For Novelty value only !
Keep guard Popeye, it's the last one in the larder

Well, it is food..isn't it

Just one minutes walk from the Main Street in Uddingston, Lanarkshire, Scotland.

This week the topic is "FOOD AND DRINK"
Please remember to tag your post "challenge5"

He's quackers!

Thought I'd post this here as well as on my own blog... hope you folks don't mind...

JUST FOR RABBIT BECAUSE HE ASKED

I have just announced the worlds first DIY wedding album on the paparazzistyle blog. I am now bracing myself for the media interest! I hope you find it interesting ?

I just had to see whether it is possible to capture Robin Red Breast again and get a better quality image !

This is the very first time I have ever seen this shot of a bird standing with its feet between parts of the handle of a garden fork ! If you are not ready you will never capture the moment !

We took that many pictures moving over to Ireland that I don't know if this is one of mine or one of Brads but either way it's the lighthouse as you coming to Rosslare on the Pembroke to Rosslare ferry.

This is just a practice with a software program recommeneded by Esspee, am glad to say it works. Plus its a nice picture.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

www.dcphotoart.blog.co.uk

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

...hanging on for dear life...?

Anybody got dock leaves handy?

Just an amusing image for those bloggers who ride motorbikes !

It's not an easy subject to catch these bikes and riders going along at about 90 miles per hour. I took lots of shots and will post the remainder on my web site at lochnessimages.com

Just round the corner at Avoncroft Museum of Buildings
Taken earlier today

You don't see many butts like these anymore!

Even our ancestors knew how to conserve rainwater

As viewed from The Voyager of the Seas, whilst leaving Miami

After the final performance of "HMS Pinafore" Aimée just had to try on my bonnet.

I'm hoping that on the basis of the title alone one of the eight moderators of the photoblog will not delete this posting as these shots required more than a modicum of patience.

Pre-theatre drinks alfresco style!

This was the scene just outside the theatre at 2pm this afternoon.
It was a shame to go inside.

This may be a little late !

I've been busy, whats the theme?

....on the tiles again!

Here's hoping that the cogs of sleep will gently turn for you tonight!

“Emotion resembles a wheel spinning free. When the cogs work, action begins, emotion ceases.”
David Lindsay (Scottish Novelist 1876-1945)

There that should keep you going I'm off to get my cocoa.

A lttle pick me up
Taken with some water this should keep you going until you can get your next fix.
Good Health

Here's a question, do you tend to "see" photos before you even take them? On my blog lately I was asked about how I'd seen/decided to snap the skeleton of a sycamore seed.

My answer was just that I'd seen it in my head, how the final image would look before I'd even bent to my viewfinder, let alone pressed the shutter.

Some of the time I find photos by looking through my viewfinder at the framing... but some of the time I see what something will look like even with some extreme processing, like this one.

I looked and saw black and white, the strange mix of classic looking houses with wheelybins and satellite dishes, bit of old, bit of new...

On the beach

I thought this hazy Jersey sunset was very Monet like

Hows this for a Sieif Bear, tkaen outside the Stief tourist shop in Berlin

View of the Deck on the Thomson Celebration

I guess ther must be a prevailing wind...

...by the Dandelion clock...

The Glanderston Dam supplies water to the South side of Glasgow, reasonably good pike and perch fishing and the surrounding area is now opening as a country park.

Well I hope its a Chaffinch !

This was taken at my brother in laws house, he was throwing a party for his mum, more of her later. This picture should get bigger if you click on it.

I hope!

Rabbit

This is my father in law, Donald 83 this year!

I'm doing far too much of this right now...

View over the wheel of a Mississippi Paddle Steamer

I found this growing by the roadside.

The view from the kitchen window is not especially appealing but the colour of the light transforms a block of flats [ in a large old house ] and 5 minutes later everything reverts to dull grey.Estate Agents when photographing properties either don't know this or don't care. What a difference the quality of the image can make in the sale of property !

