Sunday Selections was originally brought to us by Kim, of Frogpondsrock, as an ongoing meme where participants could post previously unused photos languishing in their files.
Huge thanks to Cie who gave me this wonderful Sunday Selections image.
The meme was then continued by River at Drifting through life. Sadly she has now stepped aside (though she will join us some weeks), and I have accepted the mantle.
The rules are so simple as to be almost non-existent. Post some photos under the title Sunday Selections and link back to me. Clicking on any of the photos will make them embiggen.
I usually run with a theme. We are still mostly at home. The first set of photos feature a foggy and damp dawn - and the beauty within it.
And beauty there was as I wandered around the garden just after dawn.
A little later this day I photographed this lovely anenome which I am including for Joanne who loves them.
Many of you will have noticed (how could you not) that I am a big, big fan of skyscapes.
I like their reflections too.
I hope your days and weeks are packed to overflowing with beauty and serenity.
Oh, my. These take my breath away.
ReplyDeleteSusan Kane: What a lovely thing to say.
DeleteI love the reflections, beauty above and below.
ReplyDeleteMarie Smith: I thought so too. And revelled in it.
DeleteI adore being with you in your magical home!
ReplyDeleteCloudia: And you are always very welcome.
DeleteThe web looks so colorful.
ReplyDeleteJamie Ghione: I loved the way that the waterdroplets captured the first rays of light.
Delete'Tis a lightly foggy morning here...a few showers fell during the night and the wee small hours...with more frequent and heavy ones as the day progresses. Those I do look forward to.
ReplyDeleteHave a good week ahead, EC. Cuddles to Jazz. :)
Lee: We had some blissful rain overnight, but it has sadly blown away. More would be welcome. Very, very welcome.
DeleteWe have another busy week ahead (and a rare visitor to the home). Jazz will not be happy, but will recover. I hope you and the furry overlords have a wonderful week.
You're a brave wee soul to be out and about in the cold and misty morn.
ReplyDeleteBut then they say the early bird catches the worm which is exactly what you did.
Enjoy your week EC. Stay home - stay safe - safe well!
(ps I found some thing for SS too)
Cathy: Insomnia and pain mean I am usually an early riser. And often go out in it. Sometimes (like today) I retire back to bed afterwards. I am looking forward to seeing your Sunday Selections. Thanks for joining us again.
DeleteI believe there is magic in a foggy dawn/morning. It is mysterious, it is exciting. ; )
ReplyDeleteAnd then there is beauty in all the pictures you take!!
Hugs
Catarina: Thank you. I am a big, big fan of the mystery of fog - and a beauty addict. An unrepentant beauty addict.
DeleteSkies, clouds, reflections...all good but I can't get past the brilliant spider web so well captured.
ReplyDeleteAndrew: I took 'rather' a lot of photos of that web. Some were successes and others were not. I only deleted the worst of them though.
DeleteI reveled in your flowers and skies several times through. Thank you for the smiles.
ReplyDeleteJoanne Noragon: I am very glad to hear that. Smiles never go astray do they?
DeleteSuch beautiful photography and your composition is remarkable. Thanks for sharing those beauties with us. You really have a good eye for photography. I usually just point and shoot without thinking about composition.
ReplyDeleteHugs, Julia
Julia: Thank you. I do a lot of pointing and shooting too. I have a passion for close-ups and someday (when I am brave enough for the much better camera himself gave me) I will invest in a macro lens.
Deleteyour point and shoot should have a macro setting.
DeleteRiver: It does, but my greedy self wants more.
DeleteThose sky/water reflections take my breath away - they are absolutely stunning. Foggy mornings, a stunning spiderweb, lovely flowers... a feast of beauty indeed. Thank you, EC!
ReplyDeleteAlexia: I thought that foggy morning was lovely. Muted magic. When himself got up hours later he grumpbled (not a typo it describes his behavior)at the grey day. His loss.
Delete"grumpbled" ha - great word. A perfect word to fit Mr A!!
DeleteAlexia: Perhaps we should ask for its inclusion in the dictionary.
DeleteI like the spider web and the leaning dark tree, and the second to last photo--the pond with such beautiful reflections on its surface of the trees and sky.
ReplyDeleteStrayer: I am glad. In my usual fashion there are a lot of photos because I struggle to narrow my choices down.
DeleteI'll pass on the spider web. Though they are a lesson in intricate beauty, I shudder at the architect! Foggy mornings are lovely, peaceful, and I can imagine I'm the only one on the planet, which sometimes I long for! Beautiful photos as always. Keep on sharing!
