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  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
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    • Travel galleries
  • Challenges
    • General challenges
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Photography challenges
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      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Thursday Trios
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Just One Person
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • Friendly Friday,  Landscape,  Plants,  Themed galleries,  Trees, forests and woodland

    Gallery: what is green?

    June 18, 2022 / 22 Comments
    Green weed in fast flowing water

    Green is the colour of nature, the colour of spring and summer. It is restful on the eye and calming to the soul. I think it must have inspired more poets and authors than any other colour. And there are almost as many shades of green in our world as there are writers to describe them. Or indeed photographers to try to capture and preserve their beauty!

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    Aerial view of green swampland with river channels

    Video: flying to the Okavango Delta

    February 27, 2021
    People crossing train tracks as a train approaches a station

    The charms of travelling by train

    June 5, 2022
    Large group of teenagers

    My first taste of adventure: a 1970s camping trip

    August 14, 2021
  • Flowers,  Gardens,  Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022 / 30 Comments
    Three bright red flowers

    There are always flowers, and for those of us in the northern hemisphere, especially at this time of year. Is there a photographer anywhere, I wonder, who doesn't want both to see them and to capture them forever?

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    Forest in the mist

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022
    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
    Bee on a bright pink flower

    Gallery: a selection of summer bugs

    August 3, 2021
  • Architecture,  Flowers,  Monday walks,  Portugal

    A stroll around Tavira

    April 29, 2022 / 37 Comments
    Two white bell towers

    I couldn’t go to the Faro area and not meet up with blogging friend Restless Jo, could I? Or perhaps I could! We planned to meet, naturally, but on the day fate intervened and our coffee date had to be … not cancelled, I hope, but certainly indefinitely postponed.

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    Orthodox cathedral at the end of a wide street

    Gallery: Sofia’s St. Alexander Nevsky Cathedral

    March 7, 2021
    Empty airport seating area

    Gallery: Wonsan Kalma International Airport sits deserted

    May 7, 2021
    Closed sign on a shop door

    Gallery: when one door closes …

    June 20, 2022
  • Flowers,  Photographic techniques,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022 / 41 Comments
    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Of course spring flowers are glorious in their own right. We love to see them both for their beauty and because they herald summer days to come. But I’ve shared so many in the past. So when Terri asked to see some fabulous seasonal florals I wanted to do something different.

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    Large red poppy

    Gallery: is it wild if we plant it?

    July 2, 2021
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
    Bee on a bright pink flower

    Gallery: a selection of summer bugs

    August 3, 2021
  • Flowers,  London,  Themed galleries,  Writers' Quotes Wednesday

    Gallery: inspired by spring blossoms

    March 26, 2022 / 25 Comments
    Cluster of pink flowers

    Now every field is clothed with grass, and every tree with leaves; now the woods put forth their blossoms, and the year assumes its gay attire. This quote from Virgil, who lived in the first century BCE, is a reminder that spring has inspired writers throughout the centuries. I wonder if it’s the most written-about season of all?

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    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
  • Flowers,  London,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022 / 34 Comments
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    When I included some magnolia flower images in my recent monochrome spring flowers post it was to celebrate their sculptural forms in particular. But while black and white really emphasises those forms, draining them of colour isn’t to everyone’s taste. And to be honest the shapes are just as beautiful and distinctive in colour; while the different shades from pure white through delicate pinks to deep reds and purple are equally worth celebrating.

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    Bee on a bright pink flower

    Gallery: a selection of summer bugs

    August 3, 2021
    Large red poppy

    Gallery: is it wild if we plant it?

    July 2, 2021
    Small purple blossoms

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021
  • Flowers,  Sunday Stills,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: spring sunshine, but in monochrome?

    March 21, 2022 / 41 Comments
    Black and white photo of a single magnolia flower

    It may seem contradictory, as we pass from winter to spring, to try to present that colourful season in black and white. Flowers are appearing, in shades of pink, yellow and more. Green leaves are sprouting on trees and bushes. Nature is coming to life in glorious technicolour!

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    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
    Pink blossom

    Gallery: April in Ealing

    April 11, 2021
  • Costa Rica,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday,  Gardens,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Dark pink flower head

    We stayed in some wonderful hotels in Costa Rica, and all of them had gorgeous gardens. The planting was true to the environment, with native trees and bushes and a real forest vibe. When we weren’t out exploring the national parks and reserves I spent much of my time photographing the colourful flowers, remarkable trees and beautiful birds.

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    Hairy animal holding a tree trunk

    The oddities of sloths

    March 6, 2022
    Black and white monkey in a tree with small orange fruits

    Gallery: wildlife in the Caño Negra refuge

    March 17, 2022
    Wall painting of a blue hummingbird

    Gallery: spotting street art in Sant Elena

    February 26, 2022
  • CFFC,  Costa Rica,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday

    Barking up the right tree in Costa Rica

    March 4, 2022 / 64 Comments
    Forest in the mist

    In the cloud forest low-hanging clouds hover around the upper canopy before condensing onto the leaves of trees and dripping onto the plants below. Looking up you can barely see the sky; such is the denseness of the vegetation and the constant dripping of water. With less sunlight comes a slower rate of evaporation; the plants below thrive in the abundance of life-giving moisture.

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    Man sitting on a rug using a hammer and anvil

    A blacksmith at work in Bukhara

    March 24, 2022
    Sign on boarded-up window

    Gallery: London, off the beaten track (urban erosion)

    January 17, 2021
    Bright red berries

    Gallery: the colours of the season

    December 16, 2021
  • Colour,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday,  Gardens,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Small purple blossoms

    According to Alice Walker, 'it annoys God if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.' Purple is my favourite colour so there is little risk of my annoying God in that manner at least!

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    Sign mimicking an artist's palette

    Gallery: all the colours of the kaleidoscope

    December 10, 2021
    Line of seated stone statues wearing red caps and bibs

    The Bake-Jizō of Kanmangafuchi Abyss

    February 16, 2021
    Group of ladies in pink saris

    Gallery: La Vie en Rose in Rajasthan

    June 14, 2021
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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