Paula

Multiple exposures taken in the gardens at the Hepworth Gallery in Wakefield.

We had a day out and visited Cannon Hall near Barnsley in order to see the IGPOTY open air exhibition. Lily Pond in the Rain was one image that I took in the gardens at the hall.

I was recently made an offer by SAAL to produce a coffee table book of some of my images. This was in the form of a voucher for £100 and I decided to make a book of my favourite photos from our most recent visit to Harris and Lewis. I have made books before with

Spotted a fresh wisteria tendril through the bathroom window this morning. Could’t resist jiggling (technical term) the phone camera for an ICM shot as well.

I have added images from Harris and Lewis to a new gallery on the galleries page.

I felt the need to post something soft and gentle today.

We recently spent a day in the Peak District on a workshop led by Chris Upton. We couldn’t have chosen a better day as the rest of the week was rather stormy. The evening light shortly before sunset was glorious.

Photographed at Helmsley Walled Garden today. This is a reminder for me to buy some seed of this annual to grow next spring.

It is so cold and damp here today that it feels as if autumn has arrived early. We have a really nice patch of poppies that have grown since we chopped back our weeping hollies. I guess they grew because the ground was disturbed when we took all the weeds out that had been hidden