Day 229: All you need are Strawbs!

“Soon to come in licorice, orange, cinnamon, and banana, but not strawberry, because I hate strawberries.”
― Terry Pratchett

The quote today was the first one that I came across in my keyword search for Strawberry quotes and it seemed quite fitting since I watched the book inspired film only last night, which it came from. Whilst minimal effort went into today’s shots, I did get a moment to edit some from a few days ago as well – sunsets that I just hadn’t got off the camera yet.

For my background I made use of the paper brought last weekend. It’s pretty and goes well with just about anything, I can tell I’m going to get great use out of it. The only issue was the the strawberries were quite…old..and don’t look their best!

As for the shots I forgot about until today – I’ll share them at the bottom of this blog entry. On Sunday evening I headed up Danebury ring with Buddy and my Parents for a quick wander before the Olympics Closing Ceremony. The sunset up there was beautiful and I took only my camera (none of the bag and lens plus attachments e.t.c) and it was quite liberating to not be swapping lens’s all the time!

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Day 216: Beauty in Decay

“There can be no true beauty without decay.”
– Bruce Robinson –

My most popular post to date was Who Will Stop The Rain and at the time I thought nothing of it, having spent a mere five minutes taking the photos and only slightly more putting the blog content together.

However since then, I’ve seen the very same flowers every single day outside of the window (they’re much taller now!) and have noticed the changes. Whilst the rain brought the vibrancy and colours of the flowers out, it has persisted most days since and has almost finished off the delicate petals.

So this is a slight revisit, to see the contrast and the change in just about a month or so. Pus I really like the quote, which is usually likened to urban exploration and the beauty in decay slogan that has fast become the urban explorers creed. In truth though, it fits with anything and everything. It is rarely possible to find true beauty without decay.

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