It’s midweek, so it must be alternative definition time. Today’s is kind of obvious, or maybe it isn’t, you decide.
“Vampire” – The anger of a predatory woman.
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Rooms and pathways: An Autumn walk at RHS Rosemoor.
A tour of one of England’s finest gardens, reposted from my photography blog, Photo Sans Frontiers.
{So please click the link and check out the photos, as I’m trying to save space by posting picture heavy posts over there, thanks}
Having a week off work in October and a sunny day at the same time, well that was too good an opportunity to pass up; so today Rhonda and I took advantage of a free entry offer at RHS Rosemoor and, of course, I took plenty of photos.
The large, sprawling gardens are cleverly laid out in a series of themed spaces, obscured from each other by the use of hedges, trees and hard landscaping, using the curves and perspective of connecting paths to draw your eye onward to the next horticultural treat.
There’s something for every gardening taste; formal rose gardens and the geometric precision of tightly clipped fir hedges; vibrant colours of the hot garden and a glorious mixture of textures in the foliage garden; the walled kitchen garden and fragrant delights of the herb garden and, my personal favourite, the lush and beautiful lake area, with its…
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K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Apologies for the late post, I’m on holiday this week and had no reason to get up early.
But I haven’t been idle; I went for a bracing, autumnal walk in the park his morning, to capture some images for today’s edition of K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, the theme of which is; Autumn.
K’lee’s post is HERE, (sorry it’s late) but now let’s see what you found amongst the leaves.
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To get involved with the challenge, post a photo to your blog on Monday, add a pingback to this post (or to K’lee’s) and don’t forget to tag your post #CosPhoChal.
Alternatively, add a link to your blog in the comments of either mine or K’lee’s post and we’ll come and check out your entry.
Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.
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Cosmic Photo prompt.
Friday is finally here, which means it’s time for your weekly prompt for K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, this week chosen by me.
There has been a definite seasonal change in the weather this week, so I’m going with the obvious theme; Autumn.
I don’t think that requires a lot of explanation, but feel free to interpret it in any way you like for Monday’s post.
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To get involved with the challenge, post a photo to your blog on Monday, add a pingback to this post (or to K’lee’s) and don’t forget to tag your post #CosPhoChal.
Alternatively, add a link to your blog in the comments of either mine or K’lee’s post and we’ll come and check out your entry.
Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.
#CosPhoChal
One liner Wednesday: Alternative dictionary.
A slightly later one liner Wednesday than usual, as I didn’t have to get up at stupid o’clock (still off work with whiplash, amazingly) but here is today’s alternative definition;
“Synch” – To all go down together.
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K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
Another new week is met with a new edition of K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge, using K’lee’s prompt from Friday for our theme; The Stillness and the Light.
Nothing came to mind at first, then I remembered this early morning shot of an old oak tree in the misty silence of a February sunrise and I think it fits the bill nicely.
K’lee shows us his HERE, so now it’s time for you to show us yours.
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To get involved with the challenge, post a photo to your blog on Monday, add a pingback to this post (or to K’lee’s) and don’t forget to tag your post #CosPhoChal.
Alternatively, add a link to your blog in the comments of either mine or K’lee’s post and we’ll come and check out your entry.
Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.
#CosPhoChal
Cosmic Photo prompt.
Ok, it’s another late one, because I had to wait for K’lee to post before I knew what the theme was, (that’s my excuse and I’m sticking to it) but I’m here now and I bring news of this week’s prompt for K’lee and Dale’s Cosmic Photo Challenge.
K’lee has chosen one of his more enigmatic suggestions and gone with; The Stillness and the Light, which you can of course interpret any way you see fit.
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To get involved with the challenge, post a photo to your blog on Monday, add a pingback to this post (or to K’lee’s) and don’t forget to tag your post #CosPhoChal.
Alternatively, add a link to your blog in the comments of either mine or K’lee’s post and we’ll come and check out your entry.
Any and all effects, editing, Photoshop, Instagram, morphing, collages or whatever other post production techniques you fancy are permitted, (in fact, they’re actively encouraged!) so get creative and turn your photos into artworks for the Cosmic Photo Challenge.
#CosPhoChal
One liner Wednesday: Alternative dictionary.
Good morning, it’s time for a short and to the point alternative definition, ready?
“Analogy” – The study of assholes.
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Sticking my neck out.
I’ve had some bloody stupid injuries in my time, but the latest one is possibly the most inane and painful of all.
I had a pretty good weekend; I went to the fair with Audrey on Friday after stopping in at the pub for a quick pint; Rhonda managed to get Saturday evening off for a change so we went to the carnival for a wander round (until it rained); there was a Grand Prix on Sunday (Vettel crashed, Ha!), the sun came out and I spent the afternoon in the garden doing some writing.
All in all, a very pleasant few days.
Then I woke up yesterday and my neck felt like someone had hit the left side of it with a cricket bat while I was asleep.
Great, must have slept funny, (no, not “ha ha”) so I took a couple of ibuprofen and went to work.
By lunchtime I couldn’t turn my head to the left, or tilt it down, or reach out my left arm, or bend forward at all, without a MASSIVE bolt of pain shooting up into the base of my skull, like someone had attached jump leads to my neck.
After couple of hours of the pain getting progressively worse, I gave in. I called the doctor and got an appointment at the rapid access clinic half an hour later, leaving work while I could still move well enough to drive…
“So, what did you do to yourself this time.”
(Oh lucky me, it’s the same nurse who patched me up after the various chunks I’ve taken out of myself on previous occasions)
“I don’t know, honestly.”
*Examines badly inflamed and rock hard neck muscles*
“Ow!”
“Hmm, did you do anything over the weekend that might have injured it?”
“No! I honestly just sat in the garden yesterday, I didn’t do anything all weekend, I went to the fair with my daughter on Friday….”
“Go on any rides?”
“Yeah, the Bumper Cars…Ah.”
“Yep, you’ve got whiplash.”
“Oh for f…”
“I’ll give you some muscle relaxants, they’re valium.”
“Really? Oh, go on then. No work?”
“Oh no, they’ll make you very sleepy, you won’t be able to drive or work for a couple of days.”
“That’s a shame.”
“I bet. Now, you can only take three a day and stop taking them when you’re better, because they’re very addictive, ok?”
“Ok, got it.”
“But I’ll give you twenty eight, anyway, because you can always hang onto them, in case you need them in future.”
(Wait, what?)
“Um, ok. How long do they last?”
“About four hours.”
“Hahaha, no, how long do they keep for?”
“Ah, right, they’ll have an expiry date on them.”
And now I’m sat at home with neck muscles that feel like strips of teak, despite the fact I felt perfectly fine all weekend.
Having never had whiplash before, I’d never fully appreciated a) how painful it is, or b) the strange delayed action involved in its onset. I went on the dodgems (with Audrey driving, I might add) at about four o’clock on Friday afternoon and had no inkling there was anything wrong until first thing Monday morning
So, there you have it.
Whiplash.
On the bloody dodgems.
They’re going to love that at work.
It was a fun day out, though, and for those of you who enjoy watching unforseen injuries in action, here’s the video I shot whilst my neck was being primed to torture me three days later.
My favourite part is near the start, when Audrey notices the camera for the first time and her expression changes from fearsome concentration to a happy grin in one quick double-take.
Buckle up, it’s a bumpy ride!
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