ReplyDeleteRiver Fairchild: The spider in question was considerate. Its architectural marvel was in no-ones path (though I hope it caught dinner). I hear you on the peace of a misty morning. I relish them too.
DeleteLOVE the reflections :)
ReplyDeleteand the spiderweb too. The tall single tree through the fog is a great picture, it could grace a book cover about a ghostly story.
River: I loved the reflections too. The peace of that beautiful spot captured on the water.
DeleteFirst purple flower wins the picture contest.
ReplyDeleteMike: I am a big, big fan of that daisy and have photos of it in every season and at every time of day. I lost some to frost last year and hope that this one survives. If it doesn't I will buy more.
DeleteWonderful reflections in the water from the trees and sky.
ReplyDeleteFlowers are pretty and the fog, love the fog as always wonder what is beyond.
Margaret D: I am a lover of fog too - though years back when we often had to drive in it each day I was not such a fan.
DeleteIt almost looks as if the web were made up of tiny strings of neon lights. :D
ReplyDeleteBea: It did didn't it? I loved the web bejewelled in water droplets.
DeleteDear EC
ReplyDeleteStunning images to bring us joy. Nature never fails to delight.
Best wishes
Ellie
Ellie Foster: She doesn't does she? Have a wonderful week.
DeleteGreat pictures! I meant to tell you that fox glove pop up all over some places-- even along the road that leads to our little house. At the very bottom of my picture for today (the 14th) you can just make out some on the right hand side. And you are my favorite Australian Tree Hugger.
ReplyDeleteBill: Jealous thoughts about the fox gloves. And thank you - though I suspect there are a LOT of orstrayan tree huggers, and will happily join the queue.
DeleteHi EC - lovely photos ... the seasons bring us different views and perspectives. I love the sky and water photos - gorgeous. Then the anemone - I call them 'jewels' ... Cornish jewels from my early years ... I always bought some for my mother when I spotted any on sale. Wonderful ... we have a sunny day - which will be bliss ... take care - Hilary
ReplyDeleteHilary Melton-Butcher: They are jewels aren't they? They always featured in my mother's garden and in each garden I have had too. Enjoy your sunny day, and have a wonderful week.
DeleteLovely winter photos. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteRosie: Thank you. I am a fan of winter and it's pared back elegance.
DeleteBeautiful photos....the morning mists are stunning! May I take the first reflections photo please? I would just love it as my screen wallpaper....I live in a big city and all I have seen for weeks are houses.
ReplyDeleteThank you for sharing
Christine: Of course you can and thank you for asking. If it doesn't translate to screen wallpaper well send me an email and I will send you a couple of other photos of the same tree and hope that they do better.
DeleteThose flowers are delicious to me,ha ha. And the clouds are beautiful, thanks EC.
ReplyDeleteBob Bushell: Delicious? I hope that you won't join the birds in munching them. And the clouds were a joy that day.
DeleteWell done, Sue. Your pictures capture the mood of the day so well. You have the soul of an artist and we all get to see the world through your eyes. I hope that Australia continues to open up safely. Looks like New Zealand has set the example for the world.
ReplyDeleteDavid M. Gascoigne: New Zealand has (again) set a wonderful example. A survey earlier this year said that Australians preferred Jacinda to any of the eligible contenders as Australian Prime Minister.
DeleteNature is the artist. One with incredible galleries, and amazing colour palette and a very deft hand.
I love pictures of the sky too. The pictures taken in the fog are haunting. Also, getting a good picture of spider webs is not easy. You took a good one.
ReplyDeleteRick Watson: Thank you. It took numerous attemps before I was happy with the spider web photo. I really am awed by the occupant's architectural skills.
DeleteOh EC, I love that shot of the tree leaning over... do you know what kind it is?
ReplyDeleteKim: It is a weeping mulberry. In season its branches are filled with a variety of birds - who then crap purple (difficult to remove purple) on a variety of surfaces. They are quicker than I am in determining ripeness too.
DeleteI've just looked them up, I'm not sure they'd get enough water here. I love the idea of all the birds though the poop sounds very much like fruit bat poop. I think it's that particular tree, and photograph, that I mainly like. I feel personified by it at the moment.
DeleteKim: That particular tree survives on very little water, but I do know what you mean about particular trees finding a home in your heart.
DeleteYour garden is amazing. I love the sky photos but I think my favorites are the ones of the fog. So mysterious. Hope you have a wonderful and safe week my friend.
ReplyDeleteMason Canyon: Thank you. Another fog fan I see. There seem to be a lot of us.
