HI FOLKS! I haven’t been able to go out and about taking photos for a wee while but I have put this image in the FineArtAmerica TV Contest. We are allowed votes from outside of FAA. I need 250 votes to get to the next round so would really appreciate if you could vote for my image. I thank you in advance .
The link to vote on the image is below.
http://fineartamerica.com/contests/national-tv-photo-contest-2.html?tab=vote&artworkid=7162059
It was a cold but lovely day today and good for practicing with my camera. Gave this local scene some HDR treatment.
Have now received my Canon 60D and every setting requires another look at the manual for the umpteenth time. Still, I’ll get there eventually. This is one of the local Scalloway Castle with enhancement.
I’m lost without my camera
It succumbed to spots and dust.
It’s gone to Fuji hospital
As cleaning is a must.
On its return, my daughter
Its new owner she will be.
As I await the firing
Of a Canon 60D.
The waiting time seems endless
Though I know it’s only days.
And my hands hold only memories
Of a camera and its ways.
The two words ‘Anne’ and ‘patience’
Do not go hand in glove.
But a girl without her camera
Is like a kiss without the love.
I have just found many posts from the lovely bloggers I follow in my spam folder. I have no idea how this happened and I was thinking that things had become a little quiet in the blogging arena. I will check my spam folder from now on and if it continues I will have to look into it. Now, I’m just off to see what delights are in the 45 missing blog posts. 
I took some shots of broken windows on a small motor boat that was tied up at the local town waterfront. I added some colour and that is about as artistic as I get. LOL!
Raindrops on beautifully red tulips. One of my favourite flowers.
Ode To Hope – a poem by James Beattie.
