Only One a day

Sunny periods

2008-10-07T13:47:00.001-07:00

Rain with sunny periods!

2008-10-06T12:31:00.000-07:00

The Rainbow

2008-10-06T12:10:00.000-07:00

Making up for lost time. I have been taking photos every day but have not been sharing them I'm afraid. I will try and work my way back if it's possible.

The castle

2008-07-25T15:22:00.000-07:00

I have been very naughty and haven't posted a thing since May 5th. Neither have I visited any of your photo blogs I'm afraid. I'm trying to get my life back in order and shall start again soon. This was taken tonight and I've just noticed that my last was of the castle too.

Evening lights

2008-05-05T12:48:00.001-07:00

Sunny afternoon

2008-05-05T12:46:00.000-07:00

Berries

2008-05-04T10:52:00.000-07:00

We have never seen such a variety of birds in the garden since we've lived here and I just wondered if the berries on this tree are poisonous perhaps? We have another variety which they love, but not at this time of year.

A sunny morning

2008-05-04T10:51:00.000-07:00

Blackbird

2008-05-04T10:43:00.000-07:00

We have a pair of blackbirds nesting just under our window, but sliding the window open frighten them away. This one is guarding the nest and always sits on this same branch. Can you see the raindrops? Just as I was taking this the rain began to fall.

Heron

2008-05-03T01:42:00.000-07:00

He's the reason I wanted an 18x zoom camera. Now I think I need a 25x zoom!

One Poplar

2008-05-03T01:40:00.001-07:00

Only one Poplar still standing. I never noticed the other one was missing. take a look at this Autumn photo Digital Gran: Autumn portent and textured Vessels WIP

Big feet

2008-05-01T08:00:00.001-07:00

I wish I could show the face too as it's one of my best photos ever!

Work in progress

2008-04-30T15:18:00.000-07:00

This is a WIP atarted in 1958-9. Is this a record?

Spring Greens

2008-04-30T15:16:00.000-07:00

Lamp

2008-04-29T04:46:00.000-07:00

Reflections

2008-04-29T04:41:00.001-07:00

Snow

2008-04-29T04:36:00.000-07:00

We still have snow on the hills.

This morning

2008-04-29T04:34:00.000-07:00

What a beautiful morning it is!

Guess what?

2008-04-29T03:54:00.000-07:00

No vacancy

2008-04-29T03:53:00.000-07:00

Cartouche

2008-04-29T03:51:00.000-07:00

Well wrapped

2008-04-21T14:04:00.000-07:00

Can you see the daffodil wrapped and done for this year? I hope it will brighten our lives for a few short weeks next year.

Spirals

2008-04-20T14:02:00.000-07:00

Strange weather

2008-04-19T13:59:00.000-07:00

Cenarth Bach

2008-04-18T14:20:00.000-07:00

Spring flowers

2008-04-17T14:17:00.000-07:00

Castle Lights

2008-04-16T14:15:00.000-07:00

Quay Hotel

2008-04-15T14:14:00.000-07:00

Snow

2008-04-14T14:12:00.000-07:00

Leaves

2008-04-13T14:11:00.000-07:00

Hang glider

2008-04-12T14:09:00.000-07:00

If you look carefully you can see the hang glider.

Joan's clown

2008-04-11T14:07:00.000-07:00

Clouds

2008-04-10T14:05:00.000-07:00

Stitched batik

2008-04-09T14:01:00.000-07:00

I'm trying to play catch-up. This is by my friend Rosemary.

Tonight's sunset

2008-04-08T14:46:00.000-07:00

Too many fish

2008-04-06T08:06:00.000-07:00

My friend the Cormorant is looking a bit rough! i don't think he should have tried to swallow that last fish, it really is stuck in his gullet.

Evening sun

2008-04-05T08:03:00.000-07:00

Cutting, slicing, chopping

2008-04-04T15:34:00.000-07:00

I bought this for my workroom at a pound shop today. Isn't this what we do most of the time?

Musicians

2008-04-03T10:34:00.001-07:00

These young men were great musicians and also had me dancing on the pavement to their music. They were very difficult thp photograph though as people passed in front of them each time I was ready to shoot.

Conwy town wall

2008-04-03T09:15:00.000-07:00

Sunset

2008-04-03T09:12:00.000-07:00

The sun looks as if it's falling into the sea.

Mooring boat

2008-04-03T08:07:00.001-07:00

Do you think it would sink without those tyres? They keep adding more and more along the sides.

