Every year there is a flower festival in St.Margarets church, Topsham, Devon in the UK. I don’t always make it as it’s only on for 3 days but I did this year and thought I’d share some photographs of just a few of the wonderful displays. The theme was health and fitness with funds raised …
Latest news includes two exciting developments , I now have slide shows on my website and I’ve started to add some photographs to stock photography site Dreamstime. The slide shows are thanks to Highton Ridley and a tool he’s developed to promote zazzle products. You can see them on my website. Photography News I’ve had …
My Ceanothus is in full bloom at the moment and the bees love it. So thought I’d share this bee video. I managed to get some bird song in it too, although the 5th attempt with previous versions having neighbours talking, traffic noise & whistling! [wpvideo O3pR9IwQ] Video is now available to download here https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-video-bees-blossom-bird-song-video-honey-buzzing-around-ceanothus-bush-full-bloom-s-spring-purple-flowers-birds-video93313828#res18445732 …
English weather is unpredictable but it makes life interesting! These photos of Westminster in London were taken within 24hrs. They are renovating the Houses of Parliament at the moment at great cost but it is such a part of our history as well as a monumental building and tourist attraction.
I do love Spring and watching plants come to life. These daffodils have just come out in my garden. I’ve been painting Spring themes too, to encourage it along! Summer is next 🙂 What’s your favourite season?
Wishing you all a happy and healthy new year. It maybe a chilly frosty morning but I love the crisp blue sky and these clematis seed heads, frozen in time. © Photographer: Annabel Potter | Agency: Dreamstime.com UPDATE: sadly this clematis didn’t survive the frosty mornings. It had been such a vigorous plant I never …
Luckily I woke up at 2.30am and realised the almost dawn like light must be the moon! The super moon cloud effects were amazing. Unable to see it from my bedroom I went outside in my pyjamas, it was unseasonably warm for November, just hope a neighbour didn’t see me! Here are the photos …
Every now and then I feel the need to do something different, as my regular readers know! This time I decided on a zebra painting in a semi abstract style, which you may have seen if you’re following me on Instagram. Keeping with glass painting I painted this zebra on a windy plain, streaking the …
I love tomatoes and have grown my own for a few years now. They love the utility room, so it doubles as a greenhouse in the summer and in fact last winter, see January blog post! They are ripening nicely now but I don’t think this hanging variety is as tasty as gardeners delight, …
My bird paintings are flying out the house lately with a few commissions for birds! It started with this primrose vase and a barn owl. Another customer requested a hummingbird on a bowl Then my most quirky custom order so far has to be for tealight holders with chorister ducks! They loved them, as did …
