May 2016 Scavenger Photo-hunt

May 2016 Scavenger Photo-hunt

A photo inspired by a word, words inspired by the photos - enjoy xx

Path

A favourite springtime walk of ours, 

(posted here, here and here) provided the path that I needed. 

We followed it, walking through bluebells, wood anenomes, cowslips and primroses. 

The air was so sweetly scented, we always come away feeling so positive and buoyed up!

Hairy

Our house has a sizeable population of plants,
mine tend to be tropical or subtropical and LARGE,
Eldest adores his carnivorous plants and succulents
and Youngest loves cacti and this particular cactus belongs to him.
A prickly creature with a crown of bright pink blooms that, when the afternoon sun shines,
looks to have a beautiful but bristly exterior :)

Edible

When the boys have had a day that has worn them down, 
stressed them out or they are tired or emotional -
 when asked what they would like to eat always, 
always 
always
always
ask for macaroni cheese.

Small

A tiny hover fly. 

On the whole I am not keen on flies, however -

these small black and gold

busy little flies

feast on pollen and generally fill the garden with a happy buzzing.

Poem

A few years ago, whilst out walking, we came across a little sign on a farm house wall.

Curious we went over and found a transcript of a poem - the full version is here,

written in 1818 by Betty Chester when she was just 18. 

It is a lovely heart-felt piece of writing and is really worth reading.

Hands

My wonderful, dear, precious Himself.

He'd just replaced the back half of an exhaust pipe 

and I found him extracting himself from beneath the car 

feeling quite pleased with his efforts.

Vintage

When Eldest was younger he, as part of his DofE, 
would set off on a Friday laden with tent, huge havasac and his group of friends. 
We would wave them off as they set off chatting and full of bravado. 
 We would then scoop him up on the Sunday afternoon at the end of his weekend of walking and orienteering. 
He would be tired, sweaty, smelly, dirty and ready to go home. 
After one such walk we had to collect him from the small town of Grassington 
and by happy co-incidence it was staging a roaring 40s event.
It was one glorious celebration of all vintage!

Shadows

Pan in chequer board sunshine.

View from a Window

Loch Doon Castle in Galloway Forest, the view through the window is of the loch.

My own choice

A special holiday memory, 
walking on the beach below Bamburgh, 
the fading light throws the most amazing colours on the clouds 
giving heart stopping reflections.

I hope you have enjoyed my selection, 
 don't forget that the top of this page 
are the links to the pages for Eldest and Threads through my Life's offerings for May.

1. Lovely Lady - Thread through my Life
2.  Eldest
3. Susan- Granny Smith's Quilting
4. Eileen T - In my playroom
5. Jackie - Winters End Rambler
6. Kezzie - KezzieAG
7. Julie  -Julie's Scrapbook
8. Tess - Driftwood
9. Sustainablemum
10. gz - "ook?!"
11. Ellie - This Country Girl's Journal
12. Amanda - Graham's Landing

Keep an eye out over the next few days to see how everyone's scavenger photo hunt develop :)
Now, am off to check out what you lovely lot have been up to!!