Tag: Photo Challenges

Last on the Card March 2021

Brian from Bushboys World invites everyone to post their last photo of the month from their phone or camera. Click on the link for more info. Here’s mine

Somerville Outdoor Cinema

This is the outdoor cinema at Crawley, Perth WA attached to the University of Western Australia. It’s a fantastic venue to see a film outside, sitting under the stars beneath the towering Norfolk Pines. There is a pop up bar and a pizza joint that also sells other hot food.

I went on Tuesday with some friends to see “Dating Amber” an Irish coming of age story. A beautiful funny film that we all enjoyed. It was absolutely packed though and as soon as the doors open everyone rushes in to place pillows, cushions and throws across the seats to save for later and then rush off to the bar. Rather like the unmentionable people from a certain European country who rush out at 5 am in the morning to place beach towels on the sunbeds around the hotel pool.
At the cinema though when it gets dark people can’t remember where they’ve left their belongings and end up sitting way at the back instead!

A Still Life of Green Veggies 🥒 🥦

I had a bit of fun while cooking dinner last night. One for Jude for his Life in Colour and also Dr. B and his Challenge your Camera – Still Life

Here we have:

Bitter marrow – hubby’s favourite. Steamed and then stir fried with black bean sauce.

Zucchini – Chopped and coated with olive oil and oregano and roasted in the oven.

Suger Snap Peas – Peeled and stir fried with garlic, soy sauce, mirin and sesame seed oil.

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Challenge your Camera #7 Bridges

This week Dr. B has posed the challenge of bridges. I remember posting some bridges earlier, but here goes again!

Arched glass bridge, Kings Park, Perth WA

Standing 52 metres high, the rusted steel structure finish was designed to blend in with the trees in the gardens. It provides a potent reminder of the rusted steel of camps, farms and mines in the Western Australian bush at the time of Federation. Source: Kings Park and Botanic Garden

Macclesfield Bridge

There is a short story about Macclesfield Bridge. In October 1874 a barge containing coffee and nuts exploded under this bridge. The bridge was destroyed and three men were killed, but the iron columns were left intact. The explosion could be heard from a mile away and caused uproar among the animals at the nearby London Zoo. (Posted as part of My A to Z Travel Challenge – L is for London – Part Two – 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)

Smeaton’s Bridge, Perth, Scotland

Challenge your Camera: Colour Splash

This week’s challenge by Dr. B is adding a touch of colour to a black and white photo or taking most of the colour away and just adding a splash. What a challenge this turned out to be! It has really tested my brain cells. Anyway I have managed a few with a photo editor that is already embedded in my computer. Photo Scape X. Although I’m still not sure I’ve got it correct.

  • This car has more colour than before!
  • Peace Lily from white to yellow
  • Barge on Union Canal, London
  • Cocktail on the beach

CFFC: Reed, Read or Red 🌾 📚 🥀

Time for another challenge! There are so many to choose from, thanks to all those bloggers who are happy to host. This one is hosted by Cee Neuner, Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge.

I’ve managed to find something for all three 😁

Reeds

Reeds and a Pelican attempting to hide from my camera

Some of my Reads of this year

I really enjoyed all three of these books and can highly recommend. Invisible Girl is my book for February Book Club, a psychological thriller set in London. Magpie Lane also a psychological thriller this time set in Oxford around the university and lastly The Other Bennet Sister a spin off from Pride and Prejudice – did you ever wonder what happened to Miss Mary Bennet?

Red

  • Beautiful Red Roses, a mother’s day gift

Bottoms Up 🍷

Here’s to your good health everyone. Cheers Big Ears and that’s the way it goes Big Nose. Down the Hatch. Chin Chin and Salute to name but a few sayings before we take a drink.

A few from over the years and around the world.

For Becky’s SquareUp. Have a great weekend everyone, don’t drink too much 🤣

Challenge your Camera – Churches ⛪️

This week Dr. B has set the challenge as churches, both inside and out. Photos can also include temples, mosques, cathedrals etc. Captions should be included under each photo with name and place and of course a pingback to Dr. B.

A Gallery of Churches from around the World

St. Joseph’s Cathedral, Hanoi
  • Berlin Cathedral
  • Ely Cathedral on a misty morning

  • My parents canoodling outside one of the many tiny churches in Mykonos, Greece
  • St. George’s Church, Sipan, Croatia

  • St. Paul’s Cathedral, London
  • My son inside St. Paul’s Cathedral, London underneath his ancestor’s tomb. Between the angels – J. Hutt

  • My parents inside St. Leonard’s Church where they married over 60 years ago
  • Magnificent pipe organ inside St. Leonard’s Church, Shoreditch

It’s amazing when you look at all these striking buildings how intricate the detail was. It must have taken years to build some of them. There must have been so much wealth around and all poured into buildings.

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Upset on the Golf Course

I saw this little guy on a walk a while ago. At first I thought it was just a tree stump, but up close I knew better. The mother lay dead a few feet away and when I walked nearer a menacing magpie was flappy frantically around his head. I shooed it away and went to pick up little guy, but he flew away and tried to reach a near tree. Walking towards me were a group of golfers and as I was at the edge of the golf course I decided not to risk my head! I always wonder what happened to little guy.

I hope he grew up to be like the featured image.

For Becky’s January SquareUp

Battling beautiful bushy bougainvillea brambly branches

Hubby hard at work trimming branches

This is a job that needs to be done at least four times a year. Beautiful to look at but a pain to maintain! The more you cut the more it grows.

Posted as part of Six Word Saturday

It’s a dog’s life!

A few snaps of my two scallywags who jump up on any chair or sofa they feel is comfortable.

That’s Rufus at the top waiting for snacks, just finished yoga and wondering why there is no space on the sofa.

Then there’s Zac, the laid back one. Likes a read of the paper and is a bit of a poser.

Both are rescue dogs and we don’t know much about their previous lives. Rufus was in a bad way when we first got him and was a skinny little thing. He’s like a little piglet now. Zac has a very naughty side and has to be kept on a lead otherwise he will chase anything with wheels or legs! A couple of years ago he knocked the postman off his bike and we received a very large fine. He’s not aggressive though just extremely playful.

Our sofas are ruined and most of the chairs, but what can you do 🤣

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Posted as part of Becky’s SquareUp