Sunday, July 31, 2016

Photographers choice - monthly blogging challenge

End of the month and time for the Monthly photo blogging challenge with this month's theme being photographer's choice. What to choose - my first thought was take photos of my favourite things, Ken, Cookie, Muffin, Bramble, and cake, but as they all feature in a lot of my blogs anyway I thought that might be a bit predictable. It took me a while to decide what my choice was until we went past the below place with a Tardis in the backyard and that's when I decided to take pictures of the quirky things people have in their yards.

1. A home in Tayvallich, on the west coast of Scotland, where the doctor seems to have stopped for a visit or to get his home/transport fixed as it looked a bit rough around the edges. Makes me wonder why they have a Tardis there - maybe it was for a birthday party or just as a present for someone. For anyone who isn't a Dr Who fan (I'm not really but I have to admit that I loved it when David Tennant was the doctor as he is adorable) Tardis stand for: Time and relative dimensions in space - that will be useful if it ever comes up in a quiz.


2. This is a yard we go past regularly, just outside Nairn, two old cars slowly being taken over by nature to the point that they almost look beautiful (I'm sure my beloved thinks they are things of beauty just because they are cars). Once all the wild flowers and grass die down come Autumn then they'll just look scrappy again.


3 & 4. These two creatures are in a yard we go past on the way home from work near Culloden battlefield. The whole yard is lovely and I love the quirkiness of these creations that are scattered throughout the garden. The first one is obviously a viking and there are animal skulls scattered around him. The second is just a very happy chappy with his big toothy grin. 



5. The final oddity is in our Landlords yard which means it's in our yard, and it's a modern standing stone circle. Maybe hundreds of years in the future archeologists will find this circle and be able to tell things about us by the stones. Perhaps I should bury something near one of the stones so that they can speak knowledgeably about our way of living.


That's it, my five pictures that show the quirky and odd things that people have in their yards. Why don't you pop over to P J's blog and see what my fellow bloggers have come up with - click HERE to see.

Until next time, be good, stay safe, and take note of what interesting things people near you have in their yards.

Pamela & Ken
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P.S: Cheating slightly I know but I have to include at least one of my five favourite things and I've chosen Muffin as she's not been well.


22 comments:

  1. You have done a photo for just about everything I love taking photos of! First of all the Tardis is awesome. And I love graveyards... I had a black cat, I love old things breaking down in fields and forests and I love cool creature things. Great job!

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    1. Thanks Katherine, glad you enjoyed it. We always point out weird things to each other so it was really nice to do a post just about them.

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  2. Hope Muffin is feeling better soon.

    Your choices are great, love the fact so much quirkiness exists.

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    1. Thanks Becky, quirkiness is what makes the world go round. Muffin being pampered and hoping she improves soon.

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  3. Great idea, things that catch your eye in people's yards! You have some Stonehenge going on in yours?!
    What is wrong with your dark chocolate muffin?

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    1. Thanks Tamara, I love that we have standing stones in our yard - I might have to dance around them on the winter solstice. Muffin has renal failure but as she's had it before we're hoping for the best.

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  4. What a great idea for a post! Love the mini Stonehenge. :)

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    1. Thanks Sue, glad you enjoyed it and I was very happy when we moved here six months ago to find the interesting feature in the yard.

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  5. Hope Muffin feels better soon :)
    I love the stone circle. It looks hauntingly beautiful. The creatures are awesome. I love seeing creative things people do in their yards.

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    1. Thanks Tina - I'm looking forward to taking pictures of the stone circle in winter when hopefully there will be snow.

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  6. very nice and creative piece of art http://goo.gl/uJbkHR

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  7. Ha ha! Smiled all the way through this one. Applause for your choice and admiration for your ability to see something interesting where others might just think "strange".

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    1. Thanks Denise, glad it made you smile. I think I find it easy to see strange things as interesting as I'm a little strange myself.

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  8. I like all your images especially the spooky graveyard and the two abandoned cars. I just love finding dereliction. Nice shots

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    1. Glad you liked it - the cars do look lovely amongst the flowers and shows how forgotten things can be a thing of beauty.

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  9. I love your idea for this challenge's theme! Well done. That photo of the cars being overtaken is really cool. I like the look of it all. Pretty neat. Nice job this month.

    And I hope your cat has been feeling better!

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    1. Thanks P.J., glad you liked it. My kitty cat is doing okay.

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  10. Gotta love yard art! Perhaps the person with the stone circle is an Outlander fan? I hope your kitty is feeling better now. She certainly is a beauty.

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    1. Thanks Lisa - you wouldn't believe how many more bits of yard art I've noticed since doing the challenge. Kitty cat is holding her own and being spoiled rotten.

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  11. This is a great post! I love that someone has a TARDIS in their yard! Hilarious! :) I've also seen cars overtaken by wildlife, and you are right, they do look amazing! I love how you ended your post with your cat Muffin. How did he get his name? He certainly doesn't look like a "muffin" to me. :)

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    1. Thanks Mandy, I'm glad you enjoyed all my oddities. We have two cats, Cookie and Muffin and I guess it's just because I'm a little food obsessed. She's a dark chocolate Muffin but usually her name is Muffin Monster.

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