Images of the arty kind

[tonyg]

Eric - we could do with some crocus made the same way   Crocus flowers are sooooo fleeting.  Your pleione are very lifelike.

No, no, no! - a large part of the (somewhat perverse) pleasure of crocus is that they are fleeting.

The pleasure will be greater when I am not at work during all the sunny days at crocus-time

[Ragged Robin]

Home surveillance camera? 

[tonyg]

Home surveillance camera? 

I'll consult my tecnical advisor   or alternatively I dash home for 'lunch' and upset Jacinta by spending the time at the end of the garden

[Rogan]

I saw this emerging Hypoxis species in a nearby field yesterday - so beautifully symmetrical - could almost be a Trillium 

[ranunculus]

Beautiful image Rogan.

[Maggi Young]

I saw this emerging Hypoxis species in a nearby field yesterday - so beautifully symmetrical - could almost be a Trillium 

 Wow! Great image and great plant!

[Paul T]

Wow, Rogan.  That is a broad leafed species!    I grow a couple of Hypoxis, but nothing with leaves that wide.  Very nice!

[Ragged Robin]

Each leave has a wonderful flow about it, Rogan which looks like a water current in a river - it must be interesting to watch it grow 

[Rogan]

This species of Hypoxis is H. hemerocallidea (syn. H. rooperii), a very important plant in African medicine. It is also known as the African Potato and will eventually grow to knee or nearly waist height.

[ranunculus]

A brief stroll through a local beauty spot this morning resulted in the following shots ...

Healey Dell, Whitworth
Rock abstract in a water worn cliff
Fungi
Mossy branches

[ranunculus]

Last batch from Healey Dell, Whitworth this sunny October morning ...


Healey Dell, Whitworth
Fungi

[Ragged Robin]

These wonderful woodland shots would make a fantastic set of cards, Cliff - do you do that sort of thing?

I love them all but the moss on the wayward tree, the fungi and especially the rock abstract are my favourites

[Hristo]

Love Dell 6 Cliff, these shots look so lush, many compensations living in this part of the world but the UK really does do lush greens!

Contribution here is looking down towards Alexandropuli on the Aegean from the hills in the Forest of Soufli around 7.00pm last night.

[Ragged Robin]

A great moment - I shall have to look on the map tomorrow, Hristo, to see where the sun is setting near you and creating that amazing sky 

[Paul T]

Excellent pics, Chris and Cliff.  Cliff, it's great to have a gentleman such as yourself who is brings so much enjoyment to us.  You are, after all, such a fun guy!!