Outside a Buffalo Grill in central France.
Beware Miss La-Spice The SpiritBird is nearer than you think.

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I took this about half an hour ago.  It gets bigger if you click on it.

From the Thomson Destiny  January 2008

I never saw the guy on the ladder painting until after I had them developed.

Taken in Norfolk, It was actually shot on black & white film, when I got it developed I was give a CD with the pictures on it. I bought the camera a Canon E500 on Ebay for £5.00 the good thing it can use all my lens I have for my digital camera

Sunset from the Thomson Destiny

...........that is forever....

....................................................................North America?

I noticed someone had posted a lovely picture of a spring lamb, so here are three pictures of my lamb Mary, who I bottle-fed for a long time. She was within about an hour of dying when we found her, because her mother died having her.  A bottle and a warm box by the fire perked her up nicely. The first picture shows her about the same size as my rabbit, and he isn't a large rabbit. In the 2nd one, she is standing up for about the first time. They aren't good pictures, I just like the subject matter!

Tom.

What are you!

Ooh, I fee a bit wobbly!

Can I get milk from this?

I know it's a bit early for posting the current challenge, not actually sure when pics should be posted, a review of the rules would be handy.

it's supposed to be spring!!

Found in October 2006 on a wall in Sacromente barrio, Granada, Spain.

Two pictures with a flat horizon line, at different times of day. They both get bigger if you click on them.

I posted this one on my blog a while ago, but thought it deserved a repost here. It gets bigger if you click on it.

I was brought up less than 5 miles from here.

View of the Suez Canal from the back of Thomson Celebration Northbound March 2008

I owned all these     Now they're just faded memories.

There is a long story attached to the church that thhis stained glass windwo belongs to which I may post on later but doubt it is of much interest to anyone but me...I took several which I meant to post for Easter and have been unable to spend much time on the pc. Will post a few more, sorry for not commenting on some of the recent photos from other members, I hope to catch up asap

I took this in Berlin zoo, this little chap was really playfull and quite cute.

Hary Potter eat your heart out, take once angle at a wildlife centre, I love this snowy owl, the yellow of the eyes is brilliant!

Rabbit

Little Maria and two excessively-armed guards at Bangalore station, Karnataka. They don't really look like they'd ever bear to use them, do they?

The scripts marking the exit from left to right are Kannada, Hindi, and English.

Just before Easter boat owners prepare to sail. In this case the deck is covered in sand and is being brushed away.

Didn't quite get finished melting my milk bottle in to an angel.

Please note, there are no wheelchairs anywhere in sight.
This picture was taken in Cobh, Ireland (Not far from Cork)

Picture of the Voyager of the Seas, moored at Kings Dock, Bermuda, Just before her Transatlantic Voyage to Barcelona.

A wild primrose

Spring challenge
"The primroses were over" is the first sentence of which novel?

..........................................a spring in her step!
Well somebody had to do it!!!

"Midnight Blue"

Today we had to visit Coventry so we stopped off for an hour in the town centre.
These are my Easter pictures.

The old reflected in the new

Coventry Cathedral        'Lest we forget'

The good news is that the snow is forecast to thaw fairly rapidly

Ooops..just realised my camera clock must be set 12 hours behind time as I took this snapshot only half an hour ago!

Also shot at a Wildlife Centre, this a beautiful grass snake.

I took this at a Wildlife Centre, I have never seen one in the wild, and if I did the speed they move I doubt I would get a good picture

Happy Easter everyone.

It's only recently I've discovered that the ordinary everyday things can seem beautiful if you look at them with a different eye (or should that be "lens"?). I took this from a beautifully laid-out stall in Portobello Market. The one on the right looks like it's blushing - or am I getting too sentimental in me old adage? Perhaps make that "sent to mental" when given a camera and too much time.

Or a study in time and motion.

'Rings on her fingers and bells on her toes' ?

