Wednesday 13th February
They put the bins out last night
The value of last weeks news dropped dramatically
As it waits for the refuse van
To take it to the paper mill
While bottles of plastic and glass
And tins and cans
Await their next transformation
Into the latest big thing
A response to #Iscriblr’s Freedom of Expression challenge
Where I’ve come with my new hobby
It was never about capturing a moment
blink at the wrong time – it was gone
hands gripped around the camera
like my life depended on it
but then with the picture
of a simple silver garden decoration
I saw something looking back at me
in a moment of wonder
I was taking a picture of something
and taking a picture of myself at the same time…
“Taking the rough with the smooth”
Raised impressions of copper coins
Out of the Aquarium, smooth glass beads fool the fish
Under the fingers, some textures provide something to hold on to
gritty sand , much like the coastal rock it came from and
Home to a variety of creatures, whose armour mirror their own.
“A Snails eye view’
#photography #closeup #abstract
“You are a noisy mollusc….” Dougal the Dog to Brian the Snail – Magic Roundabout
This was a toughie when working on #challenge30, I mean – how do you get a snails eye view ?
You would have to be a snail wouldn’t you?
I let my imaginary snail loose around the house – where he found, in the kitchen, ready to be recycled this glass bottle – with the contents consumed it made a nice mirror for him to look in…(chortle)
Camera engaged for this one, my Sony DSC H300 – Great for close ups like this, the beading on the bottom of the glass look like beads…
#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!
Each piece carefully crafted
laid out and fixed into place
creating a picture for the eye
sometimes you have to take a step back
but as you do the pieces of the jigsaw come in
sharp in focus
brought about by a fall from grace
refractions in the glass begin to congregate
over time they form channels which
keep on getting bigger till
eventually…there’s the sound of parting atoms … and theres
nowt left to do but to wrap up the broken bits and put them in the bin
For years now, people have been
ranting over the amount of packaging an item is wrapped in.
a thing they need to consider is where it’s
going to. There’s a lot of movement in a delivery van, and
if the owners don’t want their precious vases turned into a jigsaw puzzle
lifting the cargo will take a little bit of t.l,c.
equally, it will remind the removals team not to use them as a rugby ball
Tuesday 10th April 2018
It glows
lighting up the darkness
for all who seek the light
colours brighten the morning sky
produced by insects that do fly
up the trees and plants around
feeding on nectar, without making a sound
to others they brighten a darkened day
but they’re happy to just fly around and play.
