METALLICA

METALLICA is the theme this week for Carmi's Thematic Challenge so I dug out some photos of various metals.




This is a pile of stacked chairs at Tittesworth Reservoir Visitor Centre, in Staffordshire. The chairs were not actually very well stacked, and the next person to take one had the whole lot tumbling down!




These unused sunbeds were firmly tied down when we crossed the Arctic Sea on our way to Svarlbad. Boy, was it rough! But seeing as how it was the Arctic, the sunbeds were definitely not used!




Security can be good-looking! This is the grille across the door to the Storage and staff shed at South Park, in Macclesfield, (Cheshire - not the one in the US!)

EDIBLE

Carmi's Thematic Challenge this week is EDIBLE. You can see lots of yummy photographs here but these are my contributions to the table.



We eat a lot of fruit, and I love red grapes.........




........and nectarines and plums.




I don't do much baking as there are only two of us, and one is diabetic, but I did make a pineapple upside down cake for a special occasion. Hadn't made one in years, so it won't win any prizes. But it tasted good!

TRIANGLES

Carmi's Challenge this week is TRIANGLES. Go over there and see his fantastic picture of a roof!




My first offering is the growing tip of a young monkey puzzle tree, in black and white, for a change. We bought it in a small pot, and luckily it is growing very slowly, as they do, apparently, as I really do not want a large Monkey Puzzle Tree in my garden!




The cranes at Zeebrugge, one of the biggest container ports in Europe, made an interesting pattern.




And lastly - I can do roofs too! These are at Tromso, in Norway,. Way, way above the Arctic Circle, it is a lovely town, with interesting museums and friendly people. They do good coffee, too! I would love to go back there.

SIGNS OF AUTUMN

Carmi's Challenge this week is SIGNS OF AUTUMN. I can't compete with the wonderful colours in North America, and our trees haven't started to colour up yet, but we do have BERRIES!



Chinese Rowan berries in our garden. I found this tree as a seedling, and it is now about 15 feet high and flourishing.




Cotoneaster horizontalis - also in our garden




Another sort of Cotoneaster.




Hypericum - our garden as well!



Ripening crab apples in the park behind our house. When they fall, the Blackbirds love them.




This is one I took earlier - last year in fact. A Hazel tree in the park




And lastly, we've had very high winds lately, and a lot of leaves are falling without going a decent colour, just brown, so we have plenty of these!

THE DEVIL IS IN THE DETAIL..........

Carmi's Challenge this week in DETAILS.

I thought this feather was so delicate for something that does so much work!




My eye was caught by these flies sunning themselves on the trunk of an oak tree.





Don't know what sort of a car it was, but it was old, classy, and waiting for a bride to emerge!





Plastic baskets stacked outside a shop






Cooking Bolognese sauce in my kitchen - glass lids are so interesting!

VEGETABLES

Carmi's Thematic Challenge this week is VEGETABLES. Thought I'd start with some really colourful ones, so here are carrots.....




..........and radishes. Yes, you've seen them before under "RED" but I thought they were yummy enough to include again!




Then leeks - one of my favourites, just wilted in butter so they keep lovely and green.




And broccoli - can't understand why people don't like it. I think its really great. But you mustn't overcook it.




And last of all, Savoy cabbage. The dark green leaves are very good for you, full of minerals as well as vitamins, so I shred them very finely, (trying not to include finger) and cook them very briefly, along with the rest of the cabbage, shredded, in the minimum of water for the minimum of time. And with a knob of butter on top!

I'm not a vegetarian, but I do love vegetables. All of them. Except beetroot.

LIGHT

Carmi's Challenge this week is LIGHT

So I took my camera out this morning and came up with the sun on the ruffled waters of the lake in the park.




Then I noticed the sun shining through my big green glass ball, so to make it different, I placed the ball on top of a textured sort of tiled topped table (if you see what I mean!) The rays through the ball made an interesting pattern.




And lastly, from my files, I remembered this one of tulip leaves, which in black and white gives them a whole new life.



Now I will keep my eyes open for some more interpretations of "Light".