A stolen boat

2008-03-31T15:22:00.000-07:00

Enlarge this one, I think you will like it.

Early this morning I saw this boat floating down the river, it's only occupant was this Cormorant, obviously having stolen the boat. Now I had forgotten the English name for the culprit so I had to get out my Welsh English Dictionary which I often need. The Welsh name I used where I was brought up was Billidowcar, or Diving Billie. In the dictionary I found they are called Llanciau Llandudno which means Llandudno Lads. Now that for me was something worth knowing. I found it very interesting.

The River Police must have seen him and he obviously deserted the boat here.

A great weekend

2008-03-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

Sun on the hilltops

2008-03-26T16:00:00.001-07:00

There's a Welsh saying 'Daw haul ar fryn'. Translated it says there will be sun on the hilltops which means that things will get better again. The sun is out already and soon my little problems and hospital visits will be over.

Snowdonia

2008-03-25T12:22:00.000-07:00

As my friends in this group know, my life revolves around the hospital at Bangor in North Wales these days. This was taken as the car was moving with speed towards the hospital last night.

Here are the snow covered mountains of Snowdonia taken from the hospital.

Spring

2008-03-23T15:56:00.000-07:00

Another busy day

2008-03-22T14:56:00.000-07:00

I've had another very busy day, washing drying and ironing. This is my assistant Maggie May. I thought I'd have to give her a name and I heard her saying quite clearly, Maggie May!

A two headed tortoise

2008-03-21T14:09:00.001-07:00

Now I wonder what Sir David Attenborough would make of this specimen?

Colourful

2008-03-20T11:50:00.001-07:00

I thought we could do with something bright and colourful to cheer us up this miserable weather. This was taken in Cannes Market last year. What a wonderful place.

High and dry

2008-03-19T12:35:00.001-07:00

I hope whoever it was up there enjoyed the view.

Birds at evening tide

2008-03-18T08:51:00.000-07:00

Dirty window

2008-03-17T08:46:00.000-07:00

Can you see the dirt on my window? This was the day after the storm and we could hardly see a thing, but it rained heavily the following evening and they were cleaner than they were before the storm.

Wrought Iron

2008-03-16T15:36:00.000-07:00

This one is from my stock!

Waterfall at Betws y Coed

2008-03-15T16:47:00.001-07:00

Grounded

2008-03-13T10:44:00.000-07:00

This yacht was beached by the storm.

Tulips

2008-03-12T22:00:00.000-07:00

Can you see a rose among the tulips? I hadn't realised I was taking myself as well and how much I was enjoying it. I was alone in the house when I took it. Honest! I'm smiling at the tulips. Can you see the couple of rollers in my hair? I just washed it.

A forest of masts

2008-03-11T14:25:00.000-07:00

This is a photo I took a few days ago. It is very different on the estuary today it has been windy and rough.

Almost sepia

2008-03-10T04:14:00.001-07:00

This was taken last night just as the sun was setting, and a shower was coming in from Anglesey. It has a sepia look about it. I was surprised when I saw the result. The three I took at varying distances are all the same.

Goings on at the Castle

2008-03-09T16:30:00.000-07:00

A rainbow

2008-03-08T15:18:00.000-08:00

This was a lucky accident. I noticed the rainbow, but it was almost round the corner and it was raining and very windy as I stuck my head out of the window to take the photo. I hadn't noticed the reflection in the window until I downloaded it to the computer.

The silver book

2008-03-07T02:06:00.000-08:00

This is nothing special, but it's a very important book. I jot down all sorts of important information I don't want to lose in it.

A rough day

2008-03-06T15:13:00.000-08:00

Blossoms

2008-03-05T15:30:00.000-08:00

This is not a new one I'm afraid but was taken a couple of weeks ago.

Answer to yesterday's quiz

2008-03-04T12:58:00.000-08:00

It was a driving shoe. With a change of colour in PSP9.

Snow

2008-03-04T12:50:00.000-08:00

Just for Dorothy.

2008-03-03T09:30:00.001-08:00

Now what was this before I started playing with it? I have made sure you can't find out through devious ways!

Lovely Birthday Cake

2008-03-02T15:48:00.001-08:00

Yummy, I am enjoying this.

Rough Day

2008-03-01T12:56:00.000-08:00

What a difference a couple of days make. This is not another 'two a day'. The bottom is a close-up of the first and shows part of the reason I wanted my FZ18 camera. Before they built the new Marina and Hotel I had a clear view of the horizon, but this is what I see now. I love it when it's stormy like this.

