Just found this, what I think is a moth cocoon attached to the summerhouse window frame. It was glistening in the frosty sunshine. The outer shell looks like it has a metallic golden sheen.

I have been messing around with some photos of shells and pebbles. 

Looking for patterns and textures to incorporate into my beads.

Photos of my new batch of beads. Combining a mixture of patterns, stripes, spots and twists in opaque Raspberry, light turquoise, transparent rose

 and Chai.

 

Stumbled upon a wild flower patch yesterday, thriving in a community play area in Somerset. The sky was blue, crisp cool air and a fantastic mix of
 flowers still holding on giving a lovely display.

Nasturtiums

On a sunny Saturday there was huge patch of bright orange and yellow nasturtiums at a friends garden. Buzzing with very busy bees I was taken by the twisted, tangled mesh of stems hiding underneath the lily pad shaped leaves. Although the natural colours of the plant are gorgeous, when cropping the images down I altered the colour to purples, turquoise and lime greens which seemed to enhance the patterns and shapes.

 

I even managed to capture a busy bee at work

I found some lovely thistles in my parents garden at the weekend. 

The blues and lilacs enhanced by the sunshine.

  

There was even a sneaky snail hiding amongst the spiky leaves.

Had a lovely afternoon on Lyme Regis beach recently rock pooling, building sand sculptures and swimming. I found this great piece of seaweed with fantastic twists and curls.