Week No. 32 - Saturday, 13th August 2011

My favourite time of the day

This is probably a bit predictable but I love the part of the day when I can sit down, cup of tea in hand and watch exactly what I want on the telly! At the moment Monday nights are my favorite, tv wise, I love Britain and Irelands Next Top Model. Not exactly challenging viewing but I love watching the photo shoots and how the final photographs turn out (and there is a bit of reality tv thrown in too with the wannabe models living together). After a busy day it is lovely to sit down and veg out - bliss.

Week No. 31 - Saturday, 6th August 2011

Up, up and away!

This week's theme is sky and here is a shot of the monorail at Alton Towers lit by the evening sun. It's taken on my little compact and there is a bit of lens flare but I like the sky and was lucky that a carriage went past just at the right time.

Week No. 30 - Saturday, 30th July 2011

Alton's Letters

Photographing letters of the alphabet really shouldn't be this difficult but I have left taking pictures for this week's blog until today (whoops) but here we are. The letter S made of phox in the garden is quite significant for me as my Grandma has a photograph of her Grandad standing beside the monument as he was a head gardener there. After abit of internet searching I found that the monument is in honour of the man who designed the gardens, the inscription 'he made the desert smile' is reference to the fact that he transformed the grounds of the hall completely. Grandma's family have always had connections to Uttoxeter and the surrounding area. The bookworm on the S is from the Storyland area and X Sector is where I screamed like a complete girl on Oblivion and lost my voice! Happy days.

Week No. 29 - Saturday, 23rd July 2011

Get in Close

Well it's been a while since Zac appeared in the blog so here he is. I got up close and personal whilst he was sunbathing on the patio but he wasn't really very keen and kept moving his head. Managed to get this one with my reflection, I like the sky behind me. Used my close up filter as the macro lens fairy seems to have lost my address - shame!

Week No. 28 - Saturday, 16th July 2011

Took these pictures this weekend at the Latitude festival in Southwold, Suffolk. We had a great time, saw OMD, Adam Ant, Seasick Steve who I loved (this makes me sound really old) and loads of new bands too. I thought the theme would be really easy as there was bound to be a sweetie stall in the market somewhere but most stalls sold burgers or noodles (usual fesitval fayre I suppose). Latitude is quite a middle class festival so there was an Ostrich burger van and Loch Fyne oysters! Posh eh? Even posh people have to walk through mud though and there was plenty of it all over the site. My first hot shower when we got back was lovely.

Week No. 27 - Saturday, 9th July 2011

Nature's Delights

Whilst watching a family of starlings feeding on some bread I had thrown out, an adult house sparrow with it's chick completely stole the show and I had to capture this tender moment. The bird feeder has proved to be a great sucess and I love seeing the different birds it attracts. I like the puzzled look on the young starlings face.

Week No. 26 - Saturday, 2nd July 2011

Hidden Object

Ok this is pushing the title a little bit but the urn was hidden until Mum worked her magic on the little bit of garden we have in the corner of the garden.

I have been practising with my close up filter and I've added the coloured border just to add a bit more interest using one of the many iridescent colours on the fly's back.