Day 88 - Tea anyone?

After an all-round horrible day I refrained from reaching for the vino and had this instead :)

Day 87 - Catkins

It never ceases to amaze me just how quickly your photo count can go up when you're not paying too much attention. A five minute stop by the pussy willow trees tonight resulted in 21 pictures of catkins and some other flowering trees. It would have been more but for an impatient madra wanting to carry on with her walk. However, the macro came in handy this evening and todays picture is a result of an aperture of f/2.8 to give a nice shallow depth of field. Half decent lighting also means the picture is aesthetically pleasing in my opinion. Can you tell I'm also doing course work for my assessment hand-in in four weeks time - aesthetics etc!

Day 86 - Pussy willow

Now, I've never really been that much of a nature person (or at least so I thought) but photography certainly opens your eyes to alot more than you may have taken notice of in the past. Take my recent discovery. Two weeks ago while walking the madra I noticed a couple of trees in the park with white furry buds on the branches. Not having a clue what they were I asked a lady in work who is into her gardening and she said she thought it might have been a pussy willow tree. Fast forward two weeks and the white furry buds have sprouted into the most unusual looking thing. Unfortunately the depth of field was uncontrollable as I only had my phone with me but I may well take the camera with me on our walk tomorrow to see if I can get a better picture to share with you. Fabulous blue skies in south wales today! Long may they continue!

Day 85 - Small flowers

We have a small bush in the garden which is steadily growing each year. Somehow I have never realised that it has lovely tiny white flowers on it until today! It is the same bush as was featured in the blog before when we had some winters frost. So armed with the macro lens, I took a few shots of it for todays picture. I can't get over how small they are and that I've never noticed them before today!

Day 84 - Clean garden

While I caught up on some housework and prepared lunch, the hubby kindly power hosed the back garden as our paving stones were covered with green moss. The difference was unbelievable and it meant I could lie on the ground to capture a few shots of the madra as she relaxed. Unfortunately we didn't get to enjoy the sunshine in the garden this weekend but hopefully if the weather remains good we might manage a few hours out the back next weekend!

Day 83 - Spring

Wonderful blue skies and warm temperatures in Cardiff today. Spring has definitely come and the cherry blossom tree across from work is on its way to being in full bloom.

Day 82 - A little treat

After a hard day's work, a little treat with a cuppa tea is in order. There's plenty for tomorrow as well!