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Weekly Photo Challenge : Colour

How do you like your colour- strong or weak?

I find that I have a distinct preference for the pastel and washed out tones.

The non-colour of the sea

The non-colour of the sea late in the day

Even better when the wind is whipping it?

Even better when the wind is whipping it?

Or with a hint of colour as the fog rolls in

Or with a hint of colour as the fog rolls in

The whitening of snow changes everything.

Our garden this Winter

Our garden this Winter

And blots out all the colour from the landscape

And blots out all the colour from the landscape

And glints through the leaves in Autumn

Uplifting lemon colours the leaves in Autumn

Old gold plays on Medieval architecture

Old gold haunts Medieval architecture

The brazen face of the sunflower

The sunflower shows its bold face

Mingling with the friendly oranges

Lemons mingling with friendly oranges

Voluptuous in their display

And what about this voluptuous display!

Hotter still the hibiscus

Hotter still, the hibiscus

Flirting with the green in the greenhouse

Flirting with colour in the greenhouse

 
 
Teasing the blue

Teasing the blue

Ah, those blues!  Who could forget Porto?

Everywhere in the cathedral

It was everywhere in the cathedral

All the way to the spectacular, and midnight.

All the way to the spectacular, and midnight in Durham.

And it wouldn't be complete without my favourite bridge, and we're back with the subtle colour.

But it wouldn’t be complete without my favourite bridge.

And the subtle colours that I love

And those subtle colours that I love

Like sunshine on the water

Like sunshine on the water

I think that’s it!  The full spectrum of colours for me.  Which would you choose?

Check out the other entries on this week’s Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge.  I’m just a little bit earlier this week.

Weekly Photo Challenge : A Day in my Life
Start the day with a sparkle

Start the day with a sparkle

I love pink grapefruit!  Followed by coffee and toast.

Coffee and non edible books

Coffee and non edible books

That reminds me- I must start my Polish lessons (again!).  It’s less than 4 weeks till my next visit.

This being a Saturday, (I know! I know, I’m seriously late posting and should just scrape the deadline) it’s time to scoot across the park to my zumba class.  No photos, to protect the innocent, but we do have fun.  Grab any food shopping we need in town and bus back home as the legs are tired.  Make a panini for Mick, cooked breakfast for James and collapse with my laptop, quiche and salad.

Often I will spend the afternoon online while the lads watch sports, but this Saturday is the first truly sunny day in months!  “Do you fancy a walk?” I ask Mick, cautiously.  And then we’re bundled up against the cold and striding along the beach.  It’s so exhilerating, I forget tiredness.

The beach at Hartlepool Headland- almost empty this lovely day

The beach at Hartlepool Headland- almost empty this lovely day

Part of our industrial heritage

Part of our industrial heritage

Somebody's been this way!

Somebody’s been this way!

And beyond!

And beyond!

Getting nearer

Getting nearer

Heading for the gap

Heading for the gap

The pier has rotted away

The pier has rotted away

Consumed by the sea

Consumed by the sea

Beautiful in its ugliness

Beautiful in its ugliness

I love this prehistoric monster

I love this prehistoric monster

Straight down the barrel

Straight down the barrel

And out the other side

And out the other side

Looking back

Looking back

And into the dunes

And into the dunes

It’s a scramble up to the top.  Still with me?  The pipes belonged to Steetley Magnesite, a magnesium producing company, but the site has been derelict for some time.  The chimney, which could be seen for miles up and down the coast, has recently been demolished and new homes are to be built there.

It’s not a part of town I often visit but there is a very interesting old cemetery too.  Spion Kop Cemetery dates back to 1856, and is formed from a combination of sand dunes and ships ballast, providing a rare natural habitat.

The derelict site

The derelict site

The nature reserve

The nature reserve

Spion Kop Cemetery

Spion Kop Cemetery

Jewish headstones and a wealth of local history

Jewish headstones and a wealth of local history

The town's symbol on the gate

The town’s symbol on the gate

And back along the top of the dunes

And back along the top of the dunes

Pleasantly exhausted!  You too?

Home for a cuppa, put the feet up, and after an interval, make spag bol for tea.  Too tired to take any more photographs.  Glass or two of well deserved red to end the day.  Thanks for your company.

This is my almost late entry for The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge.  Click the link to share lots of daily lives.

Weekly photo challenge : My 2012 in pictures

Last year when the Wordpress stats wizards compiled a review of my year, I hadn’t been blogging long and was clueless.  I was ecstatic to watch the fireworks, and share them in my little blogging world.  A year on, I’m still clueless, but I guess it’s time I took a little responsibility.  So here’s my first shot at the Weekly photo challenge- a hodge-podge of my year!

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How was yours?  It’s amazing what you can fit in, when you look back.

There are hundreds of participants in this challenge, so click here to see all the goodies.

It just remains to wish you “all you wish yourselves”.  Thanks for being there.  My life would be so much emptier without you.  Happy and peaceful times to all of you in 2013.