Keith Burton's photos

I spotted this box of wool on a shelf in an arts and crafts shop........and the lady in the shop kindly let me take a quick photo. I have family coming to visit tomorrow for a short (3 day) visit before Christmas, so I may not be around much on Ipernity.

A strange choice of subject I can almost hear you saying..........but I found these in a charity shop and liked the shapes and colours. I'm pretty sure these would have been part of something used to tie back curtains either side of a window. What you see in the photo is around one and half times life-size. Now that I've photographed them, they will be hung on the Xmas tree!

Taken back in the summer months in a small. nature reserve in Emsworh, Hampshire. I'm fairly certain there was a snail inside the shell, as it didn't fall off when a gave the leaf a gentle shake.

Sedum (aka Stonecrop). Great plants for ground cover. Taken in my garden back in September.

There are two more images in the PiPs if you care to look. These were all taken at around 9am this morning, which was the first day for about a week where we haven't woken up to heavy clouds or rain. Such a pleasure to see. All three shots were taken through the upstairs windows of my house, which is the only place I can get photos without showing all the houses. cars, lamp posts etc in the road. Ipernity seems to be behaving itself today (so far). I hope you all have a lovely weekend.

I'm pretty sure this is a lump of quartz, but if you know better I'd be grateful if you would let me know. It's 5:45 pm now and I've spent the last 50 mins trying to upload this image and comment on other peoples images (I've managed about 4)! I'm giving up for tonight and will probably try again tomorrow.........I have better things to do with my time. IP has been getting slower and slower of late and it's getting quite tiresome..!!

We're having a bit of clear out ready for Xmas and I found this bit of Iron Pyrite in a drawer. I can't remember where it came from, but I did think it was quite photogenic. I hope you'll agree!

Taken in one of the public gardens in Southsea way back in the summer..!!

I bought some fennel this morning from the shop and we already had some fennel seeds in the cupboard. So I thought I'd combine the two for this shot. Better viewed large IMHO. I hope you've all had a good start to the week!

The tree these came from is in my neighbours garden and has started to overhang my fence. Today we spent an hour or so trimming it back and I decided to keep this bit for a photograph.

It's been hammering down with rain all day.........so decided to have a play indoors! Trying to catch them all in the cup was impossible ;-))

On the small Twisted Hazel tree in my garden.

Taken in my garden yesterday. Since I last photographed this plant towards the end of September, the leaves have put on their autumn coats of red and yellow, and there are still some red berries hanging on.

A dead leaf lying on a paving stone in my back garden. Taken today after a morning of heavy rain.

A view along the beach at Littlehampton taken from the pier on a lovely sunny day back in September. This is in 16:9 format, so probably best viewed large.

Taken during a walk about a month ago. Better viewed large IMHO.

I spotted this Holly Tree in the garden of a tree near where I live and was able to grab a shot over the fence.

I thought it was about time I posted a few more pieces of street art that I have "collected", whilst wandering around Portsmouth. This piece is by my favourite street artist. There are 3 more images in the PiPs, each one shows the artists name on the artwork. Thanks for looking and enjoy the remains of your weekend :-)