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  • It’s autumn in the garden and I’m finding beauty in decay and decomposition. πŸŒ±πŸ“Έ

    β†’ 11:33 PM, Oct 11

  • I think my cat has melted. It was 32ΒΊ in the glass-roofed conservatory but he persevered with his Madame RΓ©camier impersonation.

    A ginger cat lying sprawled full-length on his back on a cardboard cat-sofa
    β†’ 9:08 PM, May 14

  • So happy to have a dry and sunny day after weeks (months) of rain. Woodland is scant around here but we found a lovely trail and it was absolutely awash with the white starry flowerheads of wild garlic! The smell was incredible and I came home craving garlic bread and pizza.

    Wild garlic in flower, covering a woodland floor The lovely white starry flowers of wild garlic A carpet of wild garlic in flower in a woodland
    β†’ 10:17 PM, May 3

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Bonus Day 2: unputdownable (Jim / @jimmitchell)

    A ginger cat sitting on a person's lap
    β†’ 9:36 AM, May 2

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Bonus Day 1: bubble (@paulrobertlloyd) With no time to take a new image for today’s prompt, all that came up when I searched my Google Photos was this really bad phone shot of a mermaid in a bubble I took at a street carnival a couple of years ago πŸ˜•.

    β†’ 4:21 PM, May 1

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 30: hometown (matt / @mattypenny) My hometown is on the Greenwich Meridian line. This is, one of three sculpted figures around town that mark the Meridian Line, “Searching”

    A nighttime scene of one of the Meridian Line sculptures in Louth, in front of a Church which is illuminated bu coloured spotlights.
    β†’ 12:13 AM, May 1

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 29: drift (Simon / @SimonWoods)

    An empty rowing boat floating on a calm blue sea
    β†’ 11:14 AM, Apr 29

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 28: community (@stupendousman) “Our Game” was a huge community project celebrating Ashbourne’s annual Shrovetide football game. Local people made about 5000 terracotta figures representing the players and supporters of the game.

    Thousands of terracotta figures representing the players and supporters of the Ashbourne football game.
    β†’ 12:47 AM, Apr 29

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 27: surprise (Sam / @Sdevore) This is not what I was looking for under the bed 🐱

    A black and white cat looking quite startled at being discovered hiding under the bed
    β†’ 11:12 AM, Apr 27

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 26: critter (Jefferson / @7robots)

    A llama lying down in a field, with a small white goat standing on its back
    β†’ 10:01 PM, Apr 26

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 25: spine (Ian / @thedimpause)

    The spiny pads of a cactus
    β†’ 11:35 AM, Apr 25

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 24: light (Esteban / @eumrz) Or rather, headlights.

    A front view of a vintage Austin Healey Sprite, showing the grill and headlights
    β†’ 10:32 AM, Apr 24

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 23: dreamy (@maique)

    A misty landscape of trees scattered across a valley.
    β†’ 11:20 PM, Apr 23

  • I resisted posting a photo of a blue sky for today’s prompt! Not hard to do as I can’t remember when I last saw one…. πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 22: blue (Elizabeth / @lzbth)

    A boor, painted blue, with two decorative panels featured red rampant lions and the name Bay Villa on each
    β†’ 11:18 PM, Apr 22

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 21: mountain (David / @dejus) At the top of Mount SrΔ‘, Dubrovnik

    β†’ 10:49 AM, Apr 21

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 20: ice (@the)

    β†’ 9:19 AM, Apr 20

  • While drinking my coffee in the conservatory today, I was treated to this shameless display of thievery in the neighbours' garden. I wonder if this is the same squirrel who’s been digging around in my potted acer tree? Maybe that’s where he’s been stashing his stolen loot.

    A squirrel hanging upside down from a birdfeeder as it steals food from it
    β†’ 10:24 PM, Apr 19

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 19: birthday (David / @crossingthethreshold) This is an older photo that came up when I searched for “birthday” in my Google photos. My partner used to make themed birthday cakes for friends, this Egyptian one was made for me one year because I love camels.

    A birthday cake decorated with Egyptian symbols and palm trees, and marzipan figures of camels on the top.
    β†’ 10:10 PM, Apr 19

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 18: mood (@agilelisa) This was the most moody and dramatic sunset I have ever seen, even for a place on the coast known for its beautiful sunsets.