DeleteOh, I like the beauty in your misty mornings, and in a spider's web hang with dew, and that flower with droplet-shaped petals, and the leaning tree, and those purple flowers. And I wonder who is causing all those bubbles in the first of your reflections.
ReplyDeleteIn short, I marvel over the beauty of your world, and love to see it through your eyes.
Charlotte (MotherOwl): Many thanks. I 'think' the bubbles in the first were a diving duck.
DeleteWe live in a beautiful world don't we?
You have managed to capture so much in the reflection!
ReplyDeleteDamyanti: Thank you. I was really pleased that the day was still enough and bright enough for the magic of reflections.
DeleteLovely pictures Sue particularly the spider's web. How do they do it? Such intricacy so very clever. Nice to see the flowers, will they last through the winter? Sky scapes and their reflections are great too. You must have a lot of pictures.
ReplyDeleteJo: I have a huge number of photos. Which I add to on a regular basis. Spider architecture fascinates me. They are such skilled and precise workers.
DeleteHopefully these flowers WILL last through winter. The daisies might suffer a bit but the grevilleas won't miss a beat.
Thanks for bringing this peace and serenity to my day as I look outside it is fog and rain (which I love). Your flowers make me smile every time.
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Wisewebwoman: Fog AND rain? Lucky you. We had a little rain fall overnight a few days ago and the garden and I revelled in it. Jazz didn't.
DeletePeace and serenity are essentials aren't they?
Your pictures of the sky and the flowers are lovely. I haven't been feeling much beauty and serenity recently, more frustration and unhappiness about the current situation with the virus lockdown.... easing gradually but it will be a long time to get to "normal". And the riots, and the protest marches. And the attempts to rewrite history by pulling down statues. Makes me want to go to bed and stay there.
ReplyDeleteShammickite: I am sorry for your overwhelm, and hope that your frustration and happiness back off. Quickly.
DeleteI don't see the removal of the statues as an attempt to rewrite history, but as a desire (which I think is understandable) to shift focus and NOT to celebrate men who fought for the right to continue slavery. The history will remain. Both versions.
Your pictures are like a mini vacation into nature. Love them all and I like notincing the sky too, so I appreciate how you record all its many moods.
ReplyDeleteYou take care of yourself. May you be sage and well.
Myrna R.: Thank you. I am home body - but I do take a lot of that type of vacation.
DeleteI hope that you are also safe, sage and well.
Really like the reflections in the water.
ReplyDeleteAlex J. Cavanaugh: I did too.
DeleteThose foggy pictures are just wonderful, and I too like your skyscapes and reflections. Thanks for lifting my spirits! :-)
ReplyDeleteDJan: I am very happy to hear that my photos lifted your spirits - and sad that they needed lifting.
DeleteCalm water is nature's mirror, and you've captured many lovely reflections here. Beautiful.
ReplyDeleteI love the spider's web with pearls of moisture. And the craggy tree. And the colour of your blossoms.
Wonderful Sunday Selections, as always!
jenny_o: Thank you. As always. I feel guilty about repeating my themes so often but you and others encourage me.
DeleteI love the reflections on the water. Let's see if a painter can paint them.
ReplyDeletegigi-hawaii: I like that thought - and believe that some artists could. They would be paintings I would enjoy too.
DeleteMisty mornings make me feel all cosy and warm as long as I am inside. We are mostly staying at home as well. As always your garden is fantastic, and I do love your skyscapes with reflections.
ReplyDeleteKaren: I am happy to go out into the damp beauty as well. Skyscapes and reflections are bonuses aren't they? Very welcome bonuses.
DeleteYour skyscapes are very beautiful, I used to spend hours as a child seeing pictures in clouds, maybe I should do so again.
ReplyDeleteBetty: Welcome and thank you. I still spend time looking for pictures in clouds and hope I always will.
DeleteYour photos are always so beautiful and goodness knows we all need to be reminded that there is still much beauty in the world. Thank you!
ReplyDeleteAnne in the kitchen: Thank you. We do indeed need that reminder and I am endlessly grateful that there is a lot of beauty about.
DeleteAll of your pictures are really good but that spider web picture is amazing.
ReplyDeleteMary Kirkland: Thank you. I made multiple attempts to photograph that web.
DeleteI do love misty foggy days. They always seem quite comforting somehow. Yes one of the good things about the pandemic as it's given us all a chance to slow down and appreciate the beauty around us.
ReplyDeleteLL Cool Joe: Thank you. I have slowed down significantly (to the point where I am barely moving). I am a beauty addict though.
