Pendower

Yesterday afternoon Mick, Amanda and I had a stroll along Pendower Beach to Carne Beach and back.  It was somewhat overcast and blowy but nevertheless it was lovely to hear the sound of the sea, I so love that sound.  I was surprised at how many people were down there, either walking or kite surfing, ideal weather for it I guess.

Silent Sunday

Linking with Silent Sunday

Mussel Picking

Another week flown by, but it has been good and has ended with a trip to Lusty Glaze beach to pick some mussels for tea on Saturday. We were going to go in the morning morning but it would mean we would have to be there by 6.45am and I have no intention of getting up that early as I really needed to catch up on some sleep. Admittedly the weather was pretty dismal and wet but it was good fun and we managed a bucket of fresh mussels for our tea. Naturally I shall leave the preparation and cooking to his lordship and Bernadette (who is home for the weekend)

 

 

So here they are ready to be demolished by moi!

 

 

 

 The end results, dishes of empty shells and three happy stuffed teddies :)

 

 

Nothing quite like finding your own food and cooking it!

 

Mevagissey

We took a stroll around Mevagissey yesterday afternoon.  It was lovely to see people out and about enjoying themselves, even a group of youngest jumping off the harbour wall, so lovely to see them out in the fresh air having fun, even if part of me thought they them mad very brave for going in the water this time of year (some in bikini's!!!!) either way, much better than being stuck behind a screen or on a corner somewhere.

 

And of course a telephone box find :)

 

The Valentine's Day storm

In a previous post I mentioned that we had gone down to Portholland around 4pm on Friday to see the waves coming in.  This was the first time I have been out to see the storms that have battered Cornwall over recent weeks, I really regret not going out before now.  I was stood on the cliff top looking down on Portholland.  I felt so sorry for those that live there, it must have been very frightening to have those waves crashing against your windows.  A few weeks back a car was washed out to sea here, thankfully the driver managed to get out.  If you look closely you can even see one of my red telephone boxes in there lol

They aren't great quality images but the wind was so strong I am surprised I got anything, plus the light was fading fast.

Sometimes..

..something stops me in my tracks and makes me realise just how lucky I am and how grateful I am for what I have in my life and today is one of those days.

As those of you who know me I have been a bit restless this last 6 months or so and have felt the need for some changes in my life.  Thankfully I have a wonderful husband, family and friends who put up with support me in what I wish to do.  Today was my last day as manager at the local Pre-School and Playgroup and although part of me is sad to leave the children a large part of me is full of excitment at the thought of the new job I shall be starting on Tuesday - this time in adult care.  It is an area I have worked in before and I am really looking forward to going back to it, plus it is part time - which will give me more time to do others things.  Thank you everyone for your support and encouragment - I do appreciate it.

Mick and I have had some lovely walks this last few days so I thought I would share a couple of photos with you that I took - this is one of the things I am so thankful for - being able to walk out of my door down the road and see this.....

Our world really is a truly beautiful place.

Monthly photo

Already at the end of May!!  Here are the May images from Cornwall and Australia.

End of another month.

Well here we are at the end of November where did the last 28 days go?  Christmas will have come and gone before we know it.

So images for this week's challenge....mmmmm..... using the moon as a light source, love doing this but failed miserably on this occasion.  Out Monday night, Tuesday night, cloudy and no sign of the moon Wed when I was around, out Thurs and Friday night .... week gone and so has the full moon!!!  Though all is not lost as Louise did manage to get a couple of great images which can be seen here  personally I have never managed to capture an image of the moon with any sort of surface texture - just a shiny blob!!  So well done Louise.  Roll on the next full moon and we shall revisit this one I think. 

Our challenge for this week is buildings, concentrating on composition and exposure.

It is also time for my monthly photo, one of my back yard and one of my cousin's in Adelaide.  We are taking 12 photos of the same images over the next 12 months.  Here is the first month from Adelaide and my first image .  Here are November's images.

                                          Adelaide

The grass is turning brown now and the water level dropping.

                                          Cornwall

The trees are looking so bare now and very wishy washy.

Project

The other week a lady came to camera club to give a talk about her work as an art teacher, the way she uses photography and how the subjects cross over and interact.  During her talk she told us how she had started taking a photo of a tree at Derriford hosp each month to see the changes.  She now swaps that photo with a research worker in the artic.  I really liked this idea and fancied having a go.  So a quick email to my cousin's daughter in Australia and we are set up to do a photo a month of our chosen place for a year starting this month.  It would appear we are both as bad as each other in trying to decide on a location, I have chosen many and photographed them - then at the final hour as I was about to click send with the first photo I changed my mind again and settled for the view that greets me every morning and one that I see the changes but don't appreciate them fully.  So here is my first of twelve images of my chosen view - My back yard!

It wasn't the best morning and it is sooc as that is what I want for this project - just as it is/was at the time of taking.  The picture below is the same scene (slightly different angle) taken a couple of hours earlier before I changed my mind!!

11) The Dodman, Cornwall.