FARM SHOP

As you've probably guessed from the pumpkins, this was taken last autumn.  It was a colourful photograph but I thought I'd like to see how it transferred to black and white and I'm quite pleased with it.

FEED MERCHANT

This is the shop where I buy my dog food. It's a very old store with a jumble of small side rooms stuffed to the rafters with anything to do with animal feed plus a whole raft of other goods. I also buy my bird food here (you wouldn't believe the amount of peanuts, seeds, fat balls and goodness knows what else my garden birds get through!).

Bric a Brac Shop

I stopped at this shop this morning on the lookout for props. I wanted a small, rustic table for placing objects on to photograph. They had a lovely one in the window - all chipped paint and bare wood - which would have been perfect but, apart from being a little larger than I want, it was also hugely expensive!

But I did buy a potato/apple storage tray for £10. You can see them stacked on the pavement outside (with the watering can on top). I'm sure I'll get lots of use out of it - the textures are good.

The shop was full of interesting things, from furniture to ornaments to pieces of vintage fabric. And that lovely little milking stool you can see by the step.