Sensational suburbia by judithg

Sensational suburbia

Monty and I had an entertaining walk around the local neighbourhood with Rebecca and Gloria at lunchtime. These trees practically bent over and smacked me round the head shouting, 'Photograph!' Rebecca held on to Monty while I got the camera out and tried to wave it around in time with the vigorously swaying branches. I've no idea what variety this is but if the old adage about good berries meaning a bad winter is true we are in for trouble (the scientific part of me says it must be much more to do with the previous spring). The birds are out in force in the street trees feasting on the red berries and crab apples which hopefully explains why there are none in my garden.
I have spent the afternoon making a pair of curtains - only about three miles of hand hemming to do now...
Three GT
1. I'm too tired to work out the hemming tonight so time to comment on 365 instead.
2. A beautiful blue sky after yesterday's hideousness - and apocaplytic snow hasn't arrived yet (does the apocalypse involve snow?)
3. A science program on the radio which spelled out 'RIP Fred Sanger' in DNA using the single letter code for amino acids (ie R= Arginine, I = Isoleucine, P = Proline > AGA ATC CCC etc) which got me trying to remember the single letter codes for amino acids and I haven't completely lost my marbles.
Fab contrast
November 21st, 2013  
what vibrant colours , I hope the weather is not as bad as they forecast.
November 21st, 2013  
...and Sensational suburbia it is Judith...fantastic vibrant colours...is it two plants pyracantha and virginia creeper mixed together ...or maybe it's a variety of pyracantha...anyway a fab "Sensational suburbia" image :)
November 21st, 2013  
@phil_howcroft Think it might be a type of Ash.
November 21st, 2013  
Stunning colours!
November 21st, 2013  
Fab sky and great splash of colour, lovelry berries
November 21st, 2013  
@judithg ahhh you may be right judith, though the berries are quite pyracantha...esque
November 21st, 2013  
Blimey our sky wasn't that blue! Wonderful contrasting colours and great DOF. So when is the snow?
November 21st, 2013  
Great contrast between sky and tree.
November 21st, 2013  
Lovely color!
November 21st, 2013  
wow such vibrant colours ,its a fav
November 21st, 2013  
@jennywren evening Jen - how are you?
November 21st, 2013  
Wow - that's pretty impressive! Love the dark branches on it too. I've just listened to that programme too - are you a geneticist then? I remember you saying in an earlier post that he was a leader in your field.
November 21st, 2013  
@taz_o I did molecular biology/protein engineering in my past life - Fred Sanger's work was pretty essential for that.
November 21st, 2013  
@judithg sounds interesting - my dad was a biochemist and did some work on protein engineering early on in his career
November 21st, 2013  
@taz_o cool - where was that?
November 21st, 2013  
@judithg the AFRC at Sussex I think.
November 21st, 2013  
@judithg Sussex University that is - the unit later merged with the John Innes Institute in Norwich
November 21st, 2013  
Wonderful colors and detail. Super nice comp!
November 21st, 2013  
@taz_o Oh yes - we had some good collaborations there and the Institute of Food Research did great cakes!
November 21st, 2013  
@judithg ooh - he kept the cakes quiet from us!
November 21st, 2013  
Beautiful bright shot with great contrast between blue and orange.
November 21st, 2013  
Beautiful colour & those berries a real bonus...I didn't see them until I looked large. Monty looked a great help in making curtains , you will both sleep tonight!!
November 21st, 2013  
Wow, that's pretty gorgeous, especially against that blue sky. We had rain and gloom all day :( I was listening to a radio programme about your Mr Sanger today - seems he was a jolly clever chap. You unfortunately lost me half way through the 3rd GT!
November 21st, 2013  
Stunning doesn't even begin to describe these colors!!! Thanks for sharing...we are all drab brown here now.
November 21st, 2013  
Gorgeous color and berries and yikes...miles of hemming...maybe fraying would be better?
November 22nd, 2013  
Wonderful colours and textures.
November 22nd, 2013  
Glorious! Love how those gorgeous leaves and berries pop against the blue sky! : )
November 22nd, 2013  
Beautiful combination of colors.
November 22nd, 2013  
Gorgeous color contrasts!
November 22nd, 2013  
Those colours are enough to smack you senseless ;). Absolutely marvellous!
November 22nd, 2013  
Fantastic effect with the red against the blue - very nice
November 22nd, 2013  
@judithg Hi Judith, so kind of you to ask. This left hand hasn't gone quite so smoothly as the right one. It's 3 weeks now so should be moving on and using more properly although lightly. Generally the wound site is ok and healing. However it can take up to 3 months to get movement and grip better and actually about a year for the hand to really be stronger. I can't hold my camera properly and even using iPad and just tapping hurts fingers, so it's a slow job with one hand. Have some arthritis I think in the thumb joint and think that got pulled about in op, so whole hand is not quite so good. It's just a time thing. It's nice to look at people shots even if not commenting. Your recent dog shot with shawl just so made me laugh! She looked so cute. You have a very busy life, I am amazed that you fit 365 in, although when you are out and about shots do sometimes present themselves more. I always enjoy your 3 things. Maybe in the
spring if I am coming into Cambridge we could get to say hello somewhere central. Bye for now.
November 22nd, 2013  
Wonderful bright colors. I love the contrast.
November 22nd, 2013  
Lovely vibrant colours and I'm trying to ignore the long-term weather forecast I read on aol yesterday.
November 22nd, 2013  
Wow - fabulous contrasting and strong colours
November 22nd, 2013  
@jennywren Oh it sounds very frustrating. Do say if you're coming to Cambridge - would be lovely to have a coffee.
November 22nd, 2013  
@judithg Many thanks, will certainly let you know, be great to meet.
November 22nd, 2013  
Glorious colours :)
November 24th, 2013  
Stunning colour!
December 6th, 2013  
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