What’s Eating Our Clematis?
Posted on June 4, 2022
Some tiny creature obviously took a fancy to this clematis bud before it got the chance to flower.

May’s last photo
Posted on June 3, 2022
The Rusty Hinge
Posted on June 1, 2022
This extremely rusty hinge can be found in the outdoor war memorial of Oradour-sur-Glane.

The Paraglider
Posted on May 25, 2022
This image of a paraglider at the summer Airshow in Blond provides a pleasingly symmetrical combination of circles and curves.

The centrepiece
Posted on May 18, 2022
This is a detail from the centrepiece of a quilt that was shown at an Expo in Nantes a few years ago. It is to all intents and purposes entirely made up of squares and triangles.

Mediterranean Spurge
Posted on May 4, 2022
This is a close-up view of the intricate flower of a Mediterranean Spurge, a plant I had never seen – or even heard of – before, but which is growing strongly in my son’s garden.
To give an idea of scale, the green ovoid disc of which the flower is at the heart is no more than a centimetre (about a third of an inch) in diameter.

CMMC 4 May 2022
April’s Last Photo
Posted on May 1, 2022
In our son’s garden in Oxfordshire, I was struck by the almost luminous bark on this tree.

Ploughing, The Old-Fashioned Way
Posted on April 30, 2022
Cee is looking for something farming-related this week for her Black & White Photo Challenge. This is a close-up of the business end of a very old wooden plough. Just give a thought to how labour-intensive that job must have been.

Edges Galore
Posted on April 26, 2022
Plenty of edges on view here, in the wall in my daughter’s back garden.
