Monday Montage

Well done to:
Adrian, The Weaver of Grass, Ragged Robin and Wilma
who all worked out that:



was a WidsMob Montage modified version of:



a snail shell.

So far I haven't managed to fool everyone once.
Let us see how you get on with this:



If you think you know what I originally photographed please leave your guess in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the original, next Monday.

Lanterns in the Making

A close look at my Chinese Lantern plants.
I expect to see some bright orange lantern seed cases later in the year:

Silver Y

As we set off for our early morning jaunt I spotted this Silver Y moth.
Autographa gamma:

Sundew Timelapse - Early Test Sample

Five days ago I started taking a flash photo of the Sundew flower stems every 15 minutes. The idea being to make a timelapse video. Here is a test video made from the 473 photos taken so far:



The video was made at 30fps and then slowed down 50%
I had to adjust the camera view a few times as the stems are still growing in height.
You may need to force YouTube to show in HD.
Click on the little wheel at the bottom and choose HD

A Red Morning

This morning was time for my 6 monthly visit to the local surgery for a blood test.
Not my favourite activity concerning anything red.

Fortunately to cheer me up I spotted  small clump of bright red poppies on my journey:

Birthday Girl

Yesterday, or thereabouts was Penny's 10th birthday.
Can't be sure about the day as I only know which month and year she was born.

Some years ago when I had Bobby the Lurcher I put a birthday meal on a low table along with a musical candle. He tucked in immediately. Penny wasn't at all happy with a similar set up. She found the high pitched 'Happy Birthday' music from the candle irritating and wasn't amused at having her food in a different place:



Once I moved her treat of Sainsbury's beef steak burger to her normal feeding station she soon make short work of that:


10 years is a grand old age for a greyhound as their average life span is 12 - 14 years.

How time flies past. Hard to appreciate she has been with me for 6 yrs.

Monday Montage

Well done to Adrian, Wilma and Ragged Robin for spotting that:



was a WidsMob Montage modified version of:



a Venus Flytrap leaf.

For this week I present you with:



to identify.

If you thing you know what I photographed please leave your guess in the comments.
They will be revealed, along with the original photograph, next Monday.