    A very moody sunset over the sea
    β†’ 1:06 PM, Apr 18

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 17: transcendence (Drew / drewbelf)

    A giant Roman sculpture of a hand, with the index finger pointing skywards.
    β†’ 11:57 AM, Apr 17

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 16: flΓ’neur (Chris / @chrisaldrich) Today’s prompt got me head-scratching. Are these dapper gentlemen flΓ’neurs?

    Four men in colourful sweater sitting along a bench with their backs to the camera, viewing the street before them.
    β†’ 9:50 AM, Apr 16

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 15: small (James / @jmanes) I felt VERY small standing under this redwood, looking up into its canopy.

    A view from the bottom of a redwood tree, looking up its trunk to the canopy.
    β†’ 11:30 PM, Apr 15

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 14: cactus (Christopher / @christopherchelpka)

    Cacti at the Giardini Ravino in Ischia
    β†’ 10:16 AM, Apr 14

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 13: page (Rob / @robj)

    An old letter, handwritten in a beautiful script with a pair of wire spectacles and a quill pen resting on it
    β†’ 11:10 AM, Apr 13

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 12: magic (David / @DaveyCraney)

    A wire sculpture of a fairy and dandelion silhouetted against a sepia monochrome sky
    β†’ 3:07 PM, Apr 12

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 11: sky (Jedda / @jedda)

    A bright blue sky filled with wispy white clouds, seen above the roof of a house
    β†’ 12:40 PM, Apr 11

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 10: train ( Jason / @starrwulfe)

    β†’ 10:10 AM, Apr 10

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 9: crispy (Rom / @rom)

    A row of 6 crispy, dried-up autumn leaves
    β†’ 11:59 AM, Apr 9

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 8: prevention (Anne / @anniegreens) Because nothing spoils a tranquil walk like an unexploded bomb.

    A view looking out over the saltmarshes near the Donna Nook nature reserve. In the foreground is an MOD board warning to look out for unexploded bombs.
    β†’ 11:35 AM, Apr 8

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 7 : wellbeing (Ridwan / @ridwan) Lunch with friends is very good for my well-being!

    A close-in view of a plate of very tasty fig and brie salad.
    β†’ 10:23 PM, Apr 7

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 6 : windy (Miraz / @Miraz) What do you do on a windy day at the beach? Fly a giant orange octopus kite!

    β†’ 11:47 AM, Apr 6

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 5 : serene (Chi / @chiawase)

    β†’ 12:58 PM, Apr 5

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 4 : foliage (Pratik / @pratik)

    A close up of rushes with raindrops
    β†’ 1:53 AM, Apr 5

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 3 : card (Valerie / @val)

    Just a few card offcuts left over from making some book covers this morning.

    A small stack of cardboard offcuts laying on a cutting mate.
    β†’ 9:55 PM, Apr 3

  • πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 2 : flowers (Dave / @davegullett)

    A low-angle view of a garden tighlt packed with colourful cottage garden plants. In the distance you can see a church tower against the blue sky.
    β†’ 11:37 PM, Apr 2

  • A little late but hopefully not too much!

    πŸ“· April 2024 Photo Challenge Day 1 : Toy (Pedro / @pcora)

    A ginger cat lying in a tucked-up pose with close eyes, next to a toy fluffy white sheep.
    β†’ 11:08 PM, Apr 2

  • I found this little pasta machine in a charity shop for Β£10. A bargain! I think people buy (or are gifted) them, use twice then let them languish in a cupboard. I’ve used it 4 times already - I adore homemade tagliatelle, there’s nothing so satisfying. A glass of wine, and dinner was sorted!

    A pasta machine, with a tray of fresh tagliatelle that's just been put through it.A close-up view of fresh homemade tagliatelle

    β†’ 2:13 AM, Mar 31

  • I’ve enjoyed attending pottery workshops for the last couple of months. It’s an expensive hobby and I’m having to take a financial break from it, but I did make a few pieces I’m rather pleased with. And hopefully return to it later in the spring when other expenses have settled down.

    A small handmade pottery dish decorated with a painted floral abstract pattern, with a rather retro 1960s vibe.Handmade chunky pottery mug in shades of yellow ochre and celadon green, decorated around with yellow abstract leaf shapes

    β†’ 12:58 AM, Dec 14

  • What better way to spend a wet, rainy morning than baking a crusty rustic loaf of cranberry and walnut bread? 🀀 I’m still experimenting with flavours - plan on trying a cheese and herb combo next time - but I’d do this one again too.

    A round rustic cranberry and walnut loaf cooling on a wire rack.A round rustic cranberry and walnut loaf that has a slice cut from it, showing the fruit-studded inside.

