'White and red' by Me

White and red, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

My husband was such a sweetheart this week surprising me with a lovely bunch of flowers. It was a beautiful selection of white blooms. The scent is gorgeous too and really hits you as soon as you enter the room. I'm going to miss them when they are gone. As expected I took some photos. I was really pleased with the ones I took and four of them made it onto Flickr. I've had great trouble deciding which one to share with you here tonight though so I've gone for the one which is probably most interesting.

I was trying to decide how to photograph the bouquet and thought I'd try putting one of them in one of my red wine glasses. I took two shots and decided it wasn't going to work. However, when I downloaded them I thought I actually rather liked this one. What do you think? I like the texture of the flower next to the smooth glass and I like the contrast of the pure white and the bright red.

'Off to School in the Mist 2' by Jahina

Off to School in the Mist 2, originally uploaded by Jahina.

Yesterday I posted a picture of the stunning Northern Lights. As I said I do hope to view these for real one day but in the mean time I can be content knowing that the light right here in England can be just as striking.

This photo was taken in Albany Park in Enfield and hasn't the photographer captured such magical lighting? I love the fact there is a person strolling through the park in the background as well. I hope they were enjoying what looked like a lovely crisp autumn morning as much as I'm enjoying looking at it.

'Glacier Aurora - Jökulsárlón' by orvaratli

Glacier Aurora - Jökulsárlón, originally uploaded by orvaratli.

I was a bit dubious about posting something so stunning after my little nesting doll photo but I couldn't wait to share this with you. It's a photo of Aurora - or Northern Lights - that was taken in Iceland. I would so love to see this for myself. Hopefully one day I will and I might just take some photos as well!

I don't really need to tell you why I think this photo is so great. If you didn't know what the Northern Lights were you might be thinking this was taken on another planet and aliens are about to pop out from behind the rocks. Amazing photo of an amazing sight.

'I'm ready for my close up' by Me

I'm ready for my close up, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

I love nesting dolls. I even collated a Flickr gallery of some of my favourite nesting doll photos. However, I'd never got around to taking any myself until today. Whilst playing with my little girl in her room I spied the ones a friend had bought for her on holiday and grabbed my camera and snapped away. I am sure my daughter thought I was a little crazy. Anyway, I think this one is my favourite. It made me smile because it's like a proper portrait shot of the doll and she almost looks like she's posing on purpose for me.

'Limes Gone Wild!' by RєRє

Limes Gone Wild!, originally uploaded by RєRє.

Happy Friday to you all! Is it really the weekend already? Although saying that I did spend all of yesterday convinced it was Friday! Hope you all have a lovely couple of days whatever you are up to. My weekend will involve swimming, painting and catching up with friends.

I'm sure you can see why I chose this photo. I think it was very weekend appropriate and made me smile. And also love the bright yellow and green against the crisp white background. It looks very striking. Just wondering now if fruit can get hangovers!

'love ya' by Tammy Lee Bradley

love ya, originally uploaded by Tammy Lee Bradley.

It's important to let people know you love them. Even if you can't always find the words. I like this photo because of it's simplicity. I love these wooden scrabble tiles and the texture used in this photo compliments the wood perfectly. Beautiful picture capturing beautiful words.

'I had lemon meringue' by Me

I had lemon meringue, originally uploaded by PhotoPuddle.

I took this photo in back April. It was a lovely sunny day which makes me realise how lucky we've been this year. Summer obviously started in April and well, it's still gorgeous now. I was really hot today and it's meant to be even lovelier tomorrow. I am going to choose to ignore the rain we saw so much of in August.

Anyway, back to the photo. We'd just been to Drusilla's zoo in East Sussex and had decided to finish off the day with a look around the local village of Alfriston. It's such a pretty little place so I was really pleased I had my camera (like there was any chance I wouldn't have). One of the shops we stopped at had this menu board outside. Well we just had to go in!

So as the title says, I had lemon meringue. What flavour would you have?