More Snowy Days

All these photos I took in the morning but since the temperature never rose above 0 deg C no change took place during the day.

Car buried again

Heather

Heather

Criss Cross Branches

The track in the woods behind our property

A zoomed in view

Nearer still

Steps

A Vista

Large Fir tree

Large Fir tree processed

Our house from above

And from the side

My favourite tree

Sledger

Another one.

A beautiful tree

Poor Daffodils

Daffodils

On Thusday last 24th March I found these masses of daffodils that made for an irresistable panorama or five.
Double click to see full size.

Snow in April

This morning at about 7 am snow began to fall and soon built up quite a layer. Later i went out to buy a paper and took these two flower studies. There was a sad look to the flowers.

Sunday 30th March 2008

This was taken across Roger's farm on the road to Nunton village in the valley in the distance.
It was taken by locking on the exposure for the sky and then using a fill in flash for the foreground.

A day of catching up. The morning was spent gardening - mainly pruning.
Then a quick trip out to take some photos. Met Maggie and Fiona. Managed to persuade Maggie to pose. I removed some graffiti from the wall.

In the churchyard I thought that the 2 gravestones were picturesque with their fresh daffodils.

22nd March 2008

A rough day. We have had high winds and snow showers plus sunny intervals. Almost like April except for the cool temperatures [3 deg C].
In one small sunny moment I dashed out and grabbed a picture of this tulip and our bench whose slats were casting interesting shadows.

Chionodoxa & Roses & Crowns

I had to go into the city today with my Treasurer's hat and my cycle hat on too in the wind on my bicycle in order to bank the camera clubs small change that was becoming a literal burden to me. It weighed an amazing amount for such a small value.
En route I went past our local inn and took a wide angle snap of the crest over the front door. It was curiously smashed. Must be the gales we have been having.
Or was it the drink causing me to see in triplicate?
I had to go past the museum and in the grounds was a grand display of Chionodoxa plants. Here I have treated them to a diamond gradient with pastel colours and then a dull green colour overlay. Finally I used a mask to paint back some flowers that lay outside the diamond. Another link HERE

A Windy Day with Gales in Places

Today has been blustery but not as bad as the weather forecasters would have us believe [as usual]. At least round here. This was taken on digital compact camera because it was to hand. I still managed to convey the wind I hope. This is actually two photos blended together.
Other photos were taken today at the U3A meeting for use on the web site later.

Today I took just two pictures. One of a periwinkle close up & sadly unsharp. The other the letter E also no sharp!
Clearly I had to disguise my failings and here are the results.
The E has had Mehdi Vibrations filter followed by the Tiles filter set to 4 tiles and 10% offset.
The Periwinkle went through cropping and then Medhi Kaleidoscope filter followed by the Wave filter. In addition a quick brush with the Smudge tool. What beauty.

Today we went on a 5 mile walk around Rockbourne and Whitsbury. Lovely walk and a lovely day to do this. Basically we did this as a recce for the Chiselbury Grove Strollers Easter walk in 3 weeks time, This was a normal field until I flooded it. I liked the stubble edge on going over the crest.

Today 1st March we start a sort of diary where we take one photo per day for the month of March. Sheila and I are doing this because we set this idea for our U3A students and so we thought that we had better join in too. Then at the end of the month the idea is to produce a printed book with one page per day. These are to be A5 or so in size.

The Blue Maze

I spotted this boy playing with this water maze at the Anderton Lift complex in Cheshire.
Local Bluebell woods. Here I have tried to bring out the young beech tree and suppress the brilliance of the flowers.
Here is a tiny snail investigating our hosta leaves yesterday morning. Note the dew. Taken with the Sony F828 and hand held.
A tulip in our front garden earlier this year.
I hope this mixture is of interest.