    β†’ 1:38 AM, Oct 6

  • Surprised myself by making what looks like a successful small batch artisan bread loaf to go with my homemade celeriac soup for lunch. Of course the proof will be in the eating πŸ˜†

    A small round crusty loaf of home-baked bread
    β†’ 4:51 PM, Oct 2

  • Day 30: treasure (suggested by @agilelisa) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The window of a jeweller’s shop in Dubrovnik.

    A shop window filled with silver jewellery
    β†’ 8:39 PM, Sep 30

  • I thought the red car made a striking contrast to the blue house.
    Day 29: contrast (suggested by @gregmoore) πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    A red park is parked on the road outside a bright blue house with green painted window frames.
    β†’ 12:49 AM, Sep 29

  • Day 28: workout (suggested by @rom) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The only kind of workout I enjoy is a nice long walk, taking in some scenery along the way.

    A view out to sea from the cliffs at Flamborough Head. A person is seen from the back as she walks along a track through long, dry grasses towards the edge of the cliff.
    β†’ 11:42 PM, Sep 28

  • Day 27: embrace (suggested by @mroutley) πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    A ginger cat making eye contact with the camera, lying in a blanket-filled basket, embracing a dark brown cat who is curled up asleep.
    β†’ 10:25 PM, Sep 27

  • The breakfast of champions.
    Day 26: beverage (@Annie) πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    A white ceramic cup of cappucino coffee, with a sprinking of chocolate on top. A pair of brown sunglasses lies beside the cup.
    β†’ 10:14 PM, Sep 26

  • I am totally awed by the photos posted for today’s prompt, but submitting my take on it anyway!
    Day 25: flare (suggested by @matt17r)πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    Black and white shot of a dark cloudy sky, an illuminated ribbon of water in the foreground and a halo of light from the sun.
    β†’ 11:24 PM, Sep 25

  • 🌱 Admiring the stunning display of dahlias at Gunby Hall gardens has convinced me that I must make space for more of them in my onw garden next year. I’m on the look-out for tubers of interesting varieties.

    A mass of orange dahlia blooms in the foreground, in front of a red brick building which can bseen slightly out of focus in the background.A mass of pink and white dahlia blooms in the foreground with red brick buildings slightly out of focus in the background.

    β†’ 12:21 AM, Sep 25

  • Day 24: belt (suggested by @allaboutgeorge) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    A shelter belt of trees, looking stark on a wintry day.

    A black and white photo of a row of bare trees at the edge of a field
    β†’ 10:56 PM, Sep 24

  • This afternoon, a leisurely stroll through the potential unexploded bombs amongst the mudflats and salt marshes.
    Day 23: a day in the life πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    A panoramic view of mudflats and salt marsh with a creek winding into the distance. In the foreground are two warning signs that the area is a military air weapons range and there may be unexploded bombs!
    β†’ 10:34 PM, Sep 23

  • Day 22: Road (suggested by @jomalo)πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    Looking down a single-way country lane, lined with trees along both sides. In the foreground, the word SLOW is painted across the full width of the road.
    β†’ 9:36 PM, Sep 22

  • Day 21: fall (suggested by @pcora)πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    I hope the little cat doesn’t fall into the stream.

    A small black and white cat sites at the edge of a stream, there are orange autumn leaves on the bank behind it and snagged in the large stones in the water.
    β†’ 10:14 PM, Sep 21

  • Day 20: disruption (suggested by @crossingthethreshold)πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    It doesn’t take a lot of snow to cause disruption in the UK!

    A view looking straight down the centre of a snow-covered road, there are tyre tracks leading away into the distance and trees both sides of the road.
    β†’ 11:17 PM, Sep 20

  • Living on the edge.
    #mbsept day 19: edge (suggested by @rnv)πŸ“Έ

    A row of houses along the top of a rocky cliff face
    β†’ 11:05 PM, Sep 19

  • Day 18: fabric (suggested by @adam) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    Lots of little scraps of fabric here, and threads and buttons and felt shapes and all kinds of sewing notions.

    A pile of fabric scraps with lose hanging threads, a shelf holding jars of buttons and felt decorations for sewing
    β†’ 10:10 PM, Sep 18

  • Day 17: intense (suggested by @Rori)πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The rudbeckias are currently providing an intense hit of bright colour in the late-summer flower borders.

    A close-up shot of a patch of bright golden-yellow rudbeckia flowers with dark centres.ark
    β†’ 9:26 PM, Sep 17

  • Day 16: oof! (suggested by @bkryer) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The aftermath of a mad burst of the zoomies - ouf!

