NOT MANY DEAD THINGS LEFT NOW...

... but I'm still managing to find the odd few, like these delicate spirals of dead old man's beard.

TEXTURES 2

I like the different textures in this image. The tiny stone building was overgrown with ivy and had a bead curtain across the doorway. A really strange find.

WELSH DRESSER

I bet not many people go all the way to Wales to take a photo of a Welsh Dresser! I liked the perspective of this shot but I know I got the lighting wrong as the window behind the plant is overexposed. I'm thinking I should have exposed for the light coming through the window and maybe used a little flash for infill. Any ideas welcomed!

BACK HOME FROM HOLS

This old red 'phone box was just down the road from the house we rented in Wales last week. I have no idea what the Welsh means - it's an impossible language to look at and make any sense of whatsoever!

And here it is in context. The box by the side of the 'phone box is an honesty box containing eggs for sale; they had the yellowest yolks I have ever seen.  We were staying in the house nearest and it was absolutely beautiful and in a stunning location. And the weather really was this good for almost the whole week.

This was the view from the eastern side of the house - so peaceful. A real tonic!

HOLIDAYS

This is a bench with a view on the Ashdown Forest on a slightly misty day (yesterday).

I'm off to Wales for a week's holiday tomorrow so if I'm unable to comment on all your lovely blogs please forgive me - I think there are whole tracts of Wales that have no internet connection. I guess, considering my one little word for 2011 is slow, that's probably a blessing.

SPIKY II

Another image of the spiky gorse which is all over the forest at the moment.

TINY HARBOUR

We found this tiny harbour in the border country last year. It houses one fishing boat but must at some time have been regularly used by local fishermen.