No these Basque marchers actually had massive bells on their bottoms one to left and one to the right !

http://basque.unr.edu/dance/pages/yoaldunak.htm
Link suggested by La_Spice to whom many thanks.

Sometimes you cannot believe what happens. In the morning it had snowed. After lunch there was a blink of sun and I went shopping and was suddenly confronted by these colourful characters from the Basque region of Spain who laid on fabulous entertainment by dances and marching in wonderful traditional costumes.

That's exactly what Esspee's photo challenge turned into this week!

Thanks to everyone who entered my "tease the tease" especially happy 28 who was the first to correctly identify the mystery object.

Currently under renovation for the next few years, it is expected to be just as it was when first built by Wren, It has suffered if the last few from pollution and requires a good clean. Fortunately it wasn’t damaged during the war, while all around was decimated.

Rabbit

"I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky"

HAPPY EASTER ONE AND ALL!

I have always liked this picture, there is something about it that appeals to me, I think its the light, this Waterloo Bridge and Charing Cross station is in the background!

Rabbit

This image used a polar coordinate transform and to me spelled recycled plastic.

I found my last post rather boring so tried out some transformations which may amuse !

Having posted some wordy comments I thought I should get back to Imagery !

.............for Jack!

TAKE TWO: No you're not seeing double - though it looks as if the man doing the road markings was!

Would you park your car here?

This tree's not going anywhere it's protected

I was asked to post the originals of Falkland Palace, so here we are. I prefer the black and white one

The original and modified, together

Falkland Palace in the Kingdom of Fife here is a shot of the Gardens

Falkland Palace in the Kingdom of Fife here is a shot of the Gardens, don't you just the love the lawn.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

Of course not!

Carrelets are little wooden cabins precariously balanced on stilts and connected to the coast by a fragile-looking pontoon structure. A long jib attached to the front allows a large fishing net to drop down to sea level.

Particularly appreciated by photographers and painters, the carrelets are the archetypal image of the Charente-Maritime coastline.

..........on the beach!

As I know abstract isn't for everyone... have a couple 'normal shots too

...what's real, what's reflected?

Rainy day in Homs city.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

La_Spice asked for a yellow sheep but I have only found a black one and that isn't one of my best images either !

...but I liked it.

PS, not fiddled in any way, I even left the auto white balance.

...a camellia.

No not a reference to Scotch Whisky just a lovely old placid dog seen last Saturday at a Garden Centre near Nairn.

What a great face!!!

This may seem an obvious question but "What is a photograph" Susan Sontag wrote a book
"On Photography" exploring this question. Before we can create good images do we need to understand the medium itself ?

The views of others are welcome here !

Congratulations everyone, we have reached 100 members and we are growing everyday. Keep up the good work, and enjoy posting and commenting on the pictures that are submitted!

In the short time we have been here, we have posted 645 pictures and submitted over 5100 comments thats some going, keep it!

Rabbit

I love the dark clouds in the sky gives the picture a little atmosphere, It was grey miserable day and the colour one was too good, so I coverted it to black and white!

I took this a number of years ago, and when I first aquired photoshop, I was messing around and came up with this. I first coverted it to black and white and I used the invert, so in effect its really a negative. But I was pleased with the results, I just hope its to your tastes.

Rabbit

.................lunch

Although perhaps not as aesthetic as La_Spice's Letter Box this is the only one in this pattern which I have seen. Of course there may be many more I haven't spotted !

.........will be 5.30pm today.

A Ferguson Tractor similar to those that have worked the land for nearly 60 years. It deserves restoration doesn't it ?

' I am the Good Shepherd '.

This "Salhof" my dear friend.
We became friends 8 years ago. I was in my school when I heard that they did an exhibition there, so instantly I entered and I shocked when I saw this beautiful turtle lying there despair & sad.

I decide to finish his suffering because I heard that they'll throw it in school garden!
Now he's in our house with friendly friends but he's seeking a female! he wants clever & sure beautiful one

This one's for Mr Flighty!

