rainbow-world

These horse chestnut leaves were so new, they were still a little moist.  It was a raw cold April morning when this photograph was taken, with left-over snow lying about in patches.  It felt as if the earth had been thoroughly rinsed.  I loved the way the leaf ‘hands’ were still hanging down, in clusters of [...]

Yellow.  Apparently it’s the first colour a newborn baby can recognise.  It speaks to me of straightforward happiness, and joy. These flowers were growing in the walled garden at Carisbrooke Castle, on the Isle of Wight.  It was one of those bright, sunny days, with big contrasts between light and shade.  As we sat drinking [...]

I took this photo on the Isle of Wight, at Ventnor Botanic Gardens, captivated by this flower’s near perfect shape and the fact it was bright orange.  Though it’s probably at the more tasteful end of the orange spectrum!  For me, this flower has a half-shy, half-open look.  The petals at the centre form a tight [...]

  Well, it’s my first ‘rainbow-world’ post, and of course that means the colour theme is red! What does a red rose speak of?  To me, it speaks of love and passionate commitment.  (I’ve got a dried-up red rose on  my windowsill [pictured], that I received at a church event where all the women attending [...]