Deleteis there anything more beautiful than a dewy web? I like the fog, too. We don't get a whole lot of fog here but we had a doozy last week
ReplyDeletekylie: Frosty webs are pretty spectacular too. We often get fog, but I love it just the same. Some days the sun doesn't break through till lunchtime.
Deletestopping by to say 'hi' - catching up. had such good intentions for rejoining the blogosphere during my downtime, but... well, your pictures of 'fog' capture much of what my brainspace looks like! good to see you here...
ReplyDeletedaisyfae: Lovely to see you. I hear you on the brain fog too. Sadly.
DeleteStuck indoors these nature clicks keep the mood up and hope alive. Glad to have stumbled upon this blog. Stay Safe.
ReplyDeleteIra: Welcome and thank you. I OFTEN turn to nature for solace, and she doesn't disappoint.
DeleteBelle le tue fotografie, la ragnatela è un vero capolavoro che solo il ragno sa fare.
ReplyDeleteUn sereno inizio settimana a te.
Giancarlo: Thank you. I am awed at the spider's architectural skills. Have a happy, healthy week.
DeleteEC, il regno è un achitetto insuperbile.
DeleteBuon mercoledi.
Giancarlo: I am endlessly awed and delighted by the natural world. I hope your week is filled with joy.
DeleteThank you for the reminder - there are still silver linings to everything - I just have to look in the right places. One of which is this. Love the skyscapes and the reflections.
ReplyDeleteNilanjana Bose: I find my silver linings in nature, in books, in kindness. It is such an individual quest and I hope that yours shine more brightly for you.
DeleteLove these foggy photos!
ReplyDeleteNatalia: I am glad. I like the fog too, but they do seem to be a love them or loathe them phenomena.
DeleteOh Sue, these are absolutely gorgeous!! You take such amazing photos, I think you should win prizes for them...they are so, so good!
ReplyDeleteThe one of the Spider's web really caught my eye...it is utterly mesmerising!!😊😊
Have a lovely day...and stay safe, my friend!
Much love and hugs ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Ygraine: Thank you. You are a shameless flatterer. I find spider webs mesmerising too. Architectural wonders.
DeleteI hope you also stay safe and have a wonderful week.
Huge hugs.
The results of the shooting look amazing. I especially like the third picture of flowers. The color is alluring and the picture is clear.
ReplyDeleteHimawan Sant: Thank you. I often wander the garden with my camera - it is a distraction from the work which needs doing.
DeleteMore beauty to soothe me this Monday morning, and I thank you so much! RO
ReplyDeleteRO: I am very, very glad to share the things I find beautiful. Hugs received and reciprocated.
DeleteWe can all use more beauty and serenity! I can never resist foggy mornings for pictures!
ReplyDeleteJemi Fraser: You are right. My need for beauty and peace is inexhaustible.
DeleteI love foggy days. So much beauty. That spider web is magnificent. Such gorgeous flowers. I love skyscapes too! Thanks for sharing. :) Stay safe!
ReplyDelete~Jess
DMS ~Jess: Thank you. I am very glad that my obsessions with the beauty of nature are shared. Have a wonderful week.
DeleteIt's amazing how different of a feel places have, depending on the day, isn't it? And fog always has it's own unique vibe to it. I like the photos. All of 'em! :)
ReplyDeletemail4rosey: Thank you. I am endlessly amazed at how much difference light makes to a day, to a mood...
DeleteGreat beauty in your part of the world!
ReplyDeletemessymimi: I think so. I am very grateful for it too.
DeleteYou live in a beautiful area and boy, what a gorgeous spider web! Morning walks through the garden is a routine of mine as well. So many things to see.
ReplyDeleteThis week would have been the week when we were supposed to fly out to Australia. Of course we don't. No graduation trip for our daughter - but she graduated, and that's what counts. It's more important to be healthy.
Whenever I look at the sky here - we had some very interesting clouds recently - I think of how much you would like it.
Carola Bartz: I am sorry that your trip has been postponed, and thrilled for an with you that your daughter graduated. As you say, health is the important thing.
DeleteI am sure I would like your clouds and even surer that I would loved to wander through your garden.
The first and second pictures feature foggy and damp dawn are so cool and beautiful..like that.
ReplyDeleteSo as flowers, lakes, and the sky are amazing pictures..
Justcherry: Thank you. I am a big fan of the light at dawn and have a soft spot for the gentle beauty which comes with fog.
DeleteDid you capture uncanny lighting on that web or is the silk somehow partially violet? Striking photo either way!
ReplyDeleteJohn Wiswell: I took that photo just after dawn and I 'think' that the colours were the sunrise reflected in dew drops on the web.
