And the Red Hot Pokers are Pointing at the Sky . . .

"The perceiver is reflected in what is perceived." - Amrit Desai

In my kitchen the Buddha waits. . .

for the gooseberries that are almost ripe. . .

. . .and the blackcurrents ripening daily.

I have walked the garden eating redcurrents and blackcurrents from the bushes.
Soon I will be joined by the blackbirds and thrushes. :-)

In the garden touches of yellow against the green. . .

And glimpses of purple peeping . . .

greenery and buds trail around the wind chime. . .

And daisies turn their faces to the sunlight. . .


Meanwhile in my front garden, red hot pokers point at the sky. . .

. . . and through the window, the cats watch me taking photos. :-)



My other blog posts this week - Where Shall We focus Our Lens

. . . and for the Thursday Think Tank prompt I wrote - Tiger

Happy Sunday everyone. x

Thought of the week
"No matter what they tell you,
you don’t have to stay within the lines."
- Natalie Portman

I am linking this post to week 39 of I Saw Sunday - Why not come and join us?

Sunlight, Shadows & Seed heads

"Happy people do not demand a lot from the world
because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper
than the world can touch." - Alan Cohen

As we drove through the village today the sun was shining and everything was blooming most gloriously. As we parked up near our village shop (which is run by the community) I snapped this photo from the car window as I waited for Joe to return with his free range eggs.

Another pretty cottage snapped from the open window of the car as we passed.

Back at home I noticed the shadows and sunlight on this scene outside our front window.

And then as I got indoors, I saw the shadow of the stained glass sun
that hangs in the window reflected on the opposite wall.

In the garden there were seed heads...

...and spilled petals.
(Peonies are so beautiful but over too soon.)

There were bedding plants waiting to be planted...

And those that already were. Do you notice the black spring?
Joe had to do some work on the car to replace it as it was broken,
I nabbed it for the garden! ;-) - believe it or not I have a pretty
motorbike exhaust pipe in the garden too. lol

Earlier we went to a car boot sale.
As we parked up I noticed this queue of bins and the faded paint on the building,
I bet if I stared long enough I would see all sorts of images in that!

I walked around with my camera at hip height just snapping away.
Here are a couple of interesting shots I managed to capture of the things on sale.

Back at home with a couple of my purchases.
...a nice white cat.

...and a pretty clip for my hair.

Believe it or not I had 170 photos on my camera when I downloaded them today.
So many good ones, I could have done this post ten times over.
Still, I managed to pick just a few to share. :-)

(Late addition - I have just posted some more photos over at my other blog Incredible Joy)

I would also like to say HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my lovely man Joe - it is his birthday today!

Happy Sunday everyone. x

Thought of the week
"Every morning we are born again.
What we do today is what matters most."
- Buddha

I am linking this post to week 38 of I Saw Sunday - Why not come and join us?

Happy Birthday to Someone Very Special

A very special lady has a birthday today...

My lovely Sister!

Happy Birthday Deborah I love you very much x

I am so glad that you are both my sister and my best friend.

Have a wonderful day!