Books

2008-02-29T07:23:00.000-08:00

I thought you would like to see a tiny corner of a bookshelf.

Two today!

2008-02-28T15:06:00.001-08:00

This photo was taken early this morning and I loved the reflection of the yacht in the water below it.

I couldn't resist including this evenings photo when the sky was extraordinarily beautiful

The Rows

2008-02-27T15:12:00.001-08:00

I had a new little Pentax Optio for my birthday, it is easier to carry in my pocket than the FZ18. This is the photo I took of one of the beautiful building in Chester this morning.
I also thought I had better make it clear that the Old snail post yesterday was a joke. I have a friend who loves ammonites and her young grandchildren thought she had an old snail on display at her house. I always remember this when I see an Ammonite. I love them and buy one when I can afford it. I just love to hold it in my hands and think about that creature being alive on this earth millions of years ago and here am I able to hold it in my hands today.
That one in the photo is a particulrly large specimen.

My old snail

2008-02-26T13:59:00.001-08:00

I love my old snail.

Daffodils Day 3

2008-02-25T13:53:00.000-08:00

This is day 3 for my daffodils and they are really beautiful despite being crushed in the shopping bag

Opening Daffodils

2008-02-24T09:53:00.000-08:00

Opening Daffodils

2008-02-23T11:00:00.000-08:00

It's a wonder these poor daffodils survived. They were bought in M&S and DH was carrying the shopping bag and forgot there was a bunch of flowers in it and I thought they'd had it, but luckily they are survivors.

Cobbles

2008-02-22T15:25:00.000-08:00

A Present from Llandudno

2008-02-21T15:27:00.000-08:00

You might just be able to read the word Llandudno on this shoe. No wonder it has worn off after so many dustings by 3 generations of women. I'm afraid it's had less dusting by this owner than when my mother and grandmother had it.

Red sky at night

2008-02-20T12:06:00.000-08:00

Not as clear as Dorothy's red sky in Hertfordshire, but the best I could do. See Dorothy's red sky here

Trees in the frost

2008-02-18T09:18:00.000-08:00

A little too close

2008-02-17T11:25:00.000-08:00

A heron

2008-02-16T11:23:00.000-08:00

Peach and grey

2008-02-14T14:51:00.000-08:00

I can see the footprints of the yacht's owner walking across the mud to his boat. can you?

Morning sun

2008-02-13T14:46:00.000-08:00

Early evening

2008-02-12T14:44:00.000-08:00

Reflections

2008-02-11T14:41:00.000-08:00

An unlikely mix

2008-02-10T14:38:00.000-08:00

We have a small border just below the window and I noticed this heather and it looks like a type of crocus growing together.

Tree

2008-02-09T11:18:00.000-08:00

Angelface

2008-02-08T09:51:00.000-08:00

This was taken in Chester on Wednesday.

A likely pair

2008-02-07T13:49:00.000-08:00

These two were holding up the opposite sides of a large building in Chester and I thought they would like to be together for a while, so I took the liberty of joining them. It's many years since they were this close I'm sure.

Island in the sun

2008-02-05T11:46:00.000-08:00

That is the Isle of Anglesey you can see there in the sun, here in Conwy on the mainland it was wintry and damp. I forgot to mention that you can almost see the little school where I started teaching, it's just about there under the Llanddona TV mast.

Look up!

2008-02-04T08:03:00.000-08:00

Sandpipers?

2008-02-03T12:17:00.000-08:00

I'm very wary about naming trees, flowers and birds, birds in particular. I once thought I'd seen a black swan, but someone wrote very nicely and told me he could tell I wasn't a bird watcher. The swan was a goose.

Conwy Town Wall

2008-02-03T08:05:00.000-08:00

Beached

2008-02-02T12:13:00.000-08:00

This boat was left high abd dry by the storm.

Warmer days

2008-02-01T06:00:00.000-08:00

I thought I'd remind myself of warmer weather. A friend left for Tenerife this morning. I don't particularly want to go there just now but would enjoy some of their weather.

Blue sky?

2008-01-31T05:30:00.001-08:00

Looks as if it's going to get better some time this afternoon. That yacht is well and truly beached by last night's storm. Gales of 90mph recorded on the front here.

Monster

2008-01-30T09:31:00.000-08:00

Colour and glitter

2008-01-29T13:03:00.001-08:00

Dirty window

2008-01-28T09:52:00.000-08:00

Would you sack the window cleaner? He's not as young as he used to be and such a pleasant man! I think he used a huge windscreen wiper in each hand to day.