Orchids

You can always tell when I don't get up to much... I use one of a number of tried and tested fall-back options for a photo.. This time, it's one of the many orchids Sangeeta has in bloom around her house. I think these were from Ikea..

Other fall-back options include The Thames or Canary Wharf...

Nothing special here, just a quick snap using the camera's flash, cropped ever so slightly and darkened a tadge in picassa.

Coincidence of the day, I had my head buried in one of the Sunday rags and was reading about Jane Austin being one of the top 10 British women of all time - I mentioned this to Sangeeta adding I pass her house on the way to my parents when she said "Oh... I'm watching Pride and Prejudice.."

Watched it for about 10 minutes but there's no way I want to sit here any longer waiting to see Mr D'Arcy, aka Colin Firth, dripping wet walking out of a pond!! I leave that image to the ladies out there.... :-)

[Annie Charalambous]

Very pretty :)

[Lesley Barber]

Still utterly beautiful!

[Cindy Bryant]

ha i know what you mean....still a nice pic tho

[Darrell Soper]

I love your fall back pics! Walking around my garden looking for that shot is fun and relaxing.

[Eleanor Muller]

But imagine the lovely picture it will make ... Mr Heath, I mean :)

[Lori Rompolski]

a fave....just love this

[Madeline Fontenot]

WOW...very beautiful.

[Joe Ciras]

I watch that P&P with my wife often, we have it on DVD.

[bernadette mcelligott]

I love that film but the old b/w, I think it has laurence olivier in it. Great photo, beautiful flowers btw

[Susan]

Lovely orchids. Where's you sense of romance? ;)

[Della]

I love that movie :) pretty picture! :)

[Constance Brinkley]

Your write up made me laugh. Nice shot of these orchids. Like the black background.

[aikiuser (jenn)]

LOL--great shot and story!

[Graham Harcombe]

Ahhh... an orchid sort of day :-D

Nice one Andy.

[Marinade Spatula]

D'arcy can come drip over me any time LOL. But it's the beautiful orchid that we're here to talk about - love it.

[andy c]

@miranda saucy :-)

[oselleso]

Simply magnificent!

[Andrea Freeman]

I could watch days and days of Mr. Darcy dripping wet.....ahhhhhh. Hey I think I read that same article

[andy c]

@andifree tut tut :-).... Err Mail on Sunday 'You' magazine??

[andy c]

@miranda naughty :-)

[Marinade Spatula]

@andycoleborn Nothing that exciting, just me being dense as to how it would be read - sorry. If I tried to explain what I'd meant I would dig myself into a deeper hole! Oh well!