Good morning from a warmer, sunnier Hastings day.
This week BRIE ANNE DEMKIW from The Daily Post has asked us what inspires us. What do we take a lot of photos of.
My muse is nature. Yesterday I took a group of lovely ladies to Frimley Park to enjoy the sunshine and to find the last of the summer roses. We had a fabulous time wandering around and taking photos. I find it so hard to tear myself away from it all. There is always that last photo you just can’t not take. Sounds weird but I am sure everyone knows what I mean. First up I found this European Goldfinch hiding among the roses.
There were still a lot of late roses.
Mostly yellow and pink roses.
But even before we left the Heretaunga Women’s Centre I couldn’t resist taking some photos of the poppies in the frost.
And then after we had finished I had to take some more photos of the poppies in the sun.
And there were a lot of bees so I had to take photos of them too.
The other ladies haven’t done much in the way of taking photos – I took over 700 in all – I shocked them I think.
https://dailypost.wordpress.com/dp_photo_challenge/muse/
https://piecesofstarlight.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/wpc-albany-water-beach-is-my-muse/
https://zainabjavid.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/weekly-photo-challenge-muse/
WordPress Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse
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#FridayFoto: A Muse From Behind
https://bopaula.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/a-fuoco/
https://nadiamerrillphotography.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/weekly-photo-challenge-muse/
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge: Muse
https://sustainabilitea.wordpress.com/2015/06/26/weekly-photo-challenge-muse-going-home/
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Great flowers and I’m really happy to see bees. Bees are rather scarce lately. Some kind of bee crisis all over the US and I think in Europe, too. Nice that they are doing well somewhere on earth. Wonderful pictures, all of them, but the roses are special.
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Thanks Marilyn. I have heard about the bee crises in the northern hemisphere. We have to be careful here too. Even though it is winter here they are still very active.
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Excellent shot of the finch Raewyn. I have a gold finch, i think, in our area, trouble is it stays still long enough to realise it’s finch and then its gone.
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Know the feeling. I was lucky yesterday. Also got some nice shots of a friendly fantail. Am turning into a bird watcher now. Trying to focus on some native birds.
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After our trip to Africa I am also taking more notice of local bird life…the feathered variety, just so we are clear 🙂
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Such marvelous muses for this week’s challenge. 😀 😀
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Thanks Cee, your florals are just so amazing.
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Wonderful dramatic shots. I’m envious of those yellows! Good job.
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Thanks so much Dawn. It was an amazing day yesterday.
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And you got the pictures to prove it!
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suM humorin da’ birdy an interestin’ color yes indeed I BEElieve 🙂
an , well, dat 3rd pic down of da yeller flower is georgeous an da finch pic is very UniQue! 🙂 hasta 2 U an UrZ! frum U.S.A. eh to hastings! 🙂 yeppurZ! ……………Q
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Beautiful images.
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So beautiful! The 3rd photo is my favourite!!!
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Lovely images!
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Infinite beauty!
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