13-JAN-2013
Evening
On the way back from Eggesford where there is a good Garden centre with an extremely good Café I had to stop to admire and photography the sun going down over Dartmoor. What a lovely sky too.
14-JAN-2013
Rude to stare!
Our house is like a 3 ring circus at times as we have 3 cats who only get on together in varying degrees. Fuzz gets on well with Spike, Fuzz gets on ok with Roxie who tolerates him at a distance. Roxie and Spike are another matter - Spike is terrified of her and she uses it to full advantage. I've lost count of all the times I've found him trapped in a small corner or under a sofa while Roxie sits looking totally disinterested - until he moves and then the chase is on!
Roxie was growling quietly all the time I took this and several other shots.
15-JAN-2013
And then it went dark
I have to confess that I took this shot from the car. I'd been wandering along the lanes looking for a high spot to give me a good view over the Moor as I could see some sunbeams which looked interesting. As I rounded a bend everything "came together" as they say... a gateway, a good view, sunbeams and then the dark cloud. I wasn't going to risk getting out of the car so down came the window and voilà
All I have done is crop half a cm off the left hand side.
16-JAN-2013
Wires
Wires, no matter how you tie them up they have a talent for unravelling themselves and then turning into a bundle of knots the moment you pick them up. WiFi everything would be wonderful but will it ever happen?
17-JAN-2013
Falling
I was discussing the usefulness of tulips with a fellow PBaser only a day or so ago and here I am posting a photo of tulips. Truth be told I've spent a lot of the day catching up with a mountain of ironing - no idea where it all comes from but it appears almost overnight, so photography took a back seat and I didn't pick my camera up until late afternoon. There hasn't been any good light outside all day so I didn't miss anything there. (Now I've typed that a quote from a very famous photographer comes to mind about light. Something about any f!*!*!** light - you get the idea.) Well then it had to be the tulips. They're at least 2 weeks old and have flopped down onto the window sill… perfect.
18-JAN-2013
Watching
I can't say that I much like snow. Of late staying vertical has become a problem for me on occasions and no, it's not alcohol related ! The prospect of snow and ice on the ground has prompted me to order some of those strap on studs (banish those mental images right now!) so if you don't hear from me for a while I'm probably oh so securely fastened to the floor, in the garden, surrounded by mud/snow/ice….sigh! Doubtless there will be pictures :)
Have a wonderful cosy and warm weekend everyone.
19-JAN-2013
Earring
It was a messy day yesterday so although I took photos they didn't get looked at until today (Sunday) More clearing, cleaning and decorating going on but then in a house with 13 rooms I suppose it could go on for ever.
Anyway today I have played a little in Silver Efex Pro2 and transformed my earring a little. It's great software which, as with much software, the more you use it the more you realise its potential - easy on the sliders though ;)
Now to start thinking of todays PaD, it's a bit like decorating!
20-JAN-2013
Floating
The garden always looks a bit sad at this time of year, though there's plenty to do and I was looking at one of my jobs to do here. All the windfalls have been eaten by Blackbirds and Fieldfares, the former are permanent residents the latter fleeting visitors and for a few weeks the orchard is full of them eating and squabbling. The only apples left now are the ones like this one which fell into the pond. The Blackbirds will have a nice surprise when I get them out. The Fieldfares don't wait around and have long ago moved to better pickings. Now... to find that old fishing net.........
21-JAN-2013
Lace and laces
Those of you who know me know about my love of jewellery, especially big silver rings. At this time of year I need gloves but gloves don't fit over my rings so I resort to arm warmers and they're brilliant - bring out the latent Goth in me ;)
22-JAN-2013
Single
It's been a cold wet day today but at least the snow has gone away in this little bit of Devon. It's milder too this evening but even so the late trip to a supermarket found it almost deserted. I made a good purchase - a bouquet of flowers in the reduced bucket - 45p Here's one of my favourites.
23-JAN-2013
Rickety fence.
Believe it or not but this fence has kept both sheep and cows out of the stream which runs own the side of our house ever since we have lived here - 16 years now. It also keeps them out of our garden which is good as my sheep/cow wrangling days are coming to an end! I have a feeling that after this winter some new posts will be needed in a few places. Fortunately we shall only have sheep as neighbours for quite some time and all they ever want to do is scratch an itch!
24-JAN-2013
Jimi
It's not very often I get the chance to photograph Jimi. He and Livs sat together in the sun room for a while as the light faded. I quite like this one - no prizes for guessing who he's looking at.