Tag Archives: Photography

The River Thames flooding in Weybridge, January 9th 2024 update

Posted on January 9, 2024 by Barbara

Every so often I get a notification from WordPress that my stats are booming. I used to blog on a daily basis for a few years as I was suffering with my chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia, and struggled to do … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, Photography, Water, Weybridge, Winter | Tagged D'Oyly Carte Island, flooding, London, Photo Challenge, Photography, River Thames, Weybridge, Winter | Leave a comment

Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through My Camera’s Eyes

Posted on June 24, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is The World Through Your Eyes Last week I posted a photo that I had taken of a blue Geranium, and I mentioned that this photo was the result of a single shot not the … Continue reading →

Posted in Gardening, Photography, Summer | Tagged Bridge Camera, Californian Poppies, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Photography, Postaday, the world through your eyes, Weekly Photo Challenge | 26 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; Rainbow Colours – Shoes

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Barbara

I’ve never taken part in Cee’s photo challenge until yesterday, but the topic Rainbow Colours makes it impossible for me to not enter! Yesterday I talked about my handbag, my purse, my laptop bag, my coat, and all my clothes … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Shoes, Shoes | Tagged Abigail's Party, Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, clothing, fashion, Irregular Choice, Photography, Rainbow Colours, Shoes, style | 28 Comments

Cee’s Fun Foto Challenge; Rainbow Colours

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Barbara

I’ve never taken part in this photo challenge before, but the topic Rainbow Colours, well that’s me 🙂 My handbag, my purse, my laptop bag, my coat, all my clothes are rainbow colours, and the colour scheme in my house … Continue reading →

Posted in Egypt, Photography, Sharm El Sheikh, Travel | Tagged Cee's Fun Foto Challenge, Coral Reef, Photography, Rainbow, Rainbow Colours, Sharm El Sheikh, Thompsons, Tiran Island | 14 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Resolved

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Barbara

Why is it, that when I see the word resolve I think Vectors and Trigonometry Resolving vectors – The figure above illustrates vector resolution by components. In the first example, a boat crosses a river without compensating for the current. … Continue reading →

Posted in Janathon, Keeping Fit, Maths, Neuralgia, Photography, Physics, Science, Sinus headache, Wilson | Tagged New Years Resolution, Panasonic DMC-FZ62, Photography, Postaday, Resolved, Trigonometry, Vector Resolution, Weekly Photo Challenge | 14 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; My 2012 in Pictures

Posted on December 30, 2012 by Barbara

This week’s weekly photo challenge is to pick the best pictures from 2012 and have those pictures tell everyone about your year. I have so many… to narrow it down to a few to produce a gallery was really really … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Boats, Devon, Jewellery, London, Music, Olympics, Parakeets, Photography, Snow, Surrey Hills, Travel, Water, Wilson | Tagged Birdham Pool, Christmas Swim, Hampton Open Air Pool, Leonard Cohen, London 2012, Photography, Postaday, Snow, St Martha on The Hill, Weekly Photo Challenge | 39 Comments

River Thames in Flood, Walton-On-Thames, England

Posted on December 26, 2012 by Barbara

The Thames has been flooding for a few more days. Christmas this year has been more damp than cold. Our annual outdoor swim in Hampton Pool was interspersed with the occasional downpour, and today we just managed to get back … Continue reading →

Posted in Boats, London, Photography, Water | Tagged Floods, Janathon, Photography, Postaday, River Thames, Walton, Walton Bridge, Walton-On-Thames, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weybridge | 17 Comments

A Stunning photo of a Mallard Duck

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Barbara

I took this photo of this beautiful duck, iridescent in the morning sun as I was having a look at the progress on our new bridge at Walton on Thames As he wandered around the river bank he reminded me … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Birds, Books, Photography | Tagged Duck, Duck is Dirty, Mallard, Photography, Postaday, Satoshi Kitamura, Terns, Walton Bridge | 15 Comments

Weekly Photo Challenge; Surprise

Posted on December 21, 2012 by Barbara

Normally in the UK whatever the weather, it nearly always causes problems with rail transport. In summer when it gets too hot the points stick, in autumn heavy rain floods the line. Later in autumn leaves cause problems, and then … Continue reading →