As the pumpkins grin with Harvest mischief, and the smell of gunpowder hangs in the crisp air, I have the memories of a great summer to keep me warm.
Posts Tagged With: Cleveleys Avenue Allotments
Summer Ghost
Categories: Cats, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor
Tags: Chorlton, Cleveleys Avenue Allotments, Double Exposure, Manchester, Mark Wallis, Summer, UK
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Sunflower – Digital Painting
It’s the height of summer, so let’s see some sunflowers! This is another attempt at digital painting, this time showing my source material. Below is the edited photograph which it’s based on.
And here is the crappy old iPhone picture which the whole thing sprung from. It’s a challenge to see which pictures have potential, and which ones really need deleting.
Categories: Art, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor
Tags: app, apps, Cleveleys Avenue Allotments, digital painting, flowers, iPhone, painting, Summer, sunflower, technology
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Barbecue Sunset
It’s been a while since I made a film, and this is two minutes of sun, song and sausages. The allotment is the most wonderful place to chill, although I got sunburn (in Manchester?) and lightly grilled my face while cooking al fresco. And if I say folk music, sunsets, cats and characters, all surrounded by wild flowers then you’ll know the evening ticked all my hippy boxes. Viva la vodka! Featuring Gordon Whitelock on acoustic guitar. Bliss.
Categories: Music, Photography, Random, Vibe Monitor, Video
Tags: acoustic guitar, Chorlton, Cleveleys Avenue Allotments, Folk music, iMovie, iPhone, Live Music, Manchester, Upad, vintage movie
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Hazy Shade of Summer
Little ginger cat
It’s a hazy shade of summer down on the allotment, everything’s blooming, colourful chaos. I slipped through security and wandered into the sunset, meeting a gorgeous little ginger cat who rolled around and posed for pictures. How do cats know it’s a camera? Little Ginge reminded me of the Late Great Sparky, my beloved super-sized tom cat who features elsewhere on The Vibes. The bees were buzzing in the dying rays of the sun, refusing to pose for the camera – just too plain busy! Good to see so many of them.
Chives in the sunset
Bee in a flower at sunset
A print design I made from a picture of some blue flowers
Categories: Cats, Photography, Random, Travel, Vibe Monitor
Tags: bees, Chorlton, Cleveleys Avenue Allotments, flowers, ginger, horticulture, Manchester, nature, wild
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Pimm’s on the Allotment
Oh how terribly English! This week I went back to Shaun’s allotment, which is now in full bloom. Because Brit Summer is such an unpredictable lass, the nation tends to go slightly crazy when the sun comes out, and you all know how I like my rays. I grab the beautiful details with my phone, usually at random, and record them here so you can all see how I view the world. It’s not a charmed life that I lead, so I appreciate those little glimpses of beauty – nature in full parade.
Sun behind a thistle
Shaun sowing seeds
Windmill
Reeds
Pimm’s on the allotment
Buttercup
Categories: Photography, Random, Travel, Vibe Monitor
Tags: agriculture, Chorlton, Cleveleys Avenue Allotments, flowers, iPhone, Manchester, Mark Wallis, nature, The Vibes, wild flowers
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