My wife’s friend got married here, it was a lovely setting, Falkland Palace is in the kingdom of Fife. It has been converted to black and white and a little infra red effect added.

My wife’s friend got married here, it was a lovely setting, Falkland Palace is in the kingdom of Fife.

.... and Sallyontour!

I was going to call it "fancy getting your leg over this?" but thought better of it

 While in Spain sat outside a bar (of course) I noticed a church next door it looked like an ordainary house, but inside it was so beautiful.This is just one of the statues.

I think there is a fairy hiding behind my wrought iron bench.

View of the roof at the Buchanan Galleries, Glasgow.

I took this a few hours ago. The picture is totally untweaked and uncropped: this is what it actually looked like from my balcony at approx. 6PM. Sorry about the lamp-post! The picture should get bigger if you click on it.

Cheers, Tom.

On Friday, I took this photo

I decided I liked the flowers, light and colours, but not the shadows falling across the petals of the flower on the left.

So on Saturday I took another photo

It was a duller day so there are no shadows and all the flowers show up, but somehow the light seems a bit flat.

So I'm not sure which one I prefer now. What do you think? Any advice welcome.

I like the trees have frmaed this picture.

As taken a few minutes ago on my garden fence. A young man's fancy (or pigeon in this case).

 Whilst lying on the beach on holiday in Spain this litle fellow was washed ashore.

  Most relaxing.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.
"the Billybanks" Penarth.

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Was looking through my photos of  Amsterdam and found this it was taken from inside a glass roofed boat.

I hope this is as Lowry would have imagined 'hand in hand' with his 'matchstick figures'.

Nairn Beach and Jetty captured yesterday .

This tree is fascinating and looks like a giant hand coming out from the Earth -
I wondered how it would look upside down so earth is sky and sky is earth, not to be taken too seriously just a bit of fun! It makes the picture look otherworldly to me -what do you think?

~we have some great specimens in out local park - it's was a medieval deer park and has some very old trees still standing.

It's amazing how nature takes it's course...

How it manages to take this...

and in well under a mile, makes this...

This little tyke was out in my back garden attacking a planter for some nesting material, she didn't seem in the least bit bothered about me and I managed to take these with just my 100mm Macro from a few feet away.

Right, lets have a bit of this...

Any more down there...

Think I need to get the Gillette out...?

Don't worry... I'll be back for more...

...and she is, repeatedly!

These, the name escapes me, have lived happily in my pond for the last five or six years... but for some reason this year there's no growth where they should be... so somehow they've managed to corpse it during the winter...

I really liked this photo.

It shows what true New York is like!

PS: Notice the New Yorker Hotel, it was famous with the Old Classic Hollywood Celebrities

For Aimée

Grandma, show me the photos of you as a girl
The big factory chimneys with black smoking curl
The noisy machinery blasting your ears
Dust clouding your eyes and welling up tears
Show me tall mountains touching the skies
A world disappearing in front of your eyes

"What fun lets see who can get their shoes wet first."

Oops is that the time, I'm up at 5.00 tomorrow, time for bed!

This was the scene today on the beach at Nairn in the Highlands of
Scotland !

I saw this hen at a garden centre today and for a split second it stopped nibbling in the dust, looked up and remained still.

I captured this shot at Nairn Harbour this afternoon where people were preparing their boats to sail away at Easter. Its not my best shot but I thought the colours of the boats and the masts reflected in the water met the challenge criteria.

"When is my Mummy coming home?"

"The splendour of the rose and the whiteness of the lily do not rob the little violet of it’s scent nor the daisy of its simple charm. If every tiny flower wanted to be a rose, spring would lose its loveliness." - Therese of Lisieux

 Such a nice peaceful sound that of a babbling brook,
 Just the place to sit and dream or read your favourite book.

No it's not a fluffy bunny from Watership Down.

Have a lovely day!