DeleteYour photos are wondrous as always, but that first one really creates a mood.
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: Thank you. It is still early here but I suspect that the fog mood will be recreated this morning. And that I will probably take more photos of it and in it.
DeleteLovely. I particularly liked the spiderweb - they are truly amazing creatures!
ReplyDeleteDiane Henders: I agree with you about spiders (though I am the only resident here who does). I am fascinated by their webs and have many failed photos.
DeleteI admit I'm not crazy about spiders when they get too friendly. Waking up to one on my pillow only inches from my nose was not a happy experience for either us; and it ended up being fatal to one of us. But outdoors they're amazing. There are so many tiny spiders here that in late summer my entire garden glistens with webs when the sun hits it right.
DeleteDiane Henders: I escort inside spiders outside. With one notable exception. Some years ago I was in the shower. About to wash my hair I noticed an extra. Thinking it was a twig (I had been in the garden) I reached up to remove it. And was bitten.
DeleteThat spider died - I was obviously more poisonous to it than it was too me. And no I didn't deliberately kill it. It latched onto my thumb and when I shook it off it was a past spider.
I would love to see (and attempt to photograph) your glistening garden.
Always love your photos. Another great series, thank you.
ReplyDeleteDeniseinVA: Thank you so much.
DeleteLovely reflections!
ReplyDeleteLady Fi: Thank you. I loved them too.
DeleteI especially like the 'damp dawn.' Some days the lack of color, and the varied gray hues are just what the heart needs to heal! A calmer more sedate setting in which thoughts calm, and the world seems to move slower.
ReplyDeleteYolanda Renee: I need the quiet of early morning to start my day(s) with anything approaching sanity. I am (sometimes) grateful that pain/insomnia means that I have that respite on a daily basis. Which sounds odd, but is true.
DeleteI love a foggy dawn. :-) I know I'm not supposed to, as a cyclist, but my lights are pretty bright. I love autumnal mornings for that reason. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteGreetings from London.
A Cuban in London: Cycling through the dawn (and particularly a foggy one) sounds absolutely lovely. I walk in it, but have yet to brave two wheels. Thanks for the inspiration.
DeleteBeautiful shot of the spider web. It sparkles...like you:)
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: Huge thanks to your supportive self. Most days I suspect I am greyer and more opaque than a foggy morning.
DeleteIncredible flowers ❤
ReplyDeleteKinga K.: Thank you.
DeleteGazing at these photos fills me with serenity. Simply lovely! Your garden is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteElsie
Elsie Amata: And we all need serenity don't we? Particularly at the moment.
DeleteTrees and skies and water. They just say 'serenity' to me!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful!
Diane Stringam Tolley: Nice to see you here. Those things sing of serenity for me too.
DeleteI love the reflection shots- I am also a big fan of these! Very peaceful. Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteTerri: Many thanks. I hope your weekend is everything you could hope for.
DeleteBack on the spider web...did you notice Ms. Spider dyed part of her web purple. Very talented:)
ReplyDeleteSandra Cox: I suspect that the dawning sun dyed Ms Spider's creation on her behalf - but she sited it perfectly.
DeleteI was entertained by a serene and enjoyable walk through your blog. The Spider web photo is AMAZING.
ReplyDeleteKalpana: Thank you. I am awed by the architectural and construction skills of spiders.
DeleteNatures best revealed is so heartening to see, even the clouds moving in the sky reflecting in the lake are mesmerizing
ReplyDeleteSpacer Guy: I agree. I so often turn to nature, for comfort, for beauty and for heart balm.
DeleteHas sabido fotografiar bien la belleza de las flores. La tela de araña resulta bastante atractiva y la niebla transmite una atmósfera de misterio.
ReplyDeleteQue tengas un buen fin de semana.
Besos
VENTATA DE FOTO: Many thanks for you kind words. I hope your weekend is lovely.
DeleteFabulous selection of photographs showing natures beauty.
ReplyDeleteI love the beautiful flowers and the reflection shots are just wonderful.
I always think fog and mist give an atmospheric feel to the photographs.
I hope your week has been good, enjoy the weekend.
All the best Jan
Lowcarb team member ~Jan: Thank you. I am a big fan of fog and mist. It is Saturday here now I am hoping (rather a lot) that the promised rain starts to fall.
DeleteAllllll of it is stunning the but the spider web and the tree, oh boy. Stunning, truly.
ReplyDeleteThe Happy Whisk: Many thanks. I really like that tree and am always awed by spider webs. Mind you when the birds are eating the mulberries and crapping indelible purple on things my fondness fades a litte.
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