Learning Collage Creation!
A while back the photo challenge was ‘Collage’. I had no idea how to create one and have since looked up how to do it with GIMP (my free photo-editing program). GIMP has a great support system and you can learn everything you need to learn about it online, plus there are many tutorials on … Continue reading Learning Collage Creation!
Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture
So many textures to choose from, especially in nature, but what could be more beautiful than a pure white feather! This was a macro shot of a very small feather. Weekly Photo Challenge Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Texture
Weekly Photo Challenge: Satisfaction
I get an indescribable sense of satisfaction knowing I’m just about to eat this! Without a shred of guilt! Heavenly French pastry from our local patisserie For the Weekly Photo Challenge: satisfaction Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Satisfaction
At the Heart of the Sunflower
The sunflowers are quite often enormous, just look how these blooms dwarf the honey bees that come to feast on them. I love the way the bees are coated with speckles of yellow pollen! Continue reading At the Heart of the Sunflower
I am a Sunflower
I am a Sunflower … a small one at the edge of the field This is my little friend, she’s been dropping her pollen This is our BIG sister, she’s way taller than us, and she’s been collecting bees! Another of our sisters is very beautiful This is Grandpa! He’s getting … Continue reading I am a Sunflower
Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual (coffee)
With our horses tied up under some shady trees our wrangler makes us some good cowboy-style coffee – not in a pot! My sister and my best friend were on a week’s holiday at ‘Homeplace’, a ranch in the foothills of the Rockies, in Alberta, Canada. The Weekly Photo Challenge Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Unusual (coffee)
Mrs Stag
Mrs stag beetle was not impressed to be photographed while wearing a cobweb! Continue reading Mrs Stag
Different Colour! : Hummingbird Hawk Moth
These hummingbird hawk moths arrived yesterday, feeding on the same plant as the ‘regulars’. I have never seen this colour before, they’re just beautiful, and much more vivid. Does anyone know if they have a specific name? I’ve found a few pictures on Google but no information. Compared to the type we have always … Continue reading Different Colour! : Hummingbird Hawk Moth
Weekly Photo Challenge 2: Bridge
In he end I just had to put my alternative pic up for the challenge! This is a bridge created by nature – the Pont d’Arc in southern France. A stunning natural arch, thirty metres high, carved out by the river Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge 2: Bridge
Weekly Photo Challenge: Bridge
I found I had quite a few photos of bridges, a dramatic one of the Pont d’Arc, a wonderful natural bridge down in the Ardèche department, way south of us. But the one I liked best was a quieter shot taken in December, just down the road at La Roque St Christophe. One of the bridges … Continue reading Weekly Photo Challenge: Bridge
The Chirpers are at it!
The bush crickets have been serenading us, there must be hundreds in the woods, zizzing in the hot and humid evening! Continue reading The Chirpers are at it!
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