These fishermen were cleaning their catch for the local restaurant in Fuertaventura

Now that's fresh

Speaking of Roses, here's mine!

A very rare one huh!

The Coop were selling bunches of roses for 10 pence and I thought there's a possible image for the blog. They may be about to expire but they are still at this moment pink rose buds in good condition and here's an example of what I captured using them.

The two peony's together.

I am not sure, but I think I may have posted this once before. But it I like it!

Rabbit

I think this is an Azalea but not even sure of the spelling ! La-Spice has now put me right as usual !

Got rid of blue daffodil after receiving advice !

Just messing around in photoshop

"A BUGS LIFE"

Even the humble dandelion looked lovely.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2008.

www.dcphotoart.blog.co.uk

"The Cherry Orchard"

A day out in Bath

 Nothing else to say the way they look at you says it all.

On our last wedding anniversary we had a long weekend in Dublin, (we try to go somewhere different every year) we were having the usual tour on the open top bus. We stopped at this house, and the guide informed that this was the most photograph door in all of Dublin.

I can understand why, the colours are extraordinary. Dublin is a nice place to visit the people are so friendly!

Rabbit

I finally managed to get the two together, it was a nice day, it was cold and grey. but at least the Kite Surfers were enjoying them selves.

Rabbit

It took a lot of nerve as I hate looking out of the window.
 

Yesterday Lord Goldsmith put forward the idea of extending citizenship ceremonies to all young people at a 'coming of age ' event at 18 with an oath of allegiance to the Queen or simply to the country. It does not seem appropriate to me for the man who gave the opinion which led to the invasion of Iraq to be advising on this or any other subject. People like me feel a sense of shame that the country was led to war on a bogus prospectus. Proud to be British will be the watchword only when the politicians who followed George Bush's lead are well and truly out of office.

More cloud pictures here ...

With the Easter break not far away I thought I might stimulate the photographic mind. Those of you who are going away might like to take a pic of a local person.

And those who are staying at home how about sheds and huts.

I hope it gives you a new outlook on photography.

I was sitting thinking of pics when I thought of Usky the other day and his lack of sun flare. I looked out of the window and there it was, right at the end of my drive. So I took a couple of shots (with my new Fujifilm s5700 all singing all dancing) camera. Played around with a couple of filters and came up with these. What do you think?

This is the original

The last one had the addition of a star filter

Such good posers they were, erm, on the 30th attempt of course!

...for those who are not visitors to my personal blog.

You may want to look at the larger version to really get what it's all about.

'Where the bee sucks there suck I ' I'm not very happy with these images.... they could be better but best I could do hand held last year. I hope to try again when the Foxgloves are in bloom.

Honest guv, this isn't snow it's spume in each of the 3 pictures. They aren't as good as I would like as I took them in a monstrous gale, but  I think you can get the idea (they get bigger and look better if you click on them). There are a couple of video links here too, but turn your speakers down as they're noisy:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQKfGjhLJfo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHe9DiRd2HE

At least some people are enjoying the windy weather, although I don’t know if I would like to kite surfing with the weather we have been having in the last few days.

In the back ground is a section of the Mulberry Harbour which the allies used in the WW11 after D-day, it was brought to Southend on Sea and has been left here in the estuary.

Rabbit

For davidjohn - Thanks for the advice - Is this the kind of blurred background you meant?

View from my friends balcony hopefully realigned.
Not sure if quite level but is it ok for my very first attempt?

These are my favourite flowers, not necessarily this colour but I do love lillies.

Time to sup a glass of wine and watch the sun go down. Not as warm as my friends in Spain but equally as charming?

Even the photoblog is quiet at the moment so I thought two images one largely untouched in Photoshop and the other heavily processed might be of interest.

...when you deliberately want to get a nice trail of lens-flare it doesn't happen?

She is now a beautiful young lady of 19 years, at university, hopes to be a teacher. I am so proud of my eldest grand daughter.

