Day One Hundred & Eighty: Leaves, Leaves and more Leaves

“Sing loud for the sunshine. Pray hard for the rain.”
― Led Zeppelin

The days are going by at remarkable speed now – which never usually happens when you’re counting them down to go on holiday – but in this case it is! My blogs are less wordy, and less photo focused, I am still taking photos everyday and sharing them with you – but less time is going into it simply because I’m getting organized and ploughing ahead with the work I need to get done before I can have five glorious days off!

The five days off will be worth it – especially photographically wise. I plan to drag my friends around all the fantastic sights to see on holiday, and take lots of pictures! Sea, Sea and more Sea! On the downside it will be five days without Buddy as a fall back should it rain. But the long range forecasts are prospective – so fingers crossed!

I was coming in the gate at the side of the house today, after work, and the sun was shining down on some very green leaves covered in raindrops. The shape of the leaves and the sparkle of the sun combined to make one thought – Summer Christmas Trees!

With a little bit of purple flower just to contribute two of my favourite colours to the blog! I’m still getting to grips with the new camera – I’m no longer shooting in RAW and despite applying the settings, it will only take JPEG. So there’s little room for manipulation after an image is taken – which is actually suiting me fine. I’m learning to accept my photos as they are – and wow the noise reduction definitely makes a huge difference.