My October 2016 In Pictures.

To see My October 2016 In Pictures, click on the link below:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/152559458757/my-october-2016-in-pictures-click-on-a-picture

The picture at the top shows the morning sun burning through the fog, lighting up the pier train, and reflecting on Southampton Water, at 09:42 on Thursday 27th October 2016, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about Hythe Pier, Hampshire, click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe_Pier

My September 2016 In Pictures - Light.

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http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/151466297717/my-september-2016-in-pictures-light-click-on-a

The picture at the top shows Night Lights, at 20:20 on Sunday 24th September 2016, at home, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about Hythe, Hampshire, click on the link below:-
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe,_Hampshire

My September 2016 In Pictures.

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The picture at the top shows fallen apples, at 15:15 on Sunday 11th September 2016, West Street Allotments, Hythe, Hampshire.

To read about Hythe, Hampshire, click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe,_Hampshire

Southampton Boat Show 2016 - Sea Legs.

I went to the boat show and what did I see.... I saw boats and yachts, a Tallship, big ships, small ships, stand-up paddle-boards, a marine fashion show, and feet, lots of legs and feet, and shoes, some with feet in, some without - oh, and a foot archer!

To see my pictures of the Southampton Boat Show 16^th-25^th September 2016, click on the link below:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/151111488077/southampton-boat-show-2016

The picture at the top shows Orissa, the Foot Archer, performing on stage at 15:40 on Friday 23rd September 2016, at the Southampton Boat Show, Mayflower Park, Southampton, Hampshire.

To visit the Southampton Boat Show 2016 website, click on the link below:-

http://southamptonboatshow.com

To find out more about Orissa, the Foot Archer, click on the link below:-

http://www.orissakelly.com/home

Mating Spiders.

I'm not keen on spiders, but if they're very small and there's distance between us, I can generally find the courage to watch and photograph them.  A pane of glass separated me from this mating couple, so I had a ringside view and took pictures before during and after - the entire episode lasted for one minute, before they separated and scuttled back to opposite corners of the window.

They're called Zygiella x-notata, common throughout the UK and frequently found on window frames.  Actual size 7mm to 11mm (quarter of an inch to a scant half inch).

The picture at the top shows the spiders before mating, at 18:14 on Thursday 1st September 2016, at home in Hythe, Hampshire.  To see more of my mating spider pictures, click on the link below:-

http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/150176827497/mating-spiders-click-on-a-picture-for-a-close-up

To read about Zygiella x-notata (missing sector spiders, missing sector orb weavers, or silver-sided sector spiders), click on the links below:-

http://www.uksafari.com/zygiellaxnotata.htm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zygiella_x-notata

My August 2016 In Pictures - Fruit & Flowers.

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http://susanvale.tumblr.com/post/150029408662/my-august-2016-in-pictures-fruit-flowers

The picture at the top shows a Globe thistle (Echinops), at 15:54 on Monday 1st August 2016, at the University of Leicester Botanic Garden, Oadby, Leicestershire.

The picture at the bottom shows a Victorian earthenware apple, at home in Hythe, Hampshire, on Wednesday 31st August 2016 at 09:31. (The apple was made by Bretby Art Pottery, Woodville, Derbyshire, England, circa 1890.)

To read about Globe thistles (Echinops), click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Echinops_sphaerocephalus

To read about the University of Leicester Botanic Garden, Glebe Road, Oadby, Leicestershire, click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Leicester_Botanic_Garden

To read about the Victorian earthenware apple and Bretby Art Pottery, click on the links below:-

http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O67037/apple-vase-tooth-henry/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bretby_Art_Pottery

My August 2016 In Pictures.

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The picture at the top shows Seafaring Zebra (one of 47 Zany Zebra sculptures on display throughout Southampton until 24th September 2016), at 16:17 on Friday 26th August 2016, Platform road, Southampton, Hampshire.

To read about the Zany Zebra sculptures, click on the link below:-

http://zanyzebras.org.uk

My July 2016 In Pictures - Grass.

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The picture at the top shows Common wild-oat grass (and a head of wild fennel), at 09:01 on Saturday 23rd July 2016, Hythe foreshore, Hampshire.

To read about Common wild-oat grass (Avena fatua), click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avena_fatua

To read about Hythe, Hampshire, click on the link below:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe,_Hampshire

My July 2016 In Pictures.

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The picture at the top shows the full moon on Tuesday 19th July 2016 at 20:48 on a balmy summer evening, looking down Southampton Water towards the Solent, from Hythe, Hampshire.

Click on the link below to read about Hythe, Hampshire:-

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hythe,_Hampshire

Leaves and Georgia O'Keeffe.

Two photographed leaves start turning into a Georgia O'Keeffe painting! Maybe my subconscious had been influenced by press coverage of the current Georgia O'Keeffe Exhibition at Tate Modern.

The picture at the top shows my photograph of two leaves, at Jones Lane Allotments, Hythe, Hampshire, at 15:32 on Monday 18th July 2016.

To see the Georgia O'Keeffe 1928 painting '2 Yellow Leaves', click on the link:-

https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/1839

To read about the Georgia O'Keeffe Exhibition at Tate Modern, London SE1, click on the link below:-

http://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/exhibition/georgia-okeeffe