Showing posts with label floral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label floral. Show all posts

Saturday, October 9, 2010

a daisy a day


I'm not much of a gardener. In fact if truth be told, I have this incredible, and somewhat uncanny knack for killing almost every piece of plantlife that is entrusted into my care. I wish it weren't so, I really do. I love gardens. I love to be surrounded by the beauty of nature, and the earth, all those gorgeous flowers that I'm constantly poking my camera at... I just can't seem to help them grow.

Having said all that, these little daisies don't appear to need my help. The garden bed in my front yard is laden with them. They're spilling out onto the lawn and are at real risk of taking off down the street if it wasn't for a very keen man that I know with a whippersnipper.

We're also trying very hard to grow a little veggie garden to help our boys learn that plants actually come from the earth not from the supermarket. So far it's doing really well & also seems be resisting my notorious plant history - perhaps they just haven't heard of my reputation yet ;-)


[shot using the TTV technique : Nikon coolpix S8000, vintage kodak duaflex II, weird plastic contraption made from duct tape & a 2 litre ice-cream container, Processed in PS CS5]

Saturday, August 28, 2010

Daffodils


Don't you just love Daffodils? All those smiling golden heads bobbing & swaying in the breeze? They always come at such a wonderful time of the year, when it's still cool and crisp, and the heat hasn't set in..... I'm not one for heat, me.

We've had a terrible Winter of cold and frost and general gloom. This blog has been neglected for eons & I'm even struggling to find the time to take the camera out with me shooting..... not just seasonal winter it seems.

So today I'm taking the boys shopping for seedlings for our vegetable garden, to take advantage of spring but a week away, because the weather is glorious for the first time in a week!

As for my photography, that's at the top of my priorities. There's a weird feeling that grows deep inside when your creativity loses it's it's outlet, & that weird feeling is starting to stir....
So I'll be making more time for being creative - that's my plan :)