Lakeland....

Many people know of Windermere and Coniston lakes but to the west there are some lakes which don't attract quite so much traffic.  This time we went to Wastwater which is the deepest lake in England, the mountain falls into the lake and just keeps on going.  It is a place which alters character with the weather, which can happen within  minutes, when we visited the clouds were down over Scafell (England's highest mountain) but beautiful I think you will agree.

 

These are the screes, I am told that sometimes you can actually see the rocks falling into the lake.

H is for

Harmony.

Lots of choices my first thought was music but then I thought of nature, so many harmonies there to I auditioned a few of my photographs but kept coming back to this one of the lavender farm in the Darenth Valley. I pass this on my way to the Embroiderers Guild and I love the way it changes with the seasons. The background is a gelli print of course, i liked it just the way it was so didn't add any background stamps.

Now up to speed with the Craft Barn Alpha/Dictionary challenge. Incidentally I realised that I wasn't really fulfilling the dictionary part of the challenge so I am making a tag to go with each of the letters.

A day at the seaside....

I have a new toy and a day out in Deal with my friend Pam where there was an open studios event was not to be missed on all levels.We had a  lovely day though we only visited a few studios as being one of the hottest days of the year we were drawn to the sea and then to a delicious lunch and of course I had to play wiith my new Lumix FZ38.  Before I show some of the shots I have to tell of a remarkable co-incidence.  At one of the studios I was fascinated by two "Cabinets of Curiosities".  These looked like the kind of exhibits that you used to see in a small town museum when I was a child but closer inspection of the labels showed that things were not always what they seemed. Do have a look, amongst the real curiosities were sly little jests such as a broken empty eggshell labelled "Curate's eggshell. The good and bad parts have been removed" and my personal favourite "the invisible bottle" When he was working on the first cabinet David became "interested in the authority of the label and the fact that a label can convince its readers that what is stated is correct"(Remind you of some textile labrels you have read?) Fascinating stuff which made you want to create your own cabinet, the co-incidence was, that out of the few studios we visited, David Nicholls  had actually done a very successful workshop on Celtic Design for us at Sevenoaks EG in May this year.
Here are a few experiments with my new camera.

Middle Street

                                                                        The Beach

A bronze of brave men.

These two are adjusted in Paintshop Pro to highlight the amazing fog bank that was off shore.

 

and finally if found a friend for the little stone I found two years ago.

Lovely day, thanks Pam.