Lovely time and we enjoyed ourselves and the break, which we needed. In Tenby/Criccieth /Llandudno terms, I guess Llandudo would be number three, but still a great place. The journeys in both directions were good fun because of the snow covered hills and the hotel was excellent for food. Our sea-view room was well worth the 'couple of bob' extra and the lift was around 4yards from our door. On the Thursday we got as far as the Pier and just a little way up Great Orme which is where Picture 1 was taken from. I particularly liked the smoke leading the eye up to the sunlit snow on the peak and also the three little clouds which seem to crown three separate mountain tops.
Picture 2 was taken by Y on the Casio, when we went to Llangollen via Horseshoe Pass and it beautifully demonstrates the sun on the roadside snow.I love my Nikon dearly, but when you see a picture like this, you realise what a cracking little camera the Casio still is. Mind you, it is all down to the photographer. Y insists she only ever points & shoots but....... I know I am a sucker for strong diagonals and I love the way there is just enough road to lead your eye up the picture and start you off round the bend.
Both pictures will reveal more if clicked on and looked at abit bigger.
A fairly short blog today because I have lots of messing-about to do. Pictures to sort, e-mails to answer, news to be caught up on . We went over to TJ's this morning because a niece is over, with young children, and they are all going over to Burton Joyce for tea - so I bailed out at a suitable juncture and left Y to hold the fort and have a sleep-over.
Nice to be 'broadcasting' again - the generators started at first swing and the aerials had survived the high winds. Alex has semi-fixed the fence while we have been away, to a respectable state to satisfy neighbours. And he aims to fix it properly during this coming week.
Y's MP3 was a great success while we were away. Out of at least a dozen CDs the only failure, which never shows up in the randomised selection, is Don Williams. But I shall fix it.!!
Welcome back.
ReplyDeleteTwo good looking pictures, capturing the essence of the moment.
I’d say the first has a decidedly ‘painterly’ look to it with the flat receding planes.
In fact, rather like stage (or Hitchcock film) scenery, with flats arranged one behind the other. I assume you didn’t work on it like crazy to create such apparent artificiality from reality?
”Nice to be 'broadcasting' again”, you say, “the generators started at first swing” ?? What generators? I thought you had a mains supply?
Welcome home - pleased to hear all went well. Isn't Llandudno the place where there is a statue to Alice in Wonderland or Lewis Caroll on the front? Can't remember which one, nor can I remember the Llandudno connection.
ReplyDeleteThe first photo could be Switzerland....lovely.