Looking through some old, and very old, pictures I came across this. I know that it was taken by my brother in law, now passed on, possibly early 1960s, and almost certainly in Scotland.

This wasn't taken yesterday, I know people are crazy in Essex but not this crazy

These managed to survive yesterday storms, but I think they took a bit of battering. I think the colours are great.

So thats why it's called an "All Terrain Bike"?

Perhaps we should have made mountains out of sand-hills?

I can't believe that I took this photo less than a month ago. I took my grandchildren to the beach. It was a bare feet and tee-shirt day and now it's like the bleak mid-winter.

The lovely Acer Palmatum, Japanese Maple, shows off her summer dress to the Birch tree, Summer 2007.

This was taken at Greenwhich on Sunday evening

I like it, so I thought I would share it.

Were I submitting an image for a circles competition I might well choose this one as my entry...

Links

Why would I choose this image? Because it is simple and to the point. And of course it satisfies an Usky obsession by featuring rusty bits...

When I'm at my caravan this little fellow calls every morning for his breakfast. Cute is'nt he?

Do you remember the Johny Walker label something like 101 and still going strong............ referring of course to Scotch Whiskey !

I thought this young lady deserved a posting !

An old expression for a cycle is Push Bike and this lady despite gears has had to dismount and walk up the hill. I thought an apt title might be ' Uphill Struggle '

London Eye as seen from Waterloo East station

Taken yesterday in my front garden.

Poor lass suddenly found that she had been in the wrong half of the train!

Another group of Half Marathon runners.

Alfred Hitchcock's "Vertigo" 1958

Also showing at a screen near you - see full programme

Well actually it was the Inverness half Marathon but for some competitors it was clearly a struggle but applause to all taking part.

This baby has never eaten a bite or taken a drink by mouth so he's a wee bit of a miracle and a credit to Mum and Dad.

The other day this field caught my attention and I just had to photograph it simply for the rich amber colour which hasn't been enhanced in any way.

I try not to edit my photos that much, a little saturation here, a crop there, just the general playing to make the image what the eye saw, well, unless I'm going mono...

But sometimes I see something and get an image in my head...

When I took this shot I saw it being a classic scene, the wooden launch, the swan resting, the background... well, ignoring the pylons...

So, I decided to go a little old school, tighter crop, mono conversion, bit of cloning to remove a pylon and some grain and hue fiddling with a layered texture of some old paper...

I know it wont be to everyone's tastes but to me this is an image that appeared in my head even as I was lining up the shot...

A ghost of a pigeon. He didn't half hit the patio doors hard.

Well not quite, this is the Amur Leopard, only 40 left in the wild and only about 150 in captivity. Mans fault once again!

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2007.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2007.

Copyright-Dean Christopher,2007.

www.dcphotoart.blog.co.uk

Spanish fishermen must have more luck.

Why not take a look at my fishing boat pictures by clicking here.

A SUNNY DAY CAPTURED ON MY AIRPORT ARRIVAL IN OUR PLACE - THE CITY OF LEGAZPI WITH THE BACKDROP OF THE MOST PERFECT CONE MT. MAYON. ( AFTER FOUR DAYS OF VACATION THERE, THE FLIGHT CANCELLED DUE TO HEAVY RAINS, SO I NEED TO WAIT FOR ONE MORE DAY TO TRAVEL BACK TO MANILA.)

There's a storm brewing!

Time for some shore leave!

O.K that will do for tonight let someone else have a go. I'm off to get that brandy. Have a good night everybody, not too much wine. Hugs

When the boat comes in!

Not a lot of money in this fishing lark.

Fishermen everywhere are all the same.

This lady can give you home made bread baked in the open and home made olive oil to dip it in. She can also give you food poisoning. BEWARE

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Yes that's me pulling a bird on holiday

Good evening one and all

I saw your Group and like you I like takeing pictures. I especially like SLR and am getting into Digital. I have many pictures I wish to put onto my own blog, but I need to get to know how to use my blog first.

