Black and White Photo 5-day Challenge: Day 5

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art, bird, black and white, daily, fine art, photoaday, Photography

Birds of a feather

Merry Hearts Medicine recently challenged me to participate in the “Black and White Photo Five-day Challenge.”  It has taken me a while to respond but obviously, I have accepted, as I love black and white! 😉

What is this challenge? Well, the goal is to post one B&W photo each day for five days………Part of the fun is to nominate another blogger, one on each day…There is no pressure to accept this challenge after all it’s just for fun! 🙂 

As this is now my final day of the challenge 😦 There are so many bloggers that I could nominate here as I love seeing what others come up with for challenges like this, so today, I am going to break the rule and nominate any readers of my blog who would like to take part in this challenge. It is fantastic fun and well worth doing, especially if you have not tried black and white photography before, I am sure you will be pleasantly surprised.

Macro Monday: coming alive

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art, bird, fine art, garden, insects, photoaday, Photography, wildlife

“Life is full of beauty. Notice it. Notice the bumble bee, the small child, and the smiling faces. Smell the rain, and feel the wind. Live your life to the fullest potential, and fight for your dreams.” – Ashley Smith

Bees

Now the garden is starting to come alive I am loving it, it is amazing wondering around with a macro lens the amount that can be found and it is not just flowers.

Bee fly

Hover flies

Ladybirds or Ladybugs

Ants

Then there are the birds………

Blue tits

Robins

and also the cheeky squirrels. We now have a family of them in the oak tree near our house, just waiting to see the babies when they arrive, they are always so tiny:-) I never tire of wandering around my small garden seeing what I can find. Once we manage to get it tidied up and planted more for wildlife, hopefully I will see even more!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reward

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art, bird, fine art, garden, ornothology, Photography, poem, Postaday, robin

When a little robin red breast constantly visits you or crosses your path; a loved one in heaven is trying to say “hello! I’m with you!” x

Waiting

After an afternoon gardening my reward at the end was these two little robins staying near allowing me to take photos.

Garden Companion

The Robin

When up aloft
I fly and fly,
I see in pools
The shining sky,
And a happy bird
Am I, am I!

When I descend
Towards their brink
I stand, and look,
And stoop, and drink,
And bathe my wings,
And chink and prink.

When winter frost
Makes earth as steel
I search and search
But find no meal,
And most unhappy
Then I feel.

But when it lasts,
And snows still fall,
I get to feel
No grief at all,
For I turn to a cold stiff
Feathery ball!

by Thomas Hardy

Taken in response to The Daily Post’s weekly photo challenge: “Reward”, what does reward mean to you?