Lovely rainbow over our hotel this afternoon. 😊
Day 291
Tag: nature
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For those of you not au fait with the Geordie language, being ‘nebby’ is equivalent to being nosey or inquisitive. The next door neighbours garden plant appears to be so.
Day 159
Today has been mostly
but also, in a brief dry spell, Mummy Goldfinch came back
and brought Baby Goldfinch too
Day 79
My blossom tree is in full on Spring-a-ding mode now, 3 weeks earlier than last year. It’s geet lush as they say up here.
Sunday 23rd September
I’ve been busy what with sorting out posts for the Universe blog, and doing the latest mosaic, which by the way is nearly finished, one last clean up to do and then it goes back in the lounge. But I’ve still been doing other bits of photography. Â I love my macro lens, the fuji 80mm and have been doing some shots with it.
A little series with a candle
and another series with some mushrooms
I have a prism that makes a rainbow without rain
and a trilby
I’m quite fond of my telephoto lens too though it’s a cheapo 50-230mm. It does what I need though and today I trained it onto the visitors who live under my shed.
Meet Mork & Mindy
So far they have confounded the local cats that pass through the garden, though one in particular knows they are there.
Lastly I have a new weather device, called a storm glass, it has a chemical fluid inside it and crystals which grow and then un-grow depending on the temperature.
Of course it’s no substitute for looking out the window to see what the weather’s doing, but it’s pretty and cool and that’s enough for me. 🙂
Have a great week wordypeeps!
Friday 7th September
Hello Autumn my old friend.
The 50 picture Project
Had a lovely late afternoon with the grandkids down at the beach in South Shields, took the mirror along for the project.
I got lucky with that last one as the waves magically aligned in the mirror.
Film Friday
Minolta Riva Mini Illford HP5 plus 400 ISO
Random Shots while out and about. I stick the Riva in my pocket everywhere I go now.
Film Friday
More shots from the dynamic Minolta duo.
Sticking with the Minolta Riva 35EX loaded with fujifilm Expedia 400.
I took it with me to the Spoon at Cramlington and to Druridge Bay,  so regular readers of The Universe blog will recognise them.
Film Friday
It’s been a long while since Film Friday made an appearance, but it’s back to being a regular thing now.  My Rollei has been at the menders for some time now, and finally they gave up trying to find the part necessary to fix it, and by passed the problem.  What had happened was the focusing knob gave up working, and it’s apparent that the lugs on it’s gear wheel have sheered off. This I think was my own fault, but no use crying over spilt milk.  The mender has done a work around for me so I can still use the camera by moving the lens in and out itself, that’ll take a bit of getting used to. In the meantime I have been shooting 35mm film on 2 Minolta compacts.  I had been wanting to purchase a Minolta Riva mini for some time, by all accounts it’s a bit special and is a close cousin of the Leica mini, made to the same specs.  I found one on eBay for £20 and sent off for it. But when it arrived it actually was a Minolta Riva AF35 EX, and not so special at all.  I double checked the listing and sure enough, it was my error.  Never mind, I put a fuji colour film in it and took it out and about with me. Then I found the Riva mini by accident one day in an Etsy shop, so I sent off for that, a bit more expensive as they are quite rare. When it arrived a put an Illford B&W film in and took that out and about too.  I’ve just had the 2 rolls developed, and you can tell the difference in the quality of the lens of the river mini.  The AF35 pictures all have blurry edges whereas the Riva mini is sharp throughout. I like the blurry edges though so it’s a win win for me.
Here are a few from when we had snow, the colour shots are on Fujifilm Superia Extra 400, and the B&W are on Ilford HP5 plus 400.
Tuesday Tree
Spring is fighting it’s way through the gloom, and now we are due summer temperatures by the end of the week. Â My tree is doing it’s Spring Thing whatever the weather. Â I think it’s quite magnificent this year.
