Call to Adventure #9

The challenge this time was to go to a place where you wouldn't normally take photographs.  Part of the challenge was to not worry about whether a photo was 'good' but to find interest in unlikely places.

I chose the delivery yard behind the building we meet in for church.  Not a place I normally hang out!  Or take photos but I found lots of patterns.

 

This is the one I like best.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

One Little Word: February

It was suggested that we pick a daily practice for the month of February. I chose to get dressed straight after breakfast everyday.  As I said in my previous OLW post my choice might not seem much to you but it's quite a biggie for me.  When I was working I could get up at 6.55am and be out of the house an hour later.  These days it can be as late as 11 o'clock before I get dressed and much of the hours after breakfast are spent in PJs and dressing gown sitting at the computer.  Sometimes I work but mostly it's Facebook and Pinterest.

And I achieved it everyday for 28 days!  Yeah!

For various reasons I didn't add any extra exercise to my hour on a Monday at the gym but I am being kind to myself and not worrying about it.

I signed up for Ali's Story Kit 'Bond' because I felt it fitted with my word {Connect}.  However it took quite a while to arrive and I haven't done anything with apart from taking the together card out of it and using it in my February page.  I listed the things where Roger & I had intentionally gone out and spent time together.


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Bernice

Call to Adventure #8

The challenge for the week was to spend time in or near water, to watch how it flows around obstacles, and to photograph it in different guises.

Roger & I went to Charlecote Park on a rather blustery day.  We walked through the parkland past the lake and down to the river.  It was a dull day apart from the odd break in the clouds so the photos are fairly monochrome.

 The sun's reflection in the reed bed.

 The wind was making waves on the lake

 Tree reflections in a muddy puddle

  The river

 Water falling down a steep weir

Flood water draining away

 The foam in the river

A shallow weir with much more water flowing over it

The wind playing with the water

Looking down onto the weir

The water in this stream was flowing left to right but the wind was rippling the water right to left.

Looking down on the water from a bridge

Despite the wind and the lack of sunshine this was an enjoyable exercise in looking at water differently from the way I normally photograph it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice