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October 2008

pumpkin-face
Digital Photography

Sweet

Happy Halloween! I’m hoping the neighbourhood kids don’t take all the sweeties tonight so I can have something nice instead of as well as my dinner – especially as we brought lots of retro sweets that they’ll never truly…

ttv
Digital Photography

Photo Friday – Garden

This week’s PhotoFriday Challenge is ‘The Garden’. Well, thank goodness, because I have plenty of those piccies to choose from – here’s a little tableaux, through the viewfinder of my olde-fashionedy camera (I miss my little marigolds)……

lensbaby
Digital Photography

Lensbaby 3G

At long last I’ve got hold of a Lensbaby 3G – I’ve wanted one for ages! I couldn’t wait to start using it, even though it was pouring in rain out and there was no light at all. Imaptient.…

feet
Digital Photography

Feet

I love the way swan’s feet look – like a dragon wearing welly boots – so alien, yet practical looking compared with the refined elegance that goes on above the water……

golden-leaves
Digital Photography

Skeletal

Look up, look at the leaves, they’re almost done but oh so beautiful… …then there’s the mysterious stems that look so curly and intersting now (especially if you’re a spider)… …but I like the seedy skeletons of cow parsley…

log-closeup
Digital Photography

Old

Counting up the rings I think this tree is was the same age as me……

leaves
Digital Photography

Trees

What a lovely weekend it’s been – very autumnal. Yesterday it was all about pumpkins, and today was all about treking through the New Forest, under blue skies that sometimes turned to fire… …and the smell of freshly-cut pine…

pumpkin-festival
Digital Photography

‘Tis the season to be orange

Today was gorgeous and sunny and a fabulous day to visit the local pumpkin festival… I bought some lovely samples from the local allotment socirty (a bit too dark to photograph now) but nowhere near as big as some…

punt
Digital Photography

Photo Friday – Athletic

Today’s Photo Friday challenge is ‘Athletic’ – the thing is, I don’t really mix in athletic circles (they’re to fast for me – ha ha). The nearest I can get is a gentle punt down the river in Oxford…