Weekly Photo Challenge; Beginning
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is Beginning. Here is my favourite one The beginning of our married life together
View ArticleWeekly Pet Challenge
With all the flooding I have been a bit remiss about posting for my other favourite challenges! For Michelle’s Weekly Pet Challenge, here is a starfish that Wilson found. To help with describing its...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge; Window
A photo of a window in Santorini I took while there at our friends Neil & Jo’s wedding in 2008. We are off to see them & their little family in Perth next Tuesday Thank you for bringing us...
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We went for a big long cycle yesterday along the coast, wonderful views, but a bit of a shock to our lazy legs! We went for a quick swim in the evening, though it was a bit quicker than planned! …...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Perspective
This week’s photo challenge is ‘Perspective‘. An interesting challenge… I don’t know what this plant is, but I think it might be Phormium, the New Zealand Flax…. but I’m not sure! Any suggestions of...
View ArticleRainbow Lorikeet
I love Rainbow Lorikeets! So much I want to post another photo of one straight away following my post of one yesterday for the Weekly Photo Challenge. Thank you Michelle for the opportunity :-)
View ArticleFlinders Street Station
Flinders Street Station is beautiful, but difficult to photograph! It’s a very long building! Here are some of my best attempts; If meeting someone in Melbourne, many people chose to meet under the...
View ArticleWalk up Reigate Hill
Since we have come back from New Zealand where we did lots of walking and some very steep hills at times, we have decided to keep up the level of fitness that we achieved there and to try and improve …...
View ArticleOne Word Photo Challenge; Purple
Purple is probably my second least favourite colour (after grey). I’m not sure why, I don’t buy things that are purple, I don’t have any purple clothes (apart from one dress) and I don’t seem to have...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge: Inside
In Australia and New Zealand the weather was far too lovely to stay inside, but just occasionally we decided to go indoors to have a look at some historical buildings. In Melbourne we visited the...
View ArticleCee’s Fun Foto Challenge; The Colour Purple
Since Jennifer’s One Word Photo Challenge ‘Purple‘ last week I have been finding more and more purple in my life! I found a purple silk shirt & here is a purple flower that got left out from last...
View ArticleOne Word Photo Challenge; Red
I did a quiz recently for one of my followers, and I found out; “Your soul is painted the colour red, which embodies the characteristics of love, strength, physical energy, sex, passion, courage,...
View ArticleWilson Poses for a Portrait
Wilson is very hard to photograph… he is usually moving far too quickly, or he blends in with the background. Nevertheless I persevere, and occasionally in the hundreds of photos of a black blur just...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge; Reflections
I love reflections :-) I’m always taking photos over water especially when it’s still. When we were in New Zealand we went to visit Milford Sound, and one of the attractions on the way to the Sound...
View ArticleOne Word Photo Challenge; Black
Recently I posted a picture of a black swan for one of Cee’s photo challenges that I came across in Esher, near where I live. Then I found out that the Black Swans are actually native to Australia,...
View ArticleMandarin Duck
I love these ducks! When I first saw one years ago in central London I couldn’t believe it was real! They look like they are carved from wood. I haven’t seen one for ages, but was out taking photos...
View ArticleOne Word Photo Challenge; Salmon
I’ve been falling behind with my challenges since starting to sell my photographs, so this week I am determined to catch up Here’s some beautiful salmon coloured (?) (pink) tulips from my garden...
View ArticleThe Palace of Westminster
This week I have been uploading lots of photos to my Redbubble account and iStockphoto, but for some silly reason when I saw this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge; Monument, I went blank!! I started...
View ArticleThe Monument in Weybridge
Weybridge has its very own monument! This monument has a very interesting history. It was originally erected in Seven Dials in central London near Covent Garden. In the 18th Century, the Seven Dials...
View ArticleWeekly Photo Challenge; On Top
I love watching these sailing hydrofoil boats flying along on top of the water! They have so little resistance they travel at incredible speeds, but they are so light (most of them are in the ‘moth...
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