistle and allowed me to take several photos before flying off. It wasn’t in tip-top condition, and in close up the tip of the wing looks powdery.
Boadicea's Chariot 
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