Im-mobile

The cranberry was a bit worse for wear and the strawberries don't have much taste but it was the best I could do!  (Still using the mobile phone.)

Facing the light

I haven't any photography lights or flashes (except the one on the camera) so I usually use light from a window or more recently a torch, but I pushed the boat out with this one and used the light from my mobile phone!  Taken with the 50mm lens in a dark room!

Christmas lights

Hanging on

Last leaf

Well, not quite the last leaf but a few windy days will see a lot of the leaves disappearing!  Used one of my own textures on this - a shot of a rusty pipe.  Enjoy the rest of the autumn  days!

Mabel

Meet Mabel, the latest family member!  Not a big hit with Holly the dog - yet!  Holly just ignores her but doesn't like Mabel getting any limelight.  I'm sure they'll hit it off , eventually.

Autumn light

 I didn't get further than a few steps from my front door when I saw the morning sunlight through the leaves of the hydrangea bush.  Nearly missed this.

Last of the summer wine

In spite of the snow and wind of the last few days, there are still some roses hanging on.  Thinking of blogger friends in America at this time and hope you are still hanging on there.  Be safe.

Amazing grace

Thanks to Eugene Peterson for this phrase which he uses in The Message.  (Psalm 17)

Hydrangea

All these hydrangea heads came from the same plant.  Some of my favourite colours! Amazing that one plant can be so varied.

It's got to be autumn

Growing in my garden but don't know the name! Two of Kim Klassen's textures, with 'Clive Barker' font.

Artichoke

A friend gave me what I thought was a large thistle, but since the artichoke is a perennial thistle that's not surprising.  What was a surprise was the inside of the head - I thought it would be like the inside of a poppy  or a pineapple!  Just shows you never know what something contains!

Summer's end

Wind and rain have finally demolished the last sunflowers.  At least I won't be on the hunt for snails any more!

Full bloom 2

Prize-giving day tomorrow for the highest sunflowers!  Must confess to some jiggery-pokery as the recent high winds broke some of the tallest ones off, so had to do some quick name tag rearranging so that all GKs would get a prize!  This one however wasn't in the garden - except in my imagination!

Full bloom

At last the sunflowers in our garden are fully out even if they are not very tall.  A piece of goldwork makes a new centre!

The first one!

Just when we had given up on any of our sunflower heads appearing, the first one emerges, closely followed by three more!  Better late than never!

Edlingham Castle

We've just visited Edlingham Castle which can be found between Alnwick (famous for its castle with Harry Potter links) and Rothbury This is one of the many castles to be found in the border (with Scotland) county.
Always plenty to explore!  Come before this one falls down!

Sea mist

To go with the grey rainy day I've been working on this photo I took a couple of weeks ago, using two of Shadowhousecreations  textures.  We're planning a bbq tomorrow if the water in the garden disappears!

A new me

I decided it was time I came out from behind the camera.  'Groma' by Nathan, age 6!

Animation

I've just found out how to do this animation in the Beyond Layers course that I'm following . It was quite simple once I'd figured out how to  load it to the blog.  Not the best subject but will now try to find a more suitable one!  Don't get dizzy!