Sunday Stills – 12th January

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This week on Sunday Stills, the topic is ‘Old’.

I decided to add a photo of something that is quite old.  It’s my wedding dress from 1980, when wedding dresses had tops to them and brides were dressed more modestly to walk down the aisle.  Goodness knows what vicars these days must think to the sight of the wobbling, heaving cleavages they’re now forced to look at!

I tried it on the other day.  The top is too big and the waist is too small.  To add to that I also looked like the bride of Frankenstein…

Here I am wearing it nearly 40 years ago aged 22 .  After looking at this I’ve come to the conclusion it’s ME that is old!

 

Sunday Stills Photography Challenge

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This week on Sunday Stills the topic is ‘Creatures & Critters‘.  I thought I’d add a photo of my son’s tortoise,  Sheldon, which I took when we looked after him in May while our son and his wife went on holiday.  Sheldon had the most voracious appetite, especially where tomatoes and cucumber were concerned!  I loved his little black eyes.  My son makes me laugh – he says he loves Sheldon’s tiny nostrils!

The second photo is of a blackbird that has been following Sam around every evening as he digs over our flowerbeds.  The bird waits until Sam stops for a drink, then hops onto the freshly dug earth and collects as many worms as he can before Sam starts digging again.  Sam and the bird are now best buddies, and Sam lets the bird know when it’s his turn to hop onto the earth by stepping back!  Back garden or front, every evening the bird finds Sam and stands patiently waiting…

See you all again on Thursday.  Apart from a post that’s scheduled for Monday, I’m having a few days off as I’m going to the van with an old friend.  Looking forward to sitting on the decking and getting away from the computer!

 

Sunday Stills Photography – 23rd June

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Sunday Stills photography challenge topic this week is ‘Stillness‘.

When Sam and I were cycling along a disused railway track running down the side of the Isle of Wight’s Yar estuary,  we came across this lovely scene of a swan and cygnets.  We just had to stand there awhile and enjoy the moment:

Sunday Stills Photography – 17th February

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This week on Sunday Stills the topic is ‘Fresh’.  I thought I’d share a fresh new morning sunrise which could be seen outside my window last week:

Sunday Stills Photography – 10th February

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This week’s topic is ‘Frozen’.  I thought I’d add a couple of photos; one shows a snow angel my granddaughter made, and the other shows the road outside my house on a frozen January morning.  Keep warm, folks!

Sunday Stills Photography – 3rd February

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This week the Sunday Stills topic is ‘Fire‘.  I thought I’d share a photo I took at the Download music festival back in 2011 when ‘The Darkness‘ had just come on stage.  We could really feel the heat from those flames as we stood there.

Sunday Stills Photography – Window

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I thought I’d publish two views I have from the window of our holiday home (the ‘van’) on the Isle of Wight, and two views from outside our main home in Suffolk:

This first photo shows the view we have of the English Channel when I look out of the van’s back kitchen window.

And this is the view out the front kitchen window of a red squirrel running up our sun parasol on the van’s decking.  No grey squirrels inhabit the Isle of Wight.  They are on the mainland, and only red squirrels are seen on the Island.

And here’s the view I have of part of our front garden in Suffolk when I sit and type:

Here’s most of it from one of the upstairs bedrooms.  The garden doesn’t look its best in January, but it’s a great deal improved from the burnt grass we had in last summer’s heatwave.  In the centre is the lid of our underground gas tank for the central heating, as there’s no mains gas in the arse end of nowhere…

Sunday Stills Photography Challenge – Vintage

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I searched through my old photos to find a suitable one for the Sunday Stills ‘Vintage‘ topic today.  I came up with this one of me and my mother Dot, taken about 1963. We were staying at one of those awful 1950s holiday sites that resemble prisoner-of-war camps.  I always had to have the bow in the hair to match the dress, much to my disgust…

Sunday Stills – December 23rd.

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For the last Sunday Stills of 2018 the topic is ‘Red‘.  I thought I’d share a photo that Sam took of me a few years’ ago.  We were out for a walk along the main street in our village, and I think the red railings of the builder’s yard contrast rather nicely with the snow.  What do you think?

 

Sunday Stills – ‘Bucket List’

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Here below is my picture for this week’s Sunday Stills Photo Challenge.  The topic is ‘Bucket List‘. You can add yours too by checking out the following link:

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The photo was taken in February 2017 in Costa Maya.  I’d always wanted to swim with dolphins, and I got this chance when on a cruise to New Orleans for the Mardi Gras.  The dolphin is whispering sweet nothings in my ear, but I can’t understand what he’s saying…