Just a photo

Posted on October 22, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blogging, Dark ivy leaf, Learning, Learning description, Marked, Photo, Random, Scratched, shadow, Stainless steelLeave a comment

Its just an ivy leaf a wok. Not a visual metaphor, just a random photo. The stainless steel is scratched but retains its sheen. The photo is probably under exposed because the leaf is so dark. It’s shadow cast onto the metal. It’s surface looks like it’s been cleaned with wire wool.

Was this photo taken on a grey, overcast day? Is that the shape of a wooden fence reflected in it? Trying to find ways of describing images is hard. Finding the words to grow pictures in your mind. If you closed your eyes and someone read this out would you see this in your minds eye? I wonder…

Anyone see a face?

Posted on October 21, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Clouds, Face, Flower, Fun, Life, Pareidolia, Pattern recognition, Photo, PinkLeave a comment

A fellow blogger mentioned Pareidolia today because he noticed he could see a face in a piece of lichen. Of course I then had to look back over my recent photos to see if I could find anything that looked like a face?

I’m one of those people that see faces in everything. I had to get rid of my shower curtain as I could see five or six bubble faces in it which was quite disturbing! I wondered if the designer had done it deliberately!

When I was a child I would often lie on the grass and looked up at cloud faces and animals, elephants chasing camels across the sky….

I might write a poem about that….

Vampire eyes?

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Digital drawing, Eyes, Mirror, Photo, Poem, Poetry, Sketch app, Thought, Vampire1 Comment

No it can’t be

In a mirror?

You wouldn’t see

My eyes reflect

My thoughts

My fears

My age

My tears.

I do not seek blood,

I seek love.

Green man ideas

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Autumn, Design, Digital drawing, Drawing, Fun, Green man, Layout app, Leaf, Photo2 Comments

Just played with some photos of a single maple or sycamore leaf. I added some lines and patterns and ended up with three different green man ideas. Maybe one day I will turn these into cards? I enjoy tweaking things and making something different.

Pinned down by my cat

Posted on October 20, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Cat, Flattened, Humor, Love, Photo, Pinned down, Poddled, Purr, Sitting, SquashedLeave a comment

Let me up cat! I’m being squashed, but I love you. Sitting on my chest, purring, difficult to move. Phew he jumped down! He is handsome don’t you think? Poddled by his paws (where cats knead their paws). Sharp claws in my knee. Mutual comfort, keeping warm like a hot water bottle…

Ivy

Posted on October 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Berries, Christmas, Garden, Gardening, Holly, Ivy, Photo, Plants, Winter, WreathLeave a comment

I like ivy, it covers the ground, grows up trees, makes berries birds can eat. Places where birds can nest where it grows up walls. This is a mixture of plain and variegated varieties. It’s mature because it’s growing berries now. There is a Holly Bush near it which is also making berries. I might even make a wreath for the door when it gets to Christmas.

Country View

Posted on October 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn hues, Close by, Countryside, Geography, Landscape, Life, Not urban sprawl, Photo, River TrentLeave a comment

Over there, beyond the houses, that’s how close the countryside is to this city. Wooded hills and farmers fields, the river Trent lies in that valley. Its the beginning of a great river that eventually empties out on the East Side of England near the mouth of the Humber after meandering through Nottinghamshire and I think Lincolnshire.

Our city does not sit in a conurbation. Its not surrounded by other towns in a massive urban sprawl. Yes there are towns nearby, but the gaps between them have not been filled in by housing and industrial development yet.

No great mountains or rolling plains nearby, but a gentle green land eventually leading to Welsh hills in one direction, or the flat lands of the East. The industrial Midlands South of us and the Peaks of Derbyshire in the North East and the Lancashire coast to the North West. A small geography lesson.

Leaf

Posted on October 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Autumn, Clouds, Colour, Fractal, Leaf, Patterns, Photo, Tree, TrunkLeave a comment

A single leaf, veins in the shape of a tree, trunk and branches, funny how one pattern can mimic another. Like swirls of cream in coffee and galaxies out in space. Fractal clouds with patterns repeating. Always good to look closely at things.

Pigeon coo

Posted on October 18, 2020 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Crumbling, Derelict, Life, Old building, Photo, Pigeon, Road, Sad, WalkLeave a comment

A bit of a dismal perch, above an old shop front. A derelict building with space for feral pigeons. I suppose it was just keeping away from the traffic and the car fumes, there has been a lot more road traffic over the last few days.

This was taken during my walk this afternoon. The sky was overcast and just about warm enough not to get chilled. Urban walking isn’t much fun but at least it is exercise.

Cat reflected

Posted on October 16, 2020 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Black and white cat, Cat, Depth of field, Feline, Life, Mirror, Photo, Reflected, WindowLeave a comment

On one side my cat in the mirror, on the other side the view of him across the bedroom. Surprisingly the first image was in the mirror. I think I had a bit of camera shake when I took the photo of him across the room. It’s also odd because there seems to be more depth of field (depth perception) in the first one. I might do more pictures of reflections and see how they turn out.

Mallaband-Brown

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