More Gardening

 

Back in August Amanda had a friend come to stay for a week.  Now he just happens to be a tree surgeon and very kindly offered to prune our trees for us whilst he was here.  This delighted Mick as he is not very keen on trees unlike myself.  So on the Thursday whilst Amanda recovered from having all her wisdom teeth out the day before (bless her) Liam set to work on two of the trees, the Eucalyptus and the Elm!!

Before - as I left for work

 

 

 

After - when I got home

 

 

 

He did an amazing job and it has let so much more light onto the flower bed below and the two rooms at the that side of the house, I didn't realise just how much they were blocking out!!

 

Mick and I were left with the clearing up to do which was fine.  We hired a chipper and spent a Friday evening and all day Saturday, chipping and disposing of the chippings around the garden and in the lane next to us (which is not a problem).  Then the following weekend we spent chopping the branches up into logs for Mick's brother ready for their open fire.

 

 

 

Still it is all done now and apart from a couple of bags of manure for the veg plot and that is the garden sorted for the winter.  Must be a first lol.

26 wk challenge - unseen perspective.

Looking at the ordinary from a different angle was the challenge for the last two weeks.  This is what Joy and Louise found and below is what I came up with.

Taken at Pendower beach, squatting down by the water's edge and having the camera almost sitting on the sand as the waves roll in, yes I did manage to keep the camera dry but can't say the same for my bottom!!!

 AV mode, ss 1/100, f16, ISO 100, 18-55mm lens

The next two are from Lydford Gorge where Mick and I went on Friday for my birthday outing.  It was a beautiful day, Mick went fishing first thing in the morning and came home with 15 mackeral (not bad for two hours!) then we set off to Lydford.  We hadn't been before and wondered why, we did the 3 mile circular walk that ran alongside the gorge and it was just stunning.  As you can see I found myself looking up a lot of the time due to the height of the trees and everything seems so much greener that day, spring has definitely arrived :) so felt these fitted into the challenge perfectly.

 Av mode, ss 1/200, f18, ISO 250, 10-20mm lens.

Lately I have been noticing the colour of the sky against the new green growth and just love the contrast - which is what I was trying to show with this one, as well as the height.

AV mode, ss 1/1250m f7.1, ISO 250, ex comp, -2/3, 10-20mm lens.

We then came home for fresh mackeral and chips for tea - perfect end to a perfect day :) 

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