I see a dragon

Posted on July 20, 2025 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Clouds, Colours, Hill, Life, Memory, Pareidolia, Red, shadow, Sunny, Sunset, Time, topLeave a comment

That old Pareidolia kicking in again.

The dragons head upper left, then a thin neck and body, looking a bit like a viking boat. Finally a great sail of a wing catching the glow from the setting sun.

This was last Monday and it lingered on my phone until I found it today.

I don’t see sunsets very often because I’m on the wrong side of the hill. This was at the top of our hill and there are still buildings and trees in the way and as the sun drifts northwest as it sets in the summer there is more vegetation in the way.

Old lights collage

Posted on October 20, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Church, collage app, Contrast, Cream, incollage, Life, light shades, Photo, shadow2 Comments

Interesting shapes made by old lights. Collaged symmetrical patterns. An old church can create fascinating shapes. Dark shadows and dark wooden beams add contrast with the pale cream vaults

Early morning

Posted on October 7, 2023 Posted in Memories, UncategorizedTagged Black and white photo, Ceiling, Early morning, Filter, Memory, Settee, shadow, Time, woodchip paper2 Comments

Early morning, looking up from the settee where I’m currently sleeping, I can look over at the ceiling and see the shadow cast across it by one of the living room lights. It’s in black and white because the colours were washy yellows, and I thought this looked more dramatic.

The fact you can see the woodchip patterned paper on the ceiling which is not very flat shows the poor decorating skills of the builder who put it up there almost 30 years ago! I’m never going to take it down, it’s hiding a multitude of sins including bad plastering and cracks I think.

This was around 6am or maybe later, I just liked the stark, long shadow.

Cats eyes

Posted on September 19, 2023 Posted in Cat, UncategorizedTagged Beautiful, Bright, Cat, Eye, iris, Poem, Poetry, Rhyme, right, shadow, slit, tabby cat, wide2 Comments

Gold or green

Yellow or Blue

Cats are stars

Love them, do

Iris opens wide

And then

Slits appear

The sun to hide.

Bright and early

Morning light,

Beautiful cats eyes

What a sight!

Sunsets missed

Posted on December 8, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Hill, Life, shadow, Sunset, Thinking, Time, ViewLeave a comment

I live on the wrong side of the hill. On the other side is where the sun sets. If I see the clouds turning pink I jump in the car to try and catch a view of the sunset! I’ve only seen a few in the last few years, I don’t know when they will be happening. I guess I could look at the times that the sun goes down on line, then I could be there and see the beautiful view. I wish I could afford to buy a house over there.

Light

Posted on August 31, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, Blue, blue glass, Candle, candlestick, Life, Light, shadow, Sketching2 Comments

Tuesdays #bandofsketchers prompt was light. I drew one of my blue glass candle sticks in felt pen. There’s too much clutter on the shelf so the shadow is imagined as is the candle. I have drawn smoke from the wick which is also visible in the shadow. I could have added a flame but don’t have a memory of how it would look.

Biro….

Posted on May 16, 2022May 16, 2022 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Biro, Calligraphy, Design, Drawing, Hairspray, Hand, Ink, Pen, shadow, Sketching, WritingLeave a comment

Something to do while I try and get over a sore throat. I haven’t done much today. I walked upstairs once, felt dizzy and came back down again. I think the bug I have has got into my inner ears. I’ve had plenty to drink and I’m taking paracetamol.

Have you ever tried spraying biro with hairspray? Sometimes it makes the ink run I used to use the technique many years ago, it might not work these days if the ingredients in the biro ink have changed. I will experiment.

Playing a with Peony flower.

Posted on June 21, 2021December 13, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, Colour, curve tool, Editing, Fun, Gardening, peony, Photodirector, Photos, shadow, TextureLeave a comment

Paeony or Peony? How do you spell it. I changed this photos texture in Photodirector, then changed its hue and saturation and finally used the curve tool to adjust the lightness and shadows. I feel it has a look of embroidered silk or satin. The petals are more defined than the original white flower. I like the yellow and blue greens on the leaves. If this was the true colours I would say that it was an ill plant. But as this is an edit of the original I think it gives an interesting effect.

Coot

Posted on March 19, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Birds, Blue, Bright, Colours, Contrast, coot, Duck, Exposure, Light, Photo, shadow, Sunlight, under exposedLeave a comment

A duck and a coot. If this was a race, the coot is winning. The twig looks like the finishing line for a rowing race. The duck is a Mallard drake, I don’t know if he’s preening or asleep? I love the ripples on the water. My phone camera has reacted to the bright light and has reduced the exposure time so it appears darker. You can move the position of your camera to affect this. If you look at an area with less bright light then the exposure would open up again. But I like the strong contrast in this image and the depth of colour. It’s difficult to see the details on the birds because they are in deep shadow.

Shadow

Posted on January 9, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Blue, Bowls, fawn, files, Indoor plants, Morning, Photo, Sci fi, shadow, SunlightLeave a comment

I saw this as a little dalek (it’s an alien from Dr Who) which is a BBC sci-fi series that started in the 1960’s. Its actually a washing up bottle with the cap up! It’s going to ‘exterminate’ grease and food waste. The windowsill is covered with indoor house plants, I like the curves of the bowls and their fawn colour against the blue of the tiles.

Mallaband-Brown

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