A spring flower to brighten your day. This was taken one cloudy Sunday morning …

A spring flower to brighten your day. This was taken one cloudy Sunday morning …

The arum lily … also known as the funeral flower.

I’ve not been out and about much lately, so this flower is from the archive. This was shot in the ‘studio’ (aka the spare room with lights squished in where we can fit them).


I love window light!
Lots of creamy yellow-ness in the front garden today. Yes, Mum, the rose has finally sprung open.

A single snowdrop …

If, as Ralph Waldo Emerson said,
the earth laughs in flowers
then this flower laughed so hard it cried.

Some see a weed … others see a wish.
Weighed down by the rain, it’s harder to take off.

I caught her eye and she smiled.
I indicated with my camera. Yeah sure, she said, taking her headphones off.
This is Bella.

I couldn’t just walk past … not with that magnificent hair and beard.
Can I take your photo?
Yeah sure, he said, in what turns out to be a slightly Texan accent. We sat and chatted for a while, then he went back to work.
This is Junior.