    Two cats, one black and white and one brown, lie on their sides on a brightly coloured tablecloth. There is some postural echoing going on!
    β†’ 10:52 PM, Sep 16

  • Day 15: red (suggested by @chiawase) πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    A row of old red fire buckets hanging on the wall in a stairwell
    β†’ 10:29 PM, Sep 15

  • Day 14: statue (suggested by @christopherchelpka) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The Spirit of the Medieval Huntress by willow artist Anna Cross, in Skipton Castle Woods.

    A scultpure made from natural willow twigs and branches in the form of a huntress with a raised bow and arrow.
    β†’ 11:28 PM, Sep 14

  • Day 13: glowing (suggested by @anniegreens) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    The welcoming glow from the pub windows…

    A night-time scene of the Green Dragon pub in Wymondham, Norfolk, UK, its windows lit from within and glowing invitingly.
    β†’ 9:06 PM, Sep 13

  • Day 12: panic - suggested by @maique πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    Hack Green nuclear bunker. The 4-minute warning of a nuclear missile strike received here would give just enough time to panic…

    A interior shot of the Warning Room at Hack Green nuclear bunker
    β†’ 9:01 PM, Sep 12

  • Day 11: retrospect πŸ“Έ #mbsept Today’s prompt was a tricky one, but I found this shot I took at a 1940s event.

    A group of people all dressing in 1940s clothing are chatting and socialising outside the Red Lion, a vintage-looking public house.
    β†’ 11:53 PM, Sep 11

  • Day 10: cycle (suggested by @agilelisa) πŸ“Έ #mbsept
    Yarn-bombing at its best!

    A bicycle leaning against a wall, competely covered in knitting and crochet work.
    β†’ 9:23 PM, Sep 10

  • Day 9: language suggested by @thedimpause πŸ“Έ #mbsept

    Today’s prompt almost had me beat until I found this shot I took of a doorway in Ischia a few years ago. Italian is not a language I know very well but I did spot the Thucydides quotation from Pericles’s funeral speech.

    A wooden door in Ischia graffitied with a number of quotes, mostly in Italian, including Pericles' funeral oration by Thucydides.
    β†’ 10:00 PM, Sep 9

  • Day 8: yonder (@jidabug) πŸ“Έ #mbsept The Humber Bridge, stretching 2,200 metres (1.4 miles) over the estuary. The UK’s longest single-span suspension bridge.

    View of the Humber Bridge, stretching over the Humber estuary. The sky is filled with dense, billowing clouds; the reeds in the foreground are in Autumnal reds and golds.
    β†’ 10:51 PM, Sep 8

  • Visiting Australia for a month in 1997 was the trip of a lifetime for a working class girl from the UK. Sadly most of the photos I took on slide film during the trip have perished, but I’m scanning the few that still have something left to see on them. This is the Bolands Centre in Cairns πŸ“Έ

    Bolands Center in Cairns, Queensland, Australia. An ornate, grand white building against a bright blue sky, with a row of palm trees in front.
    β†’ 11:01 PM, Sep 7

  • Day 7 #mbsept panorama πŸ“Έ Danes Dyke in East Yorks, taken on my mobile phone’s very basic panorama setting.

    Panoramic view looking out to sea from a beach covered in white stones and pebbles. Either side are chalk cliffs.
    β†’ 10:13 PM, Sep 7

  • St Winefride’s Well (Ffynnon Wenffrewi) in the town of Holywell, Wales, is the oldest continually visited pilgrimage site in Great Britain. Day 6 Well #mbsept πŸ“·

    St Winefride's Well in Wales, a deep blue pool in a stone building with gothic-looking arches
    β†’ 4:40 PM, Sep 6

  • Day 5 #mbsept Forest suggested by Oskar @ovr πŸ“Έ

    A footpath leading ahead through a wood. A fallen tree lies across the path, but a section of the trunk has been removed to allow passage.
    β†’ 11:56 PM, Sep 5

  • I’ve already posted for day 4 of #mbsept (orange) but then came across this old photo. Back in the early 90s I had orange hair and an orange 1972 VW Bug called Siegfried.

    Me smiling through the side window from UK inside my orange VW Beetle
    β†’ 3:49 PM, Sep 4

  • #mbsept day 4 Orange πŸ“Έ

    the husk of a Chinese lantern plant (Physalis alkekengi &10;), half dried out and showing the delicate tracery of the husk's skeleton
    β†’ 3:35 PM, Sep 4

  • Day 3 #mbsept Precious πŸ“Έ Butterflies are such a beautiful and precious part of of our biodiversity, and their decline is a sad indication of how unhealthy our ecosystem has become.

