1 I’d been contemplating the Weekly Photo Challenge and then woke to the beautiful illumination of first the sky by the sun, then of the chimneys opposite and the cottage, and then of the painting in the study.
2 We had a walk in the bright chill along the low cliffs at Godrevy, the only sound that of the sea, and the midday sun continued its illuminations of everything around me. I just love how the sun beams through the empty snail shell.
3 The last photo is of our new fence lit up last June by the evening sun.
Sun beginning to illuminate the sky
Chimneys across the road turned gold by the rising sun
Cottage across the road lit up by the sun’s early rays
Painting of Bryce Canyon lit by an early sunbeam
Empty snail shell on the cliffs at Godrevy back-lit by the midday sun
Dog on the beach with shadow
I wonder if these two were illuminated by what suddenly caught their attention in the rock pool
Evening sun illuminating the new fence June 2012
PS Would you believe I missed this spectacular sunset? I’ve been given permission to show you this one by Paul Hoskin.
Sunset 13:1:13 by Paul Hoskin
Alex Autin
January 15, 2013 at 2:35 am
Love the first photo…the illumination of the sky by the sun!
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:22 pm
I was so pleased to get that! 🙂
Kathleen Richardson
January 14, 2013 at 9:44 pm
Sally, what kind of camera are you using to capture these wonderful pictures?
mybeautfulthings
January 14, 2013 at 10:19 pm
It’s a Canon S100 and I love it! I treated myself to a rather expensive Fuji X10 but it’s not half as good! The zoom and the macro are much better on the S100 and it’s small enough to go in my pocket or my (little) bag so I can have it with me everywhere I go! 🙂
Thank you for calling them ‘wonderful’! That means a lot. 🙂
Hudson Howl
January 14, 2013 at 3:33 am
Dog on a mission photo, now that one catches my fancy and imagination.
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:23 pm
I can imagine that you’re thinking up the story right now!:)
Hudson Howl
January 16, 2013 at 2:12 am
Yes lone dog shtufffs in the wings and being tinkered with as we speak. At my age I cannot imagine life without a dog in the lead.
ewehouse
January 14, 2013 at 1:29 am
Oh I love grey clouds! And your luminous snails shells are so pretty!
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:28 pm
There were so many empty shells. I wondered why.:)
fearlessanalyst
January 14, 2013 at 1:07 am
Your photos leave me so enriched! Often a peek at them is just what I need…
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:24 pm
It’s lovely of you to say so. I do get pleasure from taking them.:)
ladysighs
January 14, 2013 at 12:25 am
Taking pity on you. 🙂
mybeautfulthings
January 14, 2013 at 2:07 pm
Thank you! 🙂
babyjill7...Marilyn Griffin
January 13, 2013 at 9:37 pm
very nice!
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:24 pm
Thank you:)
Choc Chip Uru
January 13, 2013 at 7:54 pm
Your photos are such stunners my friend, absolutely love it 😀
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
mybeautfulthings
January 15, 2013 at 7:25 pm
You are lovely to say so!:)
John Roberts
January 13, 2013 at 6:42 pm
Marilyn and I had bet that you would have put a photo of tonight’s wonderful sunset on your blog. We were obviously wrong but the sunrise will do1 John Xx
mybeautfulthings
January 13, 2013 at 7:22 pm
I missed it! 🙁
mybeautfulthings
January 13, 2013 at 7:24 pm
I missed it! Perhaps you have one that I could post and credit you with! 🙂
mybeautfulthings
January 13, 2013 at 7:24 pm
I missed it! Perhaps you have one that I could post and credit you with! 🙂
on thehomefrontandbeyond
January 13, 2013 at 5:53 pm
beautiful pics all – but love the dog
mybeautfulthings
January 13, 2013 at 5:55 pm
Me too. I watched him for ages in and out of the rock pools but this was my favourite photo of him, striding out and having fun – and no people in sight. 🙂
tartanpants
January 13, 2013 at 5:08 pm
Gorgeous pictures! My post today was about my terrible photography skills, so this is inspiring for me x
mybeautfulthings
January 13, 2013 at 6:00 pm
Thanks for the appreciation! I’ve been along and commented! 🙂