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Bear With Me as This is Not a Bumblebee (114/365)

Posted by Ellie

Are you confused? Of course it's not a bumblebee, I would not try to deceive you. But it should have been a bumblebee. At least it should have been a photograph of a fat yellow bumblebee on a beautiful blue periwinkle flower. I spent long enough hovering over the flowers and aiming my camera at those busy bees to have come up with lots of photos, not just one for the project. But I couldn't get one of them to be still enough (and on top of the flower or at least out from under the leaves) long enough to click the shutter.  So I have no photograph of a bumblebee. Can I ask you to imagine that lovely image? Thank you for humouring me.

Now, can you guess what it is?

I do have a dog who stays focused on a Frisbee in Steven's hand, waiting for it to be thrown, so no prizes for guessing that I do have a picture of that. Sorry about the lack of bumblebee.  Enjoy yet another this picture of Joni! It looked better in monochrome than in colour, this time. She is, after all, black and white!

HQSP Monochrome  curated by  +Anja Wessels +Joy mum +Luis Vivanco S. +Massimiliano Marsiglietti +Оксана Крысюкова #hqspmonochrome +HQSP Monochrome

#dogloversworldwide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide by +Robert SKREINER  +Roswitha Böhmer +Tom Crews 

#hqspanimals  +HQSP Animals curated by +Alejandro J. Soto +Krystina Isabella Brion +Andy Smith

#noapologies #bordercollie #puppy #JonisDiary  #AdayinthelifeofJoni #fansofJoni 

#fidofriday +Fido Friday by +mel peifer +Lisa Lisa +Suhaib Ayaz +Wes Lum

10000 Photographers BW  curated by  +Robert SKREINER +Victor Westerhout #10000photographersBWmonochrome +10000 Photographers BW
All Things Monochrome  curated by  +Charles Lupica +Ludwig Keck +Brian Cox +Enrique Pelaez #allThingsMonochrome +All Things Monochrome
Black and White Photos  curated by  +Gemma Costa +Ambrogio Bellotti #blackandwhitephotos +Black and White Photos
Monochrome World  curated by  +andi rivarola #monochromeworld +Monochrome World


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Through the Diamond Window – 68/365

Posted by Ellie

I had the idea to photograph the garden through the diamond panes in the back door and was interested to see if the angled glass would give fractured results. When Joni appeared under the bird feeder (there is really only one round one and one each of the others) and seemed to be confused as she looked at them this was the picture I got. (I'm a little slow in replying to everyone's lovely comments, please forgive me, especially as I so much appreciate them. I will do it as soon as I can! Thanks all! 🙂 )

For  #monochromemonday  +Monochrome Monday by +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson +Manuel Votta +Steve Barge +Nurcan Azaz
and
HQSP Monochrome  curated by  +Anja Wessels +Joy mum +Luis Vivanco S. +Massimiliano Marsiglietti +Оксана Крысюкова  #hqspmonochrome  +HQSP Monochrome
as well as
All Things Monochrome  curated by  +Charles Lupica +Ludwig Keck +Brian Cox +Enrique Pelaez  #allThingsMonochrome  +All Things Monochrome
and
Monochrome World  curated by  +andi rivarola  #monochromeworld  +Monochrome World
#10000photographers by +Robert SKREINER 
+10000 PHOTOGRAPHERS
#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton


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Shopping is Sometimes a Blur – 53/365

Posted by Ellie

I hate shopping. I always have. As a child the very mention of the word used to make me exhausted and give me a headache. Now, I don't feel much different about it and can't really understand those who do it for fun. A visit to a shopping mall is my idea of torture. But needs must at times and on Saturday I had to go shopping for drugstore glasses. These are interim (so that I can see) while I wait for my new contact lenses to arrive this week. (For those who don't know, I had eye surgery in December and they have only just been able to finish measuring so that I can be fitted for glasses/lenses.) So on Saturday shopping was more of a blur than usual. 😀

I took this photograph and when I saw it, it reminded me of +Achim Blechschmidt and the wonderful work he does. So it is with a tip of the hat to Achim, whom I really suggest you add to your circles if you want to see some exceptional quality images.

#365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton

For my old friends at  #monochromemonday +Monochrome Monday by +Hans Berendsen +Jerry Johnson +Manuel Votta +Steve Barge +Nurcan Azaz 
and my new friends at #hqspmonochrome +HQSP Monochrome curated by +Joy mum +Luis Vivanco S.            +Massimiliano Marsiglietti +Оксана Крысюкова  +Nader El Assy
and
#allthingsmonochrome +All Things Monochrome by +Charles Lupica +Ludwig Keck +Enrique Pelaez +Brian Cox
#monochromeartyclub +Monochrome Arty Club by +abhishek chamaria


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Monochrome – 49/365

Posted by Ellie

I actually was taking a photograph of things in this dish, not this dish at all. But then I was rather taken by the interior with the glass stamens and decided to photograph this just by itself.  (Now I am caught up for my 365 Project!)

A monochrome treatment suits the following themes :

#hqspmonochrome +HQSP Monochrome curated by +Joy mum +Luis Vivanco            +Massimiliano Marsiglietti +Оксана Крысюкова  +Nader El Assy
#monochromeartyclub +Monochrome Arty Club by +abhishek chamaria

#allthingsmonochrome +All Things Monochrome by +Charles Lupica +Ludwig Keck +Enrique Pelaez +Brian Cox

#monochromeworld +Monochrome World by +andi rivarola
This is for my #365project +G+ 365 Project by +Simon Davis-Oakley +Patricia dos Santos Paton


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