Tuesday, August 22, 2017

Guess what .. its over 6 months since I was last on .. and its another combined challenge on UKS .. Summer Snap! 2017 !!

So here goes once again....  there is one category and a couple of better photos to come yet .. so watch this space ...

List of 20:

1) a Dome .. hard to find in rural Essex .. so next best thing, domed garden trellis/obelisks ..



2) a hanging basket .. better .. thanks to Perrywoods, my local garden centre ..


3) something sticky,  well since I gave up eating sticky toffee pudding I fell back on plain ole gle ..

4)  something smaller than your thumb .. how about two handmade teddies?? ..

5) a set of three .. Perrywoods again to the rescue .. great plant related stuff and some lovely gifts ...


6) anything noisy .. so what is more noisy that a bunch of kids at a petting Zoo?  .. well I coaxed these four into standing still for two seconds .. with their Mum's permission ..

7)  on a bench .. in my neighbour's garden ..


8)  an apple .. guess where, yep, Perrywoods again ..

9)  an object you would never part with .. easy, the cross hubby gave me on our weddding day .. worn it ever since and that's over 45 years ...

10)  a street sign beginning with S ..

11) a reflection other that in a mirror .. how about the cellophane around a table set? ...

you can just make out me taking its picture!

12)  stitches .. lots of them in this blackwork piece theidea taken from a children' story book
 ...

13)  something tall .. a 60' + eucalyptus OK ..its been lopped to 7' now, too big, too near the building.


14)  anything containing the letter Z .. childrens gifts came in handy here ..



15) Feathers .. on my hat, on the ground and on their original owners ...





16) peace and quiet .. Abberton Resevoir is so peaceful, lovely place to just relax - even if your have no idea of which bird id which!!

17)  something with a tail .. wooden birds, and a very long tail attached to a monkey in Colchester Zoo.


18)  a wall .. the wall in Colchester parts of which date back to the Romans ..



19) two wheels ..
a boat trailor/cradle ...
and a bike for sale ...


20) something surprising ... how about a Morninbg Glory flower that actually flowers at night?



Sunday, January 08, 2017

Oops .. haven't posted on here for soooooooo long .. but there is another combined challenge on UKS - the WINTER SNAP! challenge.  The same type of thing as the Summer one so ......

Take photographs of the following:-

1) a clock at 12

my bedside clock ...

and the office clock ...

2) green/red/gold
RED ...
holly berries ..

Christmas carrier ..,,

hips .....

pillar box .....


3) a shop window
Our local Alladin's cave .. the Cheap Shop in Tiptree ...
Right side ..

and left ...

4) winter trees

my neighbour's cherry in front of the spruce ...

the contorted willow ..

the walnut ...
 


 my copper beech hedge ....

the oak next door ..


5) baking
courtesy of Maldon Tesco's ....





6) shadows/reflections or a silhouette

reflection in a utility window ...

shadows of coats in the hall ...





7) lights
lamps from my living room (used when my main light stopped working!!) ...



8) chocolate to eat or drink
a selection of Christmas pressies ..
 
these I treated myself to ...



and choccy to drink ...


9) a bridge

the bridge over the ditch between my garden and my neighbour's ..
and the one over the frozen canal at Heyb ridge ....

10) a cone
double whammy .. cones in a cone ....

a lonely cone .. did someone forget you?? ....


11) holly and/or ivy

my front and back hedges ...





12 anything frozen, icy, glistening
my car's windscreen ..

and the bonnet ..

and some frosted leaves ...

13) lambs, snowdrops or any sign of Spring

snowdrops ...

even a daffodill!! ...


waiting to Spring up?? ....


14) foorprints, crunching
when I put out the waste bag ..

walking across snow covered leaves ..

extra crunchy these!! ...

15) bedtime

don't they look cosy!! ...

16) cosy socks/mittens/hats/scarves

I chose scarves .. these are mine ....


17) a hand-addressed letter
a somewhat deleted addresses letter!! ...

18) a house number the same as your birthday
a compilation of numbers ...

19) a cobweb
Well it didn't say it had to be made by the spider!!

and the cobweb in the shed (not opened since hubby died two years ago this week)

20) a street busker, playing
haven't seen one of these for years so substituting (A) a Favourite from Christmas ....

Crib with shepherds ...

and when the Magi/Wise Men/Kings came ...

and the whole point .. the Holy Family .....


substitutes ...
A) a favourite from Christmas
B) a film or book
C) hour handbag
D) hands

I shall post as and when I get something for each catagory.
Wish me luck!