Category Archives: Photography

Happy New Year

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We have the most beautiful sunshine this morning,

after the heaviest hail storm I can remember.

Before the hail was a fabulous sky,

What a strange start to the second day of the New Year.

Today is the last day of the Christmas break for me, I have no idea how I am going to get up for work tomorrow.
I have really enjoyed Christmas, visits from family and friends, time away from work and time and inspiration to Journal my Christmas. Thank you Shimelle for another great class. A special joy this year was receiving beautiful greetings, electronic and through the mail from you. Thank you x
I just happened to mention to my husband that I had noticed I have posted 297 times and he said “what? is this the woman who said she had nothing to say, she would never get involved, no-one would read it anyway!
Thank you all & now especially thank you ‘Uncle Dave’ you have inspired me further.

I have made another collage, I love collages, and lists of course. Actually I think a collage is kind of pictorial list…
This is 52 photos that I have played with in photoshop, my new love, after the dog, the boy, and the husband. Depending on how well you know me will tell you if that sentence was in a particular order!!

Happy New Year

Scrapping the Everyday

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Two birthday party layouts.
When I scrap with paper I frequently use fabric or a paper bag or a calendar picture or something that is not traditional scrapbooking paper as the background, so I wanted to try using one of my photos as a background to a digital layout.
The background on this is one of those paper lanterns that you put a tea light in.

And the background here is a photo of the fire pit.

They look kind of Autumn to me, just right for late October and lovely memories of a fabulous weekend when it was slightly warmer!

Scrapping the Everyday

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Inspired by Amy


This beautiful Lavender field is near Axbridge in Somerset. It is only open during July and August and in all the years I have lived around here this is the first time I have seen it. Apart from the fabulous colours, the perfume filling the warm summer air was just wonderful! There is a little shop there where you can buy all things Lavender, plants, oil, sprays, soap, cut stems, hand lotion… and they have just opened a lovely little cafe outside in the field, the tables have lavender coloured check table cloths on, and there are pretty cushions on the chairs. Tea is served from proper tea pots and china cups and saucers. The whole thing says English Summer in the Country. Yes there were Lavender cakes and Lavender tea which was absolutely gorgeous.
And publishing this on a cold rainy November morning I am reminded of a beautiful warm perfumed filled day.

Spider

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Aranaeus diadematus

I just love watching the garden spider build her web and then come back later to see it full of lunch for her!

I seemed to have developed a love part of
my hate relationship with spiders.
This particular garden spider has facinated me
with her web making skills and I have taken
endless photos of her just as long as she
stays still in her web! September 2011

Is there something you can tolerate from behind your lens that you would otherwise stay far away from?