365 ~ 27th June ~ 3rd July

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This week is all about ‘it’s in the details’, which for me, means getting out the macro lens. That’s something I do quite a lot anyway so I wasn’t expecting any AFAC’s (airy fairy abstract concepts) or anything much to be very challenging.

Day 178 ~ Focused. ~ One of the things that I love most about a daily photography project is that it asks me to look at the details of my life me closely.  It asks me to slow down and appreciate the subtle details of my day that might otherwise go unnoticed. Find a familiar something in your world.  Look at it with fresh eyes.  Photograph a detail that you had not noticed before.

The only problem with this one is how to find something I haven’t noticed before, but I managed. I have an old jewellry/trinket box that has a Chinese cork carving encased in it’s lid. It’s been sitting on a shelf gathering dust for aeons and I haven’t used it or really looked at it. When I picked it up the lid fell apart, so I photographed part of the carving whilst Phil repaired the lid. The carving is so delicate, the little temple here is just under 4cm high.

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Day 179 ~ Rusty. ~ I love rusty old things that are lying around in all sort of places.  These horse shoes are on this rack at a farm that I sometimes pass on my walks. Think about what details you want to show.  I took this at a wide aperture (a low f number) so that I could get the details on the first horse shoe. I got in close to see the detail and reminded myself to consider  the length of focus of my lens. What rusty thing can you find today to show the details?

I was at work all day and very busy, no rust there but I sent a text to Phil and asked him to find something rusty in his shed. He had a better idea though, the chains holding up the hanging baskets Phil has put together are quite rusty, (hmm, hope they don’t break under the weight 🥴 ) so that worked for me!

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Day 180 ~ Worthy. ~ Life is short.  Eat more ice-cream! You are worthy when you say you are!  And being worthy might mean you can gift or treat yourself to something you love or desire.   What are you worthy of treating yourself to today? It might be a bubble bath,  a good book, a glass of wine, a hike, a delicious meal or any number of things you find enjoyable. In my case, it was an ice-cream cone! Remember to include the details!  

Well this was a bit AFACy but not really, just had to figure out a treat. Again a busy day at work, it really is mad there these days and I’m knackered when I get home. But I sat in my garden with a nice cup of tea, and admired my wildflower patch that I’m dead chuffed with. It’s a treat to see all the bees on it and that does make me feel worthy. I am an eco-warrior!

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Day 181 ~ prompt free day. ~ Prompt Free Days often bring to mind the saying, “The grass is always greener on the other side.”  Some days, we feel restricted by the prompt, but on other days, no specific prompt makes us feel lost by having no point of departure. Think about these prompt free days as a check-in as to how this project is changing you. What do you notice that you would have overlooked previously? What small moments in you day now feel bigger and call to be documented? Today is a blank canvas for which all of the other prompts have prepared you. Keep our eyes open and have fun!

Another work day, though I finish earlier on a Wednesday (thank heavens) but had a dental appointment to attend in the afternoon. A lovely sunny afternoon and when I got home I meandered my estate (🤣) taking macro shots of flowers and cats. The picture I chose is one of the emerging daisy type flowers in the hanging baskets. They have quite strange greenery as you can see, which is neither wet or sticky, just sort of rough. Quite fascinated me and I’ll have to find out what that’s all about, presume some sort of protective device.

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Day 182 ~ Skillfull.~ These skillful hands belong to none other than our own community member, Jenny Ziegler!  She and I share a love of scrapbooking as well as photography.  Lucky for me, we recently got together with some other friends to do some scrapbooking.  It was a perfect opportunity for me to capture skillful hands at work.  Today, see if you can find skillful hands to capture and if you can’t – try to find something that tells the story of what skillful means to you.  

Firstly, neither the USA spelling, nor the UK spelling of skilful, is ‘skillfull’. Just wanted to clarify that. Luckily the lady gets it right in the rest of her prompt. Well at least right for American members of the 365, and 1 in 4 Canadians. Scrapbooking seems to be a thing on Instagram, it’s where people stick bits of meaningful paper/photos etc into a large paper book. I used to make scrapbooks, it was a thing we did as kids, but now lots of grown-ups do it too. Also journaling is a similar thing only just with words and doodles, also something I did as a kid, except I called it keeping a diary. People must have oodles of time to do all this, or be retired, or be married to rich chaps. (Not being sexist, have yet to come across a male scrapbooker). Skilful to me means Phil, what with his bass guitar skills, his modelling skills and his D.I.Y skills, all of which are well documented on this venerable blog at various points. But he is also a skilled Mr.Fixer, and when things break, or snap, or come apart, he is the go-to person.

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Day 183 ~ Over. ~ It’s the small details in this photo that tell the story.  Brian is looking over Charlie both literally and figuratively.  He’s his protector.  The detail of them holding hands portrays the special relationship between grandfather and grandson.  Together, they are walking over a bridge.  I have no idea what the conversation was but I’m sure they were talking about bugs, dinosaurs or sharks.  I love capturing details of the special relationship between my two favourite people. What story do you want to tell today?  What details can you include in your photo that help tell that story?  Don’t OVER-think it!

Wasn’t sure what to do with this one. The prompt-lady worked hard to make her example shot of her hubby and grandson fit in with ‘over’, wasn’t what sprung to mind when I saw it anyway. I’m classing it as a minor AFAC. We went off to Lidl for a few bits and pieces this morning where I bought some maple and pecan danish pastries for our breakfast tomorrow. I love the flavour of maple syrup, it has a je ne sais quoi that hunny or golden syrup do not have. So I poured some of it over one of the pastries, a Canadian-Danish conjoining of great yumminess. Job done. Winning at details!

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Day 184 ~ Benefit. ~ For our “in the details” photo today, we are going to be looking for something that benefits.In my example photo, the dragonfly is very beneficial. Where I live, mosquitos are a huge problem. The dragonfly eats 100’s of mosquitos per day helping keep them at bay. They also feed on horseflies and other pests. I love the details on a dragonfly. Each variety is so interesting in color and markings. When you get in close, you can really see all of the delicate features. Look for something beneficial today and get in close for the details.

I should have saved taking a bee picture for this prompt, sigh, never mind, other people have done that and I like to be different.. It’s raining here today and forecast thunderstorms which is exciting, haven’t had one for ages. I decided my specs were a good candidate for this prompt as they prevent me from crashing my car into people when I’m out on the road, always a benefit to other motorists and pedestrians.

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So that’s the end of the ‘details’ week, and also Thursday was the halfway mark for this 365, which divided by 2 = 182.5, so only another 179.5 days to go now. 🥴
Stay tooned for next weeks adventures in Green!

62 thoughts on “365 ~ 27th June ~ 3rd July”

  3. We had a slate come down off our roof during the heavy rain yesterday. Would Phil be able to come over and take a look at it?
    If he could bring his toolbox, because the lock on the French windows is playing up again.

    Great pictures, but the way, the macro look is always impressive!

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          2. If you don’t have any we can bring some. (I’ll have to chauffeur because of the eye problem). Chocolate chip cookies would be optimum biscuit though.

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  7. I enjoy learning about you via these photo posts. It’s a such a great idea and quite interesting. The cork model is special because you’ve focused in on it. I love all the shots. Looking forward to green!

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  8. Delightful! I love the tiny bud opening in ‘prompt free’. There is hope, joy, and much more there. ‘Over’ is a perfect image, plus nothing beats real Canadian maple syrup.

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  16. Great imaginative images as usual. You really have to think outside the square at times….love the trinket box. Dad brought something similar home from his Korean war service in the 50s, probably bought in Tokyo. Long gone now unfortunately.

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