Pink and white

Apple tree blossom!

"The apple blossoms' shower of pearl, though blent with rosier hue, as beautiful as women's blush, as evanescent too."

- Letitia Elizabeth Landon

Bright as yellow

Just loving my violas that are in abundant flower at the moment in my tubs and baskets, just hoping they will last nicely into summer bedding time!

There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see. - Leonardo da Vinci

Dried flowers

A lesson on DOF (from Dad!)

Aren't Dads just fab? He spends all of two minutes (ok maybe tad more) with the camera and a cuppa and look what he gets! which when you compare with my earlier attempt on the blog, it's pretty different. Ok, so he has 20 yrs + on his side when it comes to slr use so you would expect it! Just have to glean the info out of him without the technical details of balance this apeture with that shuuter speed and near bamboozaling me to death with the associated figures. Now I know to all you hardcore photographers out there it comes naturally now, but for me, for now, I need it explained in 'what thingymejig do I need to press to makethe background go fuzzy' kind of language. I can hear you screaming it's called depth of feild you simpleton! as I type this. Although I bet anyone who is thinking that looks back enough into their amatuer days they will know just where I am coming from. So as soon as he left this is what I tried out, I hope I get an A!

"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold." Oliver Holmes

I am conscious that with a blog mentioning sunshine, these photos are particularly dark. However roses are one of my favourite flowers especially white or pink so hence the photo. It is just roses from an indoor plant (which Itend to kill off pretty darn quickly) so thought I would capture it's beauty in a longer lasting fashion.

“When two friends understand each other totally, the words are soft and strong like an orchid's perfume”

I thought these words were apt for this post as this orchid plant was given to me by a very thoughtful friend following the loss of my dear Mum in January. I would love to do more shots like this but how do I make it better? Do I need a different lens as this is shot on a 18-55mm.

Daffodils in the sunshine

When walking the dog we walked past this gorgeous field of daffodils and could not help smiling at the rows and rows of little suns set off by the rays of midday.