    A Painted Lady butterfly resting with its wings open on a wallflower
    β†’ 10:14 PM, Sep 3

  • Day 2 #mbsept Buildup πŸ“Έ

    Our local church has the tallest mediaeval parish church spire in England.

    The steeple of St James church in Louth, UK, photographed from street level. Part of a red brick Georgian house can be seen on the left side; there is a lot of perspective distortion so the buildings appear to lean in.
    β†’ 11:02 PM, Sep 2

  • Since moving, I’ve swapped trees and moss and fungi and craggy hills for open, empty beaches, windswept salt marshes and big skies filled with towering masses of cloud. I’m finding beauty and interest in completely different things. Who would have though I’d become enamoured of beach huts? πŸ“Έ

    A row of beach huts along and empty beach, with marram grass in the foregroud and a dark, threatening skyA row of colourful painted beach huts on the edge of the sand beneath a dark, stormy sky

    β†’ 11:31 PM, Sep 1

  • Day 1 #mbsept Abstract

    Ripples on a pond create an abstract pattern from the broken-up reflections of plants at the side of the water and several goldfish beneath the surface.
    β†’ 2:16 AM, Sep 1

  • Happy New Year to all Microbloggers! It’s been a dark and wet day to start the year here, best suited to a bit of knitting, homemade soup and a new book.

    A half-knitted hat with a ball of yarn, a bowl of green pea soup, and a paperback copy of 'Islands of Abandonment'
    β†’ 11:42 PM, Jan 1

  • Waiting for my bus home, I thought the city centre, run-down and dreary as it is in reality, can still look like the setting for an 80s elves-in-the-city kind of urban fantasy.

    A nightime shot of the river embankment in Derby, city lights reflecting on the river.
    β†’ 8:35 PM, Dec 19

  • Cold but bright, with a lingering frost. The perfect afternoon for a winter walk.

    A distance view of frosty fields and trees lit by low sunlightClose up of frosted brown leaves lying on the ground

    β†’ 3:56 PM, Dec 16

  • The frost on the inside of my car windscreen this morning looks like abstract art in the early morning sunshine.

    Frost making abstract patterns on the inside of the car windscreen
    β†’ 7:14 PM, Dec 15

  • I woke up to a light frosting of snow and pale sunshine. The world outside looks prettier! And fortunately yesterday I finished the big woolly scarf I was knitting so that will get worn this weekend for sure.

    A landscape of snowy fieldsA tree in an otherwise empty field, with a light covering of snow on the ground.

    β†’ 4:28 PM, Dec 9

  • Christmas Greetings! Because it’s that time of year.

    A night-time shot of Leicester Town Hall decorated with Christmas lights and a huge lit-up green neon Chrismas Greetings sign across the facade.
    β†’ 7:36 PM, Dec 8

  • A treasure snagged from the local charity shop, this will be my Christmas read - 650 pages, good grief! That will keep me quiet for a while.

    A paperback copy of Redemption Song: the Definitive Biography of Joe Strummer, by Chris Salewicz, lying on a coffee table.
    β†’ 5:16 PM, Dec 7

  • As the temperatures drop, the cats retreat into the curtains over the radiator. I’m not sure where the 3rd cat went to but it will be a warm nook for sure.

    β†’ 1:34 AM, Dec 7

  • I used to visit this shop in Leicester all the time when I was a student there back in the late 70s. Today was the first time in 40 years I’ve been back to the city, and I was so, SO happy to find it still exists! It is still run by the same family, still sells exactly the same things, and even still smells exactly the same. When I stepped through the door I was 18 again for a moment.

    β†’ 12:37 AM, Dec 6

  • I seem to have been on something of a deconstructive trend this past few months. While doing the seasonal switch-out of my wardrobe from t-shirts to sweaters I realised I have a whole bunch of garments I’ve made over the last few years that I’ve never or rarely worn for one or another reason. So, rather than buy or make anything else new this season I have ripped out and re-knit parts of a cardigan for a better fit, completely deconstructed a sweater and reused the yarn to make something different, and over-dyed another sweater that I hated the colour of. I feel like I’ve got new clothes for nothing, which is very satisfying!

    Now, I’m knitting up a nice big scarf using oddments of yarn left over from other projects. 🧢

    β†’ 12:39 AM, Dec 5
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