The ever inspiring (and lovely) Susannah has had a super brainwave and I think we should all join in.

Intriged? It’s ‘The August Break 2010′. This doesn’t mean there won’t be anything to see here, in fact there will be lots – a photo every day (hopefully)!

The idea is that we all deserve a break from thinking of words to write over the summer, just add a photo as often as you like through the month and we’ll see how all our Augusts look. No rules, none at all, so any sort of camera (I have a cool new camera app on my phone to try out), words or no words, 5 times a day or just once a fortnight – you’re the boss!

Read all about it and add yourself to the blogroll over on Susannah’s blog.

There’s also a flickr group.

Canon 5D MKII + 85mm f/1.8 lens

I know it’s not August yet but here’s my photo for today. No words. (Apart from these ones). Are you going to play along too?

July is such a wonderful month in the garden – a time to sit back at watch it all flourish – except you don’t get much of a chance because it all needs picking and eating (or plonking into jars).

I’m having a hard job keeping up with the sweet peas, this is about my tenth pickle-jar packed full of highly scented blooms and there’s no sign of this single, little, magical wigwam stopping production any time soon!

The tomatoes are preparing to go equally crazy – and I can’t wait! We’ve got all manner of varieties to chomp on any day now. Waiting. Waiting…

 

As well as the aubergines, courgettes, peppers, chillies, blueberries, rhubarb and broccoli there are the two ancient apple trees to look forward to – one of which is getting impatient and plopping little reminders inches from my head whenever I walk underneath it, just to keep me on my toes.

Photos taken with Canon 5D MKII and 85mm f/1.8 lens

I finished work yesterday and took a diversion on my necessary journey into town to visit the rose gardens in the park.

Canon 5D MkII + 85mm f/1.8 lens + some ‘photoshopping’

Wow, is all I can say. It’s the perfect time to visit – there are hundresds of roses, all in bloom and looking and smelling heavenly. No wonder humans are intoxicated with rose-smelling things – I want to buy some rose perfume now, the smell makes me happy.

It’s also the perfect place to experiment with your cameras although you need to be careful you don’t go too mad using up all that precious, precious Polaroid film.

Polaroid SX-70 + 600 film + ND filter

I have a freaky looking lens called a ‘Lensbaby 3G‘ which you squeeze and angle to take your shots and it blurs and focuses in all sorts of unexpected ways. I found it really hard to use with my old camera, and I am thinking this may have been down to it having a cropped sensor because it’s about 100 times easier and more effective on the new, full-framed superstar camera.

Canon 5D MkII + Lensbaby 3G