UP CLOSE n PURRRSONAL

PEOPLE ... followed by MY BELOVED BEASTIES including ONE QUITE PUNCH DRUNK POLINATOR and an ARMOUR PLATED BUGGLY  


It was the yearly festival in the local village today.

On the way there, I stopped off for coffee and to snap a few shots, in the even more local village.




I love to watch these peaceful locals, sit around, discussing the price of a chicken egg or two...




just relaxing watching the world go by




making the most of the beautiful weather




sitting amongst the glorious trees




sharing a good story or ten




and as you will see from a closer view of this little line up of local men......




they do enjoy a jolly good joke around!




BUT.... where's all the village birds you may ask?

HEY! DID THE ANGLACHANKA JEST CALL US A COUPLE O OLD BIRDS?

so, seeing as last year I bought you all the photos of the actual festival, the funfair and all the hoards of people there...

this year i thort i may show you something entirely different...




so.... dont ask for whom that bludy noisy bell tolls.....

cos these were so gloriously beautiful bells, i was almost tempted to buy one as the door bell for me little barn up top...




however...

i couldnt decide until i saw the price... then i decided... and came away quietly much to the delite of me 'secretary'!  




but.... take a close up long gaze at the bells in this photo... the only one moving was the mountains... yup the earth really was moving today... the peaceful rose valley was as still as a ... urm, it was still!

OK back to some close up n purrrrsonal shots!

Today I also visited me little plot o trees down by the riverside... i wished to check it was still there and give me latest toy a run for its money...






yes indeedy all trees were present and correct... although a heck of a lot bushier and taller than i remember them... hope i aint shrunk  

there were some really wild red berries, some sweet blue berries amongst me little herd of oaks ...




and one really glorious flower thing!

i must say lutty nutts you do take a good photo

oh thank u... now lets see how long it takes me to wear out this latest toy eh!  

you can see why i jest couldn't be without a jolly good camera in my life eh!

two vital things... internet and camera ... and im sorted  


p.s. these shots have all been optimised for the web and are only in MEDIUM quality! the originals are really superb!

how about a butterfly action shot?

there are many of these teeny blue'ish lilac butterflies, catching a standing still photo always proves a tad of a task!

however... check out the first close shot here... it was taken from around 10 meters away ... can you see the BATy look on its face?

me new toy can take some pretty good photos, it can zoom in and macro meaning i dont always disturb the subject...

taken with the Panasonic Lumix with Leica Lens!

oops sorry and here's the butterfly standing still for a photoshoot!  

here was lookin at me kid  

... that was jest before i got the message to buzz orf

so i buzzed... not

As always superb,and gratefully received-now if i can just pry my daughter away from the multiple distractions that life in london appears to offer,perhaps,just perhaps,i can begin to introduce her,with your able assistance of course,to some of the true marvells of nature.Bulgaria reminds me of something i had as a child,something i want my child to have,and something sadly,that wont last forever-today is yesterdays tomorrow.

hmmm thats sum almighty job you got on yur to do list eh!

i purrrsonally believe that we either have a love o nature and the yesterday era's ... or we're londonders!

however i am a reformed londoner who happened to always have a love of the smell o horse shit ... however instead im knee deep in cow shit rite now

so ... can i offer a doting dad any purrrrsonal advice?

yeah... run! fast!   

Muchass,grassyass!
Sum total of my otherglish,and on that jabberish i shall henceforth desist,until another time fair maiden,may your jabbers always jibber!
                                         Jd.

Shit i am so sorry-the bells(the bells),never mind me,so,do you have a hunch?

a local bird! again this is with me latest toy and in Auto Intelligent mode it really does take a jolly good snapshot and intelligently knows what i wished to focus on!

bzzzzz off... im pollinating  

boy was that a popular flower today!

meanwhile... down by the little puddle o water... i went to check what was going on... and found some pretty happy looking bull frogs!

''okies... how many fingers am i holding up ...''

