Rough-ish, Smooth-ish

This month's photography subject was rough/smooth.  Turned out to be not an easy theme!

My choices seem to be rough-ish or smooth-ish!

Thanks for being here today
Bernice

Choose One Shape

The theme this month for our photography ladies group was to 'Choose One Shape'.  I chose the Quatrefoil.

I know!  Bizarre, but there you are.  Here are a selection of the photos I took.

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Bernice

Nostalgia

The photography theme for the last month has been Nostalgia.

Old lampshades

1930s (or maybe 1950s) mirrors

 

 

Cowlips grew in my maternal grandparents garden

Primroses remind me of walks in Pembrokeshire.  There was one particular lane where the verge was awash with primroses.

Cherry blossom always reminds me of the first pair of glasses I ever had aged 9.  It was on the way home from the Opticians that I discovered how pink the blossom is.  I hadn't known it was that pink.

The poem Adlestrop has been a favourite of mine since I was a teenager.  It is very nostalgic.  The sign is the only thing left of the original station.

On the rare occasion we visited my paternal grandmother there was always a big pile of Woman's Weekly to read.

Thanks for being here today. See you next time. 
Bernice
 

Catching Up!

Having not blogged regularly over the last few months I have some catching up to do.

Our photography theme for December/January was Glimmer Moments.  You can read more about what these are here.

The instructions for the photography group were: A glimmer moment is something that brings joy or a sense of safety. This isn’t about taking the perfect picture. It’s about snapping an image that probably only means something to you. It might be an image that represents a moment rather than the moment itself. After all we should be living in the moment. An example might be the dirty plates after a family meal.

I only took two photos during the 4 weeks - one at each end of the time - both of which were about meals out with the same friends.

Ceiling lamp at the restaurant

Painting on the restaurant wall

The next theme was to choose between 5 and 10 of our best or favourite photos from 2023. 

 

I hope you have enjoyed my photographs.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

Looking Down

The last theme for the photographic ladies this year was 'Looking Down'.

The thing about looking down is that it can be from a great height or it could just be what's at our feet.

These are views from high place down into valleys in Australia.

But this was at my feet as we walked.

In Western Australia we walked through a Tree Top Walk.  Here's the view looking down into the forest floor.

When we were in Albany (WA) we went to the top of a monument and looked down onto the port.

These were the steps we climbed up.  The photo was taken as we started the walk back down.

And finally!  From the bedroom window when the frost had melted on half the lawn!

Thank you for joining me today.
Bernice

Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt

Over the summer the theme for the Snapshot Girls has been to use the Summer Photo Scavenger Hunt from Patio Postcards.  We didn't officially join in but used the scavenger hunt list.

1 A plant with thorns

2 A Wordless Directional Sign

3 Something Netted or Webbed

4 Something Berry Berry Delicious

5 A Bridge

6 A School

7 Something That Dangles

8 Some Shadows

A Pothole

10 White Flowers

11 Extraordinary Water

12 Summer Tools

13 A Sold Sign

14 Something That Rolls

 You could take the list and do an Autumn Scavenger Hunt.

Thank you for joining me today
Bernice