I am very excited about this week’s theme for The Gallery – as IT WAS MY SUGGESTION – EEK!!! Having been very chuffed with the photo I’m about to show you, I tweeted Tara at Sticky Fingers on Friday (the day that the theme for the next week is posted) to ask what it was going to be as I had a lovely photo of some trees I wanted to shoe-horn in somehow. Imagine my DELIGHT when she very very kindly chose ‘trees’ as the topic, so no horning of shoes required at all!!!
I took this photo at the Lickey Hills – just 5 minutes from our house – when I went with my son and 105 other Year 5 kids on an orienteering trip last week. It was EXHAUSTING – and my legs ached for the whole of the next day (as did a lot of the kids, so it wasn’t just me being unfit!) – but a really challenging, interesting, calorie burning day. It also reminded me what amazing photo opportunities we have right on our doorstep.
There was snow on the ground but the sun was shining brightly first thing. We were asked not to take photos of the kids – so I took 2 photos on my phone the whole day – but this was one of them:
I kept expecting to see Mr Tumnus peep out from behind one of the trees!
And just for completeness, here’s the other photo I took from Beacon Hill looking out towards Birmingham City Centre – lots of trees on that too, for England’s second city.
This is my entry for this week’s #thegallery – so do go and look how other people have interpreted ‘trees’…..
This Price is Usually Right 
What atmospheric photos – looks like you’ve even got some husky dogs there too! Would love the photos to be just a little big bigger. They are stunning but the size doesn’t do them justice!
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Will try and enlarge then post school run (stil don’t really know what I’m doing!!) X
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I think I’ve managed to make them bigger?!? #technophobe
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Lovely winter shots and love the dogs too!
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They’re not mine – just happened to get them in the shot!! x
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Oh that top photo is so pretty! It looks cold, but inviting. Definitely reminds me of Lion, the witch and the wardrobe #thegallery
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Those are stunning. So pretty x
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Oh wow, that is a sensational shot.. I would hang that on my wall, gorgeous
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There something magical about that top image, has a real fairy tale feel to it
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Ah, so it was YOUR fault, was it?! Only kidding – love that top shot, it almost looks like an oil painiting! x
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Snowy trees look so right, don’t they?
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Love the light and colours in your first shot. Beautiful browns matched perfectly with blue, and then defined by white snow. Lovely. I’ve suggested to Tara that we have Trees as the theme every quarter, as they’re so darned fantastic! #thegallery
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Wow, both images are incredible. The first is magic and sounds like an amazing day – beautiful blue sky backdrop. Love the one of the dogs enjoy their ‘snow time’ play too 🙂
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