''which way to the dentist?''

BLEH!

eye eye oh eye so luv these little critters, so full o character!  

close yur eyes kids... dragonflys in the making  

oh thank ... for that... mrs dragonfly finally settled down!  

oh so sorry to repeat ere, but im chuffed! at the beauty of a dragonfly

ok home run... off to be fed by someone who knows how to cook  

oooops i made the mistake o asking wot was for dinner!  

chow!

eee by gum your funny today ,

oh i so luv me new toy, makes me look like i can take a photo eh!  

howevers, im real chuffed with mrs dragonfly!

those full of ... character... bull frogs usually stay mainly in the, urm, pond place, howevers, the ocassional silly one prefurrrrs me muts water bowl over ere for some R + R ... the kitties last night were taunting one, all i heard was eeeek eeeek, eeek eeeek, i thort they had a mouse in the house for a change!

unceremoniously i picked up the petrified frog and lobbed it out the only window the kittens couldnt get out of!

wasn't there this morning, so either it became frogs legs a la'carte or made a quik sharp harp!

THANKS FOR THE GREAT PICS AND BY THE WAY........

two vital things... internet and camera ... and im sorted

YOU FORGOT THE COFFEE AND FAGS...LOL  

well its like the ark...

two things... internet - camera

two things... cafeine - fags

two things... muts n kitties

oh the vitals came in TWO be TWO's tara tara

and huge thanks for pointing that out new venture... wait till i sodin see u  

LOL

oh u can run but u cant hide  

oooh such a deadly site squigged onto the front of me little MG  

tyres arn't the only thing that requires balancing you know...

grabba lode of these very balanced wings!  

oyy, buzzzzz off, im realy gone

a real cutie with time on his hands to give us a wave from BG  

oh i must say, this is a real cool armour plated dude... dont u jest love him?   i do soooo hope he loves wood worms  

Flowering and lack of pollination-almost my favourite subjects! Ree-greets to all.abscence was necessary-hope you are all well,and prepared for winter-take care-

Like animals, plants must make babies. Flowering plants have spectacular sex organs: flowers! (So be careful where you put your nose). The purpose of flowers is to con some poor bird or insect to carry the pollen from one flower to another so that the plants can make babies (fruit). Unlike animals, these babies - the fruit - can be stored (in cones, where they are safe from fire and some predators) or hidden (by conning ants or rats to bury them underground), or just discarded on the ground to survive there.

theres no bird like a snow bird... yup we got snow and theres loadsa birds out there pecking away peacefully... till of course i shoot them, then they all jump outa their fur and fly off  

oops iv been spotted! im off

may i present me May shoots?  

i just wish i could get a good shot of the little birdies that swoop over often!

today there were two dancing in the skies .. alas...

this is as good as is gets  


... howevers, i am currently geting together some quite nice close ups...  

back soon  

.

oh deer, i think i went a tad overboard on me blooming close ups!  

too many and too large to put on here so...

in the bestest tradition of television, here are some i prepared earlier!  

http://suzisunflowers.net/blooming_gardens.html

plus

http://suzisunflowers.net/blooming_gardens_2.html

plus

http://suzisunflowers.net/blooming_garden_bugs.html

yes the blooming garden bugs might bring back some haunting memories  

OH and please leme know if you have any troubles viewing these blooming close up photos  

DONT SCROLL DOWN IF YUR SQUEEMISH!

you have been warned   



ooooooh wot have i been up to today!  

well after a hard mornings slog, followed by a simply superbly topless jaunt ...

i splatted a couple of flies, then watched as they were miraculously shlepped off by a herd of ants and some handsome bug with a huge greeny blue iridescent bum

and although these kinda shots are usually reserved for me http://beastsofthebalkans.com site, i jest gotta share one of them with you all and for why? ... oh cos its just sooooo grusome with all its innards hanging out

if you wanna see them all, they are here http://beastsofthebalkans.com/grusome_photos.html

and remember dont look if squeemish