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Tag Archives: new growth
Day 15 – 30 Day CC – Update Time!
On day one of this challenge, I posted a closeup photo of a very new bit of growth… so, here we go – showing you the same growth two weeks on. Maybe I’ll dedicate the last post of the challenge … Continue reading
Posted in #Ireland, #music, #SAFFER Worldwide, Factual Opinion, Family & Life, Photography, Seasons, Walking
Tagged #blogging, #challenge, #change, #colour, #creative juices, #fun, #future, #humour, #macro mode, #Merry Monday, #muse, #music, #plants, #questions, #The Blues, #time 🕛, #tongue in cheek 😈, 30 Day Creativity Challenge, new, new growth, virus
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Day #5 – 30 Day CC – Photo Fixing – Florals!
Part of this creativity challenge is to take on new ideas and/ or tricks. I only use the basics of photo fixing software – usually my free Nikon stuff. I once tried Photoshop but let it go. So, a few … Continue reading
Posted in Factual Opinion, Family & Life, God's Straight Lines, Photography
Tagged #camera, #challenge, #focus, #Friday Fact, #ideas, #photography 📷, #plants, #sky, #spring, #storyteller 💬😎, #sunshine, #writing ✒📖, #yellow, 30 Day Creativity Challenge, daffodil, daffs, new growth, PC, Photoshop
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Day #1 – 30 Day CC – Wonderful Macro Inspiration
Here we go… on the road to my own insanity. Why? Because… usually, when I do these 30 day challenges, I get fed up with the process halfway through and then it becomes a drag. Therefore… to prevent being locked … Continue reading
Behind Bars – Sunshine’s Macro Monday
This is one of those down on the knees hope for the best kind of shots… taken specially for Irene’s challenge. I rather liked the effect. Do please let me know what you think. PS – As always, I’ll place … Continue reading
Posted in Photography
Tagged #blog buddies, #blogging, #bokeh, #contrast, #focus, #green, #inspiration, #macro mode, #Macro Monday, #photography 📷, #plants, #yellow, daffodil, daffs, lines, new growth
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Macro Monday – Sunshine Captured
Sunshine captured! From my first 2020 daffodil photos – this one suggested it wanted to show its splendour! So revealing the sunshine it had captured and stored in its bulb last season! Always love seeing daffodils – especially the early … Continue reading
Posted in #Ireland, Photography, The Birds and the Bees
Tagged #blog buddies, #blogging, #blue, #challenge, #contrast, #focus, #macro mode, #Macro Monday, #memyblog, #plants, #sky, #spring, #sunshine, #yellow, blossoms & blooms, daffodil, daffs, new growth
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The Year That Was – 2019 – July to September
The highlight of this period was our visit to the USA. We were mostly in New Your City but we also took a 24 hour dash to Philadelphia… so, I can now claim to have been in at least three … Continue reading
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Life Diary – Day 7 – Wednesday’s Wondering’s – Family Ties?
Do you wonder, when a specific day of the year rolls around, about it all? Such a day is this day – 21st August. Each year, without fail, I’ll think of the past and of happenings and events that helped … Continue reading
Wednesday’s Weather Words – Why We Wonder?
I have long been a firm follower of Murtagh’s Meadow and a recent post where the good lady asks… Is Climate Change Affecting Our Neighbourhoods? … prompted me to leave the following comments, Mmmm… we all have our views. Mine … Continue reading
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