… at a guy playing with fire.

Looking down at the pole balancing on his feet

Looking up as he made the flames huge

He was very entertaining and the large crowds loved his show. I wondered how you find out you can balance fire on the ends of a pole? and I also wondered why?

And as it’s been raining here so much I had to find something positive about it all…puddles.
So, Looking up at the lichen on the branches of a tree

And down though the puddle at the branches on the same tree

Thank you Helena. Only one more week to go. It has been a wonderful year Looking Up and Down with you all.

…the river Aller at Packhorse Bridge Allerford Somerset

Thank you Helena.

…at leaves

Thank you Helena.

…at one of the many ice rinks that have suddenly popped up around here this year.

Thank you for this lovely meme Helena

…around puddles.

Inspired by Helena and Jill who both make lovely abstracts I went out to our supermarket car park which is always full of puddles when it rains. Now this, as you can imagine is mostly annoying but today I was thrilled. Passers by were hugely amused as I stood, hardly inconspicuous with my long lens taking pictures of puddles. Depending on where you focus you either see the leaves, the tarmac and any rubbish or the trees and sky above. It was a fun exercise and I have some abstracts that I love.

For Helena’s meme though, I have

Looking Up (via the puddle)

Looking Down (into the puddle)

Thank you Helena