#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 ~ It’s #Spring #Flowers are beginning to bloom #Gardening #Gardens

Terri's prompt for this week's Sunday Stills is April flowers. I'm cheating a bit and adding some new foliage as well. It may be April but the wind and rain hasn't finished with us yet. Nevertheless, things are beginning to grow in the garden. New leaves appearing on Spiraea, Sorbifolia and Photinia. The Magnolia is … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ It’s #Spring #Flowers are beginning to bloom #Gardening #Gardens

#SundayStills ~ Urban Scenes #Towns #Photography

Terri's prompt for this week's Sunday Stills is Urban Scenes. Views around Ruthin, a small market town in the Clwydian hills in Denbighshire, North East W££ales.  Looking out over Ruthin from the castle. Ripon is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire with a weekly market, medieval streets, a lovely river walk and many individual shops. … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Urban Scenes #Towns #Photography

#SundayStills ~ #Sunrise…or #Sunset ~ Do you have a favourite? #Nature #Photography

Terri's prompt for Sunday Stills this week is Sunrise or Sunset? Sunrise and sunset can be the most beautiful time of the day. "Sunsets are like God's paintings in the sky." – Unknown. These sunset shots were taken from the same place, the living room window of a previous house, looking out over Llandudno Bay … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ #Sunrise…or #Sunset ~ Do you have a favourite? #Nature #Photography

#SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ Soothing #Green #Nature #Photography

For this week's Sunday Stills Monthly Colour Challenge Terri has chosen any shade of Green. Green, a mixture of blue and yellow, symbolises among other things, nature, new growth, beginnings, health, rebirth and renewal. "Adopt the pace of nature. Her secret is patience" ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson The green open spaces of Cumbria. A Pied … Continue reading #SundayStills Monthly Colour Challenge ~ Soothing #Green #Nature #Photography

#SundayStills ~ Having Fun With Photo #Editing #DigitalArt #Photography

Terri's theme for Sunday Stills this week is having fun with photo editing I mostly use Fotor, there are lots of effect options with a sliding scale of intensity. This photo is Alderford lake, a water sports and aqua park, with the Monet Waterlily effect. A blue Himalayan poppy and Penmon lighthouse off the coast … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ Having Fun With Photo #Editing #DigitalArt #Photography

#SundayStills ~ #Iconic Places and Spaces #Photography #History

For this week's Sunday Stills Terri has chosen the theme of iconic places and spaces. The following are several places of interest I've visited around the UK. January 14th 2024 was the 80th anniversary of the death of Lieutenant Arthur L Brown, a very brave 23 year old American pilot who diverted his Thunderbolt plane, … Continue reading #SundayStills ~ #Iconic Places and Spaces #Photography #History