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aI did so want to take a photo of these seed heads (you will perhaps remember how much I like umbelliferous plants from this post?) but as I am still without a camera I was dependant on my personal photographer and he didn't get the close up I had in mind but this is a pretty picture with the red rosehips in the foreground isn't it?
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As I left to go to my Knit and Natter group the hand rail alongside our steps looked like this - looks a bit lethal doesn't it?
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These berries were the only bit of colour to be seen apart from the few red rosehips. Boy was I ready for a nice hot chocolate after my 30 minute walk into town!
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Thank you all so much for your encouraging comments on my attempts at water colour painting and for your thoughts on my moral maze. I wondered afterwards if I had maybe over egged the pudding and I would hate you to think I am a miserable old "holier than thou" sort of person who doesn't have any fun in my life (not true I trust)! What with my not shopping for gifts and making my friends recycled paper sachets instead of buying some nice bright wrapping paper for my token gifts and all my other musings. I did think perhaps I had better delete that post and maybe not post any more till after Christmas as I seem to be becoming a bit of a wet blanket and wouldn't want to spoil your fun. But after a good night's sleep I realised that although this blog seems to be going off in directions I hadn't intended at the beginning maybe it is an honest reflection of how I see things - sometimes looking on the bright side, sometimes seeing things from beneath a grey blanket and occasionally spending too much time thinking about things instead of getting on with life....
Stunning photos. Isn't nature wonderful? The hoar frost has been really gorgeous here.
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Amazing frost - love the photo of the metal swirl.
ReplyDeleteOh no, don't delete you posts, I love reading them ;-) The frost is great - well as long as you don't have to go out in it. It is crispy white here as well. That frost certainly does look lethal! But pretty.
ReplyDeleteYou have icicles on your icicles!!! It is blooming cold here but no snow! x Just going to look at your last post.
ReplyDeleteNow that is a stunning frost :) Think we're due another one tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you got it too. It's been an amazing day here.
ReplyDeleteFrost turns the world into something really magical, love the photographs.
ReplyDeleteWhat fantastic frost pictures - it looks so spiky, like cactus! I also loved your watercolour painting - it had real atmosphere. Don't delete your post - your blog has it's own special take on things - and of course your sense of humour is always somewhere there too! Enjoy being the blogger that you are - we like it! Helen x
ReplyDeleteJack Frost, please linger a-while. So very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteLovely photos and your last post struck a cord with many I am sure. I must admit to ranting a little on thegreenparent forum about a very similar subject and a lot of people there feel the same aswell.
ReplyDeleteDon't go anywhere else , you make us stop and think and take stock. You often our voice (and sometimes the voice inside us !) and you have such a way of putting into words how many people feel even if they sometimes may not feel it as strongly as you do.
ReplyDeleteOn a lighter subject the frost is very pretty. Don't know it it happens like that anywhere in OZ but I imagine it might in the areas where it snows.
Cheers
Helsie
With blogging you have to be true to yourself, otherwise there's no point so you rant away and anyway I bet you'll be the first to dance on the table on the 25th!!! Love the frosty pics. x
ReplyDeleteWe have had so little snow, but these frosts have made everything look magical, haven't they? I drove back from work today thinking it looked like Narnia!
ReplyDeleteIt seems like the whole country has been touched by the hoar frost today. You could get cold burns off that hand-rail!! Lovely pictures by your PP!
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Your personal photographer is doing well, they are great shots. Did you ever watch grumpy old women? They are hilarious, we can all relate to them, so dont worry you are just like everyone else!
ReplyDeleteYou just be true to yourself Jane!
ReplyDeleteLove your frosty photos, it's -12 degs here tonight, brrrr!!
Vivienne x
Jane,
ReplyDeleteWhat amazing frost! We've had it cold but nothing like that. I love that image of the spikes of frost on the metal. Your assistant is obviously getting into the role! Lesley xx
The frost photos are amazing and beautiful, we occasionally have frost here, but never anything like that. It makes me feel cooler just looking at them - thank you, I need it!
ReplyDeletePlease don't 'edit' your thoughts and words, your posts are refreshing and thought provoking. You are so eloquent in writing what a lot of people often feel but don't say. It's your blog at the end of the day and I agree with harmony and rosie that you should be true to yourself.
Like lots of spikey icy needles - very beautiful.
ReplyDeleteIt's grey and raining here today!
Nina xxx
Great pictures, I've never seen a frost quite as harsh as the ones we've had this week.
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Beautiful photos! But you know, even if you were a wet blanket (which you aren't) you still give us another way to look at things in life. We can take what we want from your thoughts and leave behind what we do not like!
ReplyDeleteGlorious images.I've never seen, nor am I sure I want to, weather like you have been experiencing. Alan is Welsh and keeps saying "And that is why I don't want to go back!
ReplyDeleteSuch beautiful pictures, isn't nature wonderful? I love the snowy cottages in your header, are they from a kit, or are you one of those super marvellous people who can just whip something up out of their imagination?!!! Dev x
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