Afternoon Snack...

Practicing using 'manual' setting...on my camera.

The usual Blue Costello, with Turkish Figs, Dried Cranberries and Cashews.
On my new favourite colour, kind of a cross between Turquoise and Aqua.

Nice...

Guest Post...

Today I received a postcard in the mail from the lovely "Mith C",
called " What's on my table..."
Thanks Buzza I love it.

Raindrops...

Dew drops in the sunlight.

At Home On A Dull Day...

Looking for inspiration...

Bits and pieces on the dresser.

My favourite jug with pretty flowers and a new cook book.

Black And White...

Some more picks from the market.

I See You Baby....

Yesterday I went and helped Yve with a bit of clearing of the Bradfield house.
 (Mostly deciding which box or category to put the never ending contents of the bookshelf in.)
Aside from the books.... I came home with 2 tripods. One quite substantial, and the other light and portable.
They're lovely and fit easily, and well with my camera.
here's a bit of photo booth to try and let you have a look.

It's such an incredible job,
 deciding where things go and what's going to happen to stuff,
(and to people)
 when someone passes away.
It's never easy, and has the potential to bring out the best and the worst in those affected.
It's not always possible to see the good, but in this case,
 I'm thankful and delighted to have the connection with my dear John in so much of my photography.

Oanges And Lemons, Or Rather Jewellery And Lemons...

This morning I've got the camera out and started taking photos of some of my jewellery, see if you can guess what's $10.00, from Target.

So much colour.

Just right for an Indian princess.

Happy birthday from Marg.

Crystal earrings from Tree Of Life.

White Topaz ring from Tree Of Life, and engraved pendant from Renae.
Rings from Ishka.

Tiny bells on a bracelet from Ishka.

Hand Made necklace with glass heart bead, from Lib.

Silver canister pendant on Belcher chain, from Hobnobs.

Containing a lock of my dear John Bradfields hair.

Everything tumbling about,
the ring(red) and the earrings(orange and turquoise),
 are from you guessed it, Target.

Some Beautiful Photos...

Helen sent me an email which included these amazing photos,
they were taken by a man named Clark Little,
a quote from him....
"Faith is not about everything turning out OK, faith is about being OK no matter how things turn out".
Isn't that beautiful.

 They are so inspirational, artistically, and as a reflection on life.

Shadows....

Today I'm on holidays, so it's been fairly quiet. However I'm taking "virtual" camera lessons

A while back I made a batch of Sweet Chilli Sauce, using local Strawberries for the fruity base.
Today I'm trying to capture something with the camera, delicious simple and with the minimum of elements, sauce, spoon, plate, and light, the rest is pretty incidental.

See if you can tell why these photos work or don't work.
I've been looking at composition, and also worrying about aperture, exposure, and ISO...etc

Sweet Chilli and Strawberry sauce.

Fruity.

Tangy.

Sweet and delcious.

Just in case you weren't paying attention.

That's me in the reflection.

I had some with pan fried chicken and steamed vegetables, for tea,
 and it made all the difference, yum.

If it makes you want to lick the spoon, I win....