#SundayStills ~ Group #Photography #Animals #Floral

Welcome to this weeks Sunday Stills, hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This week's prompt is Groups. An impressive grouping of snowdrops at Chirk Castle and a bunch of saxifrage flowers in my garden. My sister and I visited the deer park while spending a week at a holiday cottage in the grounds of Bovey Castle … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Group #Photography #Animals #Floral

#SundayStills ~ This week it’s #RainyDays #Weather #Nature

Terri's prompt for this weeks Sunday Stills is something we've had more than enough of lately...rainy days! "Life's not about waiting for the storm to pass…It's about learning to dance in the rain." - Vivian Greene A couple of years ago it rained so heavily the field behind our house became extremely waterlogged, so much … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ This week it’s #RainyDays #Weather #Nature

#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ #Red and/or #Pink #Nature #Photography

Terri's choice for February's Monthly Colour Challenge is Red and/or Pink "Colour! What a deep and mysterious language, the language of dreams." Paul Gauguin A pink sunrise Red and pink are two of my favourite colours in the garden...rock rose, the 'fruit' of the strawberry tree, fuchsia and daisy. Two of the impressive rooms in … Continue reading #SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ #Red and/or #Pink #Nature #Photography

#SundayStills ~ My Year-in-Review 2023 (part one) #lookingback #photos

Welcome to the last Sunday Stills of this year hosted byTerri Webster Schrandt. This week and next will be a look back at 2023 in photos. This post covers January to June. This time last year we had some seasonal weather, rather than the rain, wind and storms we've been battered with this year. January … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ My Year-in-Review 2023 (part one) #lookingback #photos

#SundayStills Monthly #Colour Challenge ~ ‘Tis the season so this month it’s #Red & #Green

Welcome to Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge hosted by Terri Webster Schrandt. This month it's the Christmassy colours of red and green. It's that time of year again. Christmas is coming round again too quickly... Hypericum and Rowan berries. A lone red tree amid the greenery. Red and green in the garden - fuchsia, spiraea … Continue reading #SundayStills Monthly #Colour Challenge ~ ‘Tis the season so this month it’s #Red & #Green

A Week of #Flowers 2023 ~ Day 7 #Nature #Gardening

Day 7 and the final day of Cathy’s yearly ‘A Week of Flowers’ challenge. It's been a lovely way to brighten up this first week of December, showcasing the wonderfully colourful blooms of summer. You can find Cathy's Post here. An assortment of geums and the beautiful flower cone of a dwarf buddleia.

A Week of #Flowers ~ Day 6 #nature #gardening

Day 6 of Cathy’s yearly ‘A Week of Flowers’ challenge. A lovely way to brighten up this first week of December, showcasing the colourful blooms of summer.  You can find Cathy's post here. We have a small lavender hedge at the front of the house and the bees and butterflies love it. Below is the … Continue reading A Week of #Flowers ~ Day 6 #nature #gardening

A Week in #Flowers 2023 ~ Day 4 #Nature

Day 4 of Cathy’s yearly ‘A Week of Flowers’ challenge. A lovely way to brighten up this first week of December, showcasing the colourful blooms of summer. You can find Cathy’s post here. Today I've chosen a lovely verbena and a cone of buddleia flowers complete with butterfly