#Promptuarium #HugeCreatures
we went looking for bugs in the garden
each of us using a magnifier,
every kind of insect was spotted
varying from a caterpillar to a spotty ladybird
in fact many were interested in our
looking glass – 7 weevils in a line looked like monsters!
Salford, 8th September 2018
Saturday morning, and I’m pondering the next shade of colour in fees fun foto challenge
lime green
now you say lime green to me, and my artistic thoughts go directly to the fruit bowl
But limes nowadays seem much darker in tone than what I’d normally associate them with….you would have to split them open to get the colour you were looking for
But a quick scan of the kitchen cupboards soon reveals this light green colour. In a packet of custard, or perhaps pasta or even strawberry jelly (strange but true). For the doubters it’s the one in the green packet…
lime jelly ? An acquired taste.
and outside in the garden, the trees have more of a lime green colour to them than the actual shade of a dark green lime
look again… and the outside of the lime is hiding in plain sight…
25th August 2018
#beeinthecity #manchester
Museum of Science and Industry, Castlefield, Manchester
Captured in his own little Garden at Manchester’s Museum of Science and Industry, Industrious
Busy little bee sits in his own little world
Among flowers and scents and colour
working over the flower beds
where the people wait for the train
industrious little fellow he is
#garden #flowers #dancing #photography
Wednesday 15th August 2018
hidden away during winter
Prima ballerinas in their brightly coloured tutus
Spiral around in a northern wind
Attracting an audience
From above and below
I sat open mouthed
as i watched the goings on
taking place in greenery
facing the kitchen
In an attempt to claim
a tree in their name
two or three white butterflies
engaged in aerial combat
Flying past the window
and around the roof
soaring to grab
their place on the tree
who won the contest ?
that’s anybodys guess
maybe we’ll find out
when the caterpillars hatch
#summer #food #sport #garden
24th June 2018
Perfect time to relax in the Garden
In the shade of a cool umbrella, out of the sun
Cucumber sandwiches and iced lemonade
Nice accompaniament to the Barbecue chicken
Inside the wicker basket – under the foil
Chocolate cake for afters – the perfect sweet
#spiders #web #house
22nd June 2018
an acrostic from inkdrop
from a prompt from the imaginarium
sometimes I wonder why they’re there
popping up from out of the garden and setting up in the kitchen
i get the idea, these six legged fellows don’t like the cold…
desperate, they’ll weave their webs in hidden spaces, like
every cubby hole or stair cupboard
Resident, until cleared out with a head of a brush
Taken root
On a spot of earth
Alien invader starts to feed
Devouring the water below
Some plants sit, aghast as they watch
The alien eat up their food like an unwanted guest
Others, are more philisophical as
Over time – the alien and his cohort – will be
Lifted, and thrown away – or (if edible) eaten
Salford, 9th February 2018
Plants need looking after when they’re little.
I remember , as a lad being given three packets of seed by my Grandad.
they never told me what was in those silver packets
but each day i’d go to my spot by the lawn, to see what popped out of the ground
and with watchful eye, my mum and dad helped me sort the weeds from the plants
whilst i watered the soil, when the clouds weren’t dropping the rain
and each day, slowly but surely, the little seeds grew
flowerheads hid away till the sunshine appeared
and on those days i’d water them with my watering can…
then one day the flowerheads opened
and a square of reds, pinks, oranges , yellows and blues surrounded the lawn
#CFFC #LetterT
Challenge for the Letter T entry was a little different – any photo but must have two Ts in the title
So as i pondered over some buttered toast , i considered what sort of images i could use
I like butterflies, i like the coloured patterns on their wings
I took this picture of a yellow and black butterfly whilst on holiday in Zakynthos, in Greece.
