the colours of a carnation by shannejw

the colours of a carnation

This came from a bunch of reduced price flowers bought on Sunday, mostly in bud, but battered. I put the broken heads into a small pot of water in my bedroom and they are coming into flower too, and scenting the flat beautifully. And I bought the flowers as I was given a £1 voucher to apologise for the closing of the deli and fish counters, and reckoned I'd use it for some joy.

I've posted this rather than market pictures from Monday as it's an entry for the monthly theme and an ETSOOI.

Three good things from Tuesday:
1. Daughter had some functional windows (first day alternating Montelukast as she seems to be reacting badly to an increased dose) and dress-made - well, a bag for a friend's birthday;
2. out for two wanders with my daughter
3. massive clean up in the sitting room to find the Isle of Skye rules, which I did, but love the tidiness, as far as it goes.

Thank you for looking and all your amazing support. I prefer to spend time looking at your pictures rather than thanking you individually below.
Nice processing on this lovely picture. A friend on 365 said that the bird I showed yesterday is a spotted flycatcher. I looked it up on the net and she must be right.
May 15th, 2019  
@sangwann I went back to look and see if anyone else had named it, I wasn't sure, just knew it wasn't a sparrow of any shape or form.
May 15th, 2019  
love it ...
May 15th, 2019  
Lovely carnation and such an interesting edit :)
May 15th, 2019  
Beautiful!
May 15th, 2019  
Beautiful shot and gorgeous colour.
May 15th, 2019  
you spent your £1 wisely instead of letting it get absorbed into the bill. Lovely editing on this survivor carnation.
May 15th, 2019  
I always do that with broken flowers too, lovely to give them the chance to bloom, eh? Nice one.
May 15th, 2019  
Pretty... I like the processing.
May 15th, 2019  
Very nice idea and I love the delicate smell of them. Nice color and detail in the shot.
May 15th, 2019  
Beautiful colour and pattern in the leaves!
May 15th, 2019  
Nice to see.
May 15th, 2019  
How lovely!
May 15th, 2019  
pretty processing :)
May 15th, 2019  
👌👌👌
May 15th, 2019  
I love how you have presented this and taken the flower outside the frame.
May 15th, 2019  
Shanne, I think you've made a great deal out of very little... and that's a skill to nourish. An easy Fav.
May 15th, 2019  
Lovely shot!
May 15th, 2019  
I like the linen treatment on the picture- very nice. It's funny how a little tidying can change the whole feel of a place sometimes- but the flowers sound like a pretty addition!
May 16th, 2019  
I like the tones in the scene and the textures.
May 16th, 2019  
Lovely shot. Great edit.
May 16th, 2019  
Lee
Well its made a nice subject.
May 16th, 2019  
nice
May 16th, 2019  
A beautiful colourful shot, nicely processed.

Ian
May 16th, 2019  
Hi Shanne - thanks for entering your image in the etsooi challenge. It's such a good example and such a nice end result. Cheers Rob
May 16th, 2019  
Superb
May 18th, 2019  
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