I look forward to further communications

With my warmest thanks and kindest regards

Brian Beach

This is my adored Persian cat Oscar, now sadly gone, he was the most fantastic character ever and I miss him, this is one of the better shots of him

One of my favourite photos

Another of my palm leaf shots -I just think they make a fantastic abstract subject and can be quite 'arty' hope you like anyway

A friend of mine once told me the best photographic lesson he ever learned was on returning from a job, his boss was not happy with his efforts.
He told him that he should return to the job and this time don't just show how it looks, as the camera can do that, show me how it feels to be there, thats a photographers job !

Worth thinking about...

If it's grey and murky... go black and white

House made of bottles, from inside:

Camellia with circular flower:

Molly my cat sleeping in a ball:

Decorative wind-vein in circles:

Two groyne posts, from above:

Inside a children's slide:

Wooden building, with 4 circular windows:

Single groyne post from above doesn't this look like a face?

By popular request I show this penny of Edward the first dated 1205 and from the Canterbury mint but found near Loch Ness. This silver penny has survived wonderfully well in the earth ..... a ploughed field. Modern coins don't survive 50 years without being heavily attacked by chemicals and water.

Taken with my old Canon T50 film camera.

Round and rusty - as I said on my blog yesterday I'm now seeing rust and circles everywhere!

Oh no not another obsession! BCUK has a lot to answer for!

I was asked as a result of the challenge to show what we find in the fields when out with a metal detector.

This silver coin of James 6th of Scotland James 1st of England is dated 1575 and is marked 68 old pence and called a Noble. Imagine digging it out of the ground after almost 500 years in beautiful condition !

I Found this photo tonight,whilst looking through my files,it was taken in 2006,in Hayle, Cornwall.

When one finds a silver coin your heart misses a beat. This one is dated 1745 and is marked LIMA indicating that the silver was taken from a Spanish ship or Colony in South America. The coin still looks like new not as does the modern coinage which in the ground decays very quickly. If gold turns up it could be the end !

The challenge subject is ' circle' and the coil of a detector comes to mind.

'Where your treasure is there may your heart be also' ! I enjoy detecting and finding historic objects like the recently detected Roman Brooch and old silver coins. I have yet to strike gold !

RUN DEEP

A sad reflection on this countries transport policies

AND A LITTLE ARTISTIC LICIENCE

Nothing clever here, this just amused me.

Found this lazing around on my hard drive !

Is this more squarey than circley ?

Dare I suggest next weeks theme !

This pic taken in the grounds of Culzean (pronounced kuh-lane).

Culzean Castle, It's more of a huge chateau than a castle, is located on the SW coast of Scotland, right near the lovely town of Ayr. Culzean sits on a very impressive cliff overlooking the Firth of Clyde. The grounds are as nice as the house itself.

Gen. Eisenhower used the house during the war and was given some sort of honorary title to the place afterwards.

Tha Roman bridge at Strathclyde Park, Motherwell, Lanarkshire. Photo taken in 2007.

Not the sort of snack bar you find in a British lay-by

I DID NOT GET TO WALK UP THEM

Hi to everybody...here's a photo of one of my silk flower arrangements...tried to take another two of my others but the batteries ran out and my hand shook on the second so I've only got this, and I think my graphic card is beginning to give up the ghost as well...my Camedia which I use for my digi camera keeps crashing... Anyway, here's my pic...LOL

big hugs to one and all....

WE HAVE A WINNER!

Yesterday I posted this picture and asked which film title it represented.

The answer is PILLOW TALK starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day.

CONGRATULATIONS AND A BAG OF POPCORN GOES TO TREVOR aka joebangles

I took this picture in Hyde Park, I was messing around with a Infra Red filter, and then converted to black and white.

Rabbit

I happened across this while walking in the woods waiting for my car to be serviced. It was quiet early in the morning and I didn't get too close.

Rabbit