Shadows by maggiemae

Shadows

Just round the corner from here there is a little cottage with this shadowy path going up to it. The mailbox is always stuffed full and I wonder if anyone lives down here. Intriguing!

Three good things:
1. Finished the butterfly book - I have to look on my 365 three good things to remember what I read!
2. The most embarrassing thing - a guy came visiting John and I gave him a cup of coffee with a large biscuit on a small plate! He had a bite out of it then John came in from the back of the house and sat down! He thought we were only having 1/2 biscuit as we sometimes do, picked up this man’s 1/2 biscuit and finished it! Help ! What did that poor guy think!!
3. Changed our phone from copper to fibre and now can’t dial out. Got to be good, isn’t it?
A quite dramatic capture.
August 27th, 2015  
pretty scene.
August 27th, 2015  
Intriguing look along the path too. Love the shadows that strong sun makes. Love the biscuit story, roared with laughter and had to share with hubby who also did.
August 27th, 2015  
Ha your memory is like mine! This is a very interesting looking path, I want to see what's at the other end! The hint of white house looks beautiful....a desirable place to live! Your guest must have thought you were very tight with biscuits!
August 27th, 2015  
You have captured the mystery of the cottage perfectly. Love the bicky story.
August 27th, 2015  
@happypat I'm embarrassed to even think about it Pat. John's biscuit was in another place and he didn't see it!
August 27th, 2015  
Think of it as the shady land and maybe it might not be so sinister. I used to get tones of mail till I called the catalog companies and told them not to send any more. I like the shady/dappled light on the lave.
August 27th, 2015  
Bep
Looks a bit intriguing.
August 27th, 2015  
Beautiful light and shadowy patterns !
You should have offered John's biscuit to the man!
August 27th, 2015  
@grammyn We didn't find out what happened till he had gone, Katy!
August 27th, 2015  
@maggiemae bother! well it made a great story for 365! You have been very humerous of late! ;~}
August 27th, 2015  
@grammyn It is really great for me to have an outlet to vent my humour on!
August 27th, 2015  
intriguing! i like the shadow patterns and the point of view. seems to me a person in period costume would be coming out from there. wouldn't that be something?
August 27th, 2015  
@summerfield Yes, I could see that too - and in Oamaru where a lot of people dress up in Victorian or Edwardian costume, it could just happen!
August 27th, 2015  
Lovely shady path!! Wonderful biscuit story - I laughed out loud and my sister wondered what was happening!! I hope your visitor saw the funny side!!
August 27th, 2015  
I like your POV and the way the cottage (or visible part of it) is framed. What did your guest do when John ate his biscuit?
August 27th, 2015  
I like how the eye is drawn down the shady path to the house. My husband and I enjoyed the biscuit story too - thanks for making us laugh :)
August 27th, 2015  
Looking back Sandy, I think he missed a beat in his conversation! @skstein
August 27th, 2015  
It looks delightful to me- like there's a good story waiting at the end of the lane.

1. My daughter-in-law Becky is notoriously slow about getting the mail out of their box and it's right by the front door!
2. I can honestly say that Jeff has never eaten anything I'd set out for a guest but he does have a habit of mindlessly walking off with other people's pencils or pens.
3. Did they do that on purpose so that you couldn't call and complain about the bad service?
August 27th, 2015  
The cottage looks inviting when seen from the road with the lovely shady walk up.
enjoy reading your 3 good things everyday
number 2 made me laugh, it was just too funny.
August 27th, 2015  
This place has such a sense of mystery about it! I can see why you would be intrigued by it! There is a house like that down our block, too....I saw an elderly gentleman out at the front yard once, and now it's on the market! I am waiting to see if they will have an Open House as I am dying to see the inside, and who inhabited it! That biscuit was probably too much for that guy, anywyay....he should learn to share! ;-))
August 28th, 2015  
Wonderful light and shadow!
August 28th, 2015  
Lovely light and shadows
August 28th, 2015  
@panthora I'm the same - wanting to see inside! I saw inside a house online thatI thought was wonderful on the outside and was so disappointed! Pure 1970!
August 28th, 2015  
Such an intriquing photo. Your stories are a constant delight...keep them coming
August 28th, 2015  
nice lighting and shadows, do enjoy the 3 every day
August 28th, 2015  
@365projectlinda Thank you so much Lindy - made my day!
August 28th, 2015  
Nicely composed.
August 28th, 2015  
Thanks for sharing. Number two made me feel at home! I try to cope with this, all and every day. Thanks for the three good things...Listened to the radio yesterday. The had a talk about live and being positive. Writing down three good things was said to make you more positive. The more you concentrate on the positive the more the brain will adapt to it. It was said that the brain rewires that way.
August 28th, 2015  
@sdutoit I'm interested to hear of that! The more I write on 365, the more positive things I notice!
August 28th, 2015  
It certainly looks intriguing Maggiemae - had you processed this in low-key B&W, it would have looked downright creepy! Isn't it interesting that according to how our brain processes what we see, depends our attitude towards it.
August 28th, 2015  
@vignouse Yes, with only knowing what you see, not whats around and near or without history or geography! I'm going to look at this in B&W now!
August 28th, 2015  
I so want to walk down the drive and see what's at the end Maggismae. I love the story about the biscuit I can see that sort of thing happening here.
Just love your three things and your sense of humour Maggie.
August 28th, 2015  
@vignouse Done this and I do like it much more - contrast and shadows!
August 28th, 2015  
@thistle Its quite a narrow pathway and the little cottage has a stained glass window there so it must be a valued home!
August 28th, 2015  
Love the shadows and light here! A fine composition.
August 28th, 2015  
@maggiemae Oh good, I'm glad that my hunch turned out right.
August 28th, 2015  
@vignouse Its a bit more ghostly but that's good - more atmosphere!
August 28th, 2015  
It's like a secret garden and very intriguing - I want to walk up the path to see what it's like at the end. Love your story about John eating the man's half biscuit - made me laugh.
August 28th, 2015  
there must be some sort of story there, take them half a biscuit.
August 28th, 2015  
Lovely capture with the shadows.
August 28th, 2015  
An intriguing pathway! Had to laugh at your story about the half biscuit!
August 28th, 2015  
Wonderful play of light and shadows! I enjoyed your biscuit story ...either my husband or I could have done the same thing; neither of us is terribly observant!
August 28th, 2015  
I especially love the shadows in this one, and that glimpse of the mysterious little cottage through the trees. Perhaps someday you'll find out who lives there. Your biscuit episode was so funny, but I can well understand how embarrassed you must have felt. I hope the visitor got an explanation, and that he has a sense of humour!
August 28th, 2015  
@tristansmum Poor Guy - when we next see him we might say something or else pretend thats what we always do!
August 28th, 2015  
The bicky story made me smile, so easy to do! Intriguing cottage
August 28th, 2015  
#2 -- hysterical story! I like the image -- the lines in the shadow work well to bring me into the image.
August 29th, 2015  
great shadows and light
August 29th, 2015  
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