Having a big garden is all very well but there are always jobs to be done - some little, some big. When the weather isn't good a lot of those that should have been done in November at the latest tend to be still waiting. One is to deal with the Clematis that grows on a trellis on the road side of the house. Quite spectacular when it flowers well, but now very straggly after it has been lashed by both wind and rain. Nevertheless a multi-exposure of some of the remains forms a tapestry against the white wall of the house.
When the weather improves and the rain stops all these remnants will be cleared away and the Clematis cut back to promote new growth from the bottom - the beginning of Spring!
At least it wasn't raining and I could get outside and try to take a photo.
The weather seems to have been terrible for the last six weeks - rain, more rain, rain in the wind, and then more rain. The ground is wetter than I have known it here, and that's nearly twenty years. One good aspect is that it has been remarkably mild.
This is a composite photo. I stood on top of the compost bin at the end of the vegetable garden and using the multi-exposure feature of my camera took a photo of the farm buildings before turning slightly to superimpose the white buildings that are Tynllwyn Hen.
I find that most multi-exposure photos need some post processing if only to bring out the colour and also in this case because the sky was rather uninteresting I introduced a little shading - artistic licence!
After seasonal presents are opened on the 25th of the month there is always paper and ribbon left around. Often enough these discarded wrappings are just binned without a great deal of thought or examination - stuffed into a black plastic sack.
Some are just too good to abandon like that.
Here is a piece of silver ribbon which has caught the light from the kitchen lamps and picked up the warm colour to add that lovely golden glint.
Do you ever wonder if the wrapping isn't more interesting than the contents?
And after all the excitement of present opening, the clearing away, what better than to have a mug of tea? This is mine without milk!
And the mug?
Spied whilst on holiday, this was one that I particularly liked especially with the small cottage picture taking up the theme of the outside mug decoration. Make a good present - I thought.
And so bought by T for her Dad and stored until the 25th.
After a careful wash this is the mug's first filling. It's huge holding nearly a pint if filled to near the brim!
I really like the condensation on the rim and the bubbles in the liquid.
I can't really believe that we have had so many rainy days.
We have hardly seen the sun for five weeks now.
The ground is very wet not with the actual amount of rain but because apart from the odd time it hasn't actually rained all that hard - just rain in the wind, gentle drizzle, and the odd sharp shower.
You begin to wonder if it will ever stop and we will ever see the sun again.
Fortunately it is remarkably warm for the time of year.
As for being inspired to take photographs outside, that hasn't been me!
But today this 5cm diameter glass ball arrived quite beautifully packed and all the way from China. Too good just to leave on its stand.
So first attempt at capturing both the weather and a view through the window of my room.
The local Post Office uses this sort of rubber band for bundling letters for delivery. They often seem to get discarded and many a time I've picked up a couple from the street thinking that they will come in useful - they do. So finding one in my pocket I popped it onto a jar lid that was just 'lying around' and then realised that the band in its curled state made a series of curves that were enhanced by the shadow.
Too good to miss I think this picture is probably the best of the few I took.
It isn't a recent photo but one that comes to mind every so often. This time I looked I still thought it had an 'undefinable something' about it!
Weather has been pretty bad, not cold for the time of the year, just wet! Not torrential rain but more 'rain in the air', light drizzle than great downpours although there have been periods of continuous rain - and we haven't seen the sun for about four weeks!
There is always something on my worktable although I must admit to getting these items from my workshop.
So a picture done in artificial light on a wet Sunday afternoon. Focus might be better!
