Inspired....

by a drawing in an old diary calendar. I had the hydrangeas and some fruit so set it up. The original just had apples.

It wasn't till I had uploaded it and finished it that I noticed it wasn't perfect!

Three good things;
1. John got his lost hearing aid back! Some passerby in town picked it up, took to a local audio clinic who knew who made it, a firm in Auckland and rang them. They asked for the registration number and knew that it had been sent to a Hearing Clinic in Dunedin. They were rung, found out who had had it fitted, rang the Auckland place who then rang our local audio place who then rang John! Heavens to Betsy, people are wonderful!
2. Got two new duvet covers for the spare room beds. They have spent 4 years with none.
3. Incredible company I keep in 365 - nearly all my friends who had amazing pictures on TT!
4. Cut John's hair and was rewarded with a long black and a savoury muffin in one of our many cool coffee bars!

[Kerri]

Awesome shot

[Mark Prince]

Looking like you had a fruitful afternoon. Lovely and bright.

[KWind]

Wonderful... I like the different colours and textures.

[Rosie Kind]

this is lovely

[Vanesa Podreka]

I love this flowers.

[Molly]

I really like this - the mix of fruit and flowers and colour. Fav.

[bkb in the city]

Very nice piece of art

[Pat Knowles]

Well it looks perfect to me maggiemae.....It stood out a mile when I scrolled down!
Great detective work with the hearing aid.......I wonder if that would happen if I lost one of mine? Bet you were glad he got it back! I have mine through the NHS free but I notice in the instructions if I loose them I have to pay £100 to replace the ! Fair enough I suppose....I was worried yesterday trying on that I didn't knock them out of my ears.
Wonderful TGT today!

[Bep]

I agree with Pat. Enjoyed it!

[Maggiemae]

@happypat One of the leaves has a large bite taken out of it! Must be that dreaded giant leaf biter!

[Judith Greenwood]

We'll I would never have spotted the leaf! That's an amazing story about the hearing aid.

[julia]

Well done to the hearing aid pep's ... a lot more helpful than the lady in the butchery dept in the Supermarket yesterday...

[Maggiemae]

@julzmaioro Oh? Did she clout you with her meat axe?

[Beryl Lloyd]

Love it Maggiemae -- A lovely artistic still life and if there is a hole in the leaf what does it matter it is a composed Still Life for photography and not a floral arrangement composition ! Love the bloom on the peach next to the glossy apple .
What a great story re John's hearing aid !Glad it all turned out well !

[Judith Johnson]

Quite a still life that! What amazing colours - so vibrant and cheerful.

[Corrie]

Beautiful comp!!

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely comp and capture

[Dee L.]

Absolutely beautiful composition!

[Phil Cameron]

That's really nice and colourful FAV
They were good folk and determined

[👑 AnaZad]

Beautiful composition, lovely colors, cheerful capture. FAV.

[Margo]

Beautifully arranged. Why don't you paint it!!!

[Holly]

Very cool coloring! I like your edit.

[Maggiemae]

@hollymays Its much easier to turn it into a painting, Margo! Might see what its like now!

[Ann H. LeFevre]

Very nice- it does remind me of an old painting style.

[Cathie]

wonderful rich colors.

[Linda H.Y. Hegland]

Very nice still life

[katy]

It looks perfect to me! What in the world could be wrong with it?

Your three good things all sound fabulous!

[Gena Pegg]

Beautiful colors and light. Doesn't have to perfect...but it IS lovely!!

[Maggiemae]

@eyesmile There is one leaf with a great big bite out of it, Katy! Must have been a snail somewhere!

[Maggiemae]

@beryl I don't think it matters at all Beryl! I'm not after perfection. Just creation!

[Mary Downing Hahn]

Lovely soft color,interesting combination of fruit and flowers.

[Maggiemae]

@catwoman2 Thanks Mary - I wouldn't have thought of putting them together if I hadnt seen something similar in that diary!

[Steve]

I love the colors in this shot and your composition is excellent. fav

[Keri]

I really like the yellow against the softer pinks and blues of the hydrangeas

[belinda]

Beautiful composition and colours.

[Zdenka]

Amazing composition :)

[Joyce]

Wow. This is a great idea and a super picture. It doesn't mater about the leaf that's the way it was.

[James_Nicholas]

Wow, very nice, Happy valentines day!

[Elisabeth Sæter]

Very nice

[Claire]

So very pretty

[*lynn]

such pretty colors

[Gillian]

Fabulous composition. That's quite a story about the lost hearing aid! I'm sure John is pleased to have it back!

[Daisy Miller]

Lovely still life shot

[Stephanie Swift]

Looks beautifully set up to me Maggie, and a lovely capture too. It's amazing how wonderful people can sometimes be, as with John's hearing aid.

[Carole Imes]

Well, to me it is perfect and a fav!! A beautiful still life of rich colors and I'm loving the dark background. I always enjoy your "good things" BTW.

[Taffy]

Looks pretty perfect...and I loved the story of the return of the hearing aid. Nice to know there are people who will go to that kind of trouble to do the right thing.

[Osia Strasner]

Beautiful, vibrant, cheerful composition with the flowers and the fruit! And, what a story to go with it regarding the hearing aid!! That is really amazing!! We are still hoping that somehow, somewhere my husband's iphone, and our missing ipad get returned, but I think deep down inside we have given up on those!

[Jen Hudson]

This has made a lovely still life. I didn't notice the bitten leaf until you said.

[Rick Schies]

A wonderful fresh looking set-up

[Bev]

Nice shot, Maggie. What's not perfect about it? I like it. I counted 4 things. That's awesome John got his hearing aid back!

[Maggiemae]

@prttblues One of the leaves has a giant bite out of it! Nobody's perfect and certainly not nature!

[Sarah Munnings]

nice shot, the set up must have taken a while

[Maggiemae]

@pixiemac Well, it did, Sarah - the lemon kept rolling out and upsetting the other fruit!

[Darlene]

You did a great job on this shot, Maggiemae. It is perfect. So glad about John's hearing aid and how wonderful people were to get it back to the owner. They are not cheap so I know greatly appreciated. Sounds like such a wonderful day. FAV