More clearing up of clippings was required this morning. On my way through the garden, I had a chat with our friendly baby blackbird. Since its father no longer, from a safe distance, follows it around he must have decided this little creature, who has known us all its brief life, can fend for itself.
The cocked head indicates a listening ear.
For Your Eyes Only, Rose of the Year 2015, has its first bloom.
According to basic colour theory, analogous colours are any three which are side by side on a 12 part colour wheel, such as yellow-green, yellow, and yellow-orange. Usually one of the three shades predominates. Complementary colours are any two which are directly opposite each other, such as red and green and red-purple and yellow-green.
I think this tiny yellow-green cricket, distinguishable from it’s grasshopper relative by the length of its pearly antennae, must have been studying this, as it perched on a red dahlia with violet-tinged petals, and yellow, orange-shaded stamens. Analogous or complimentary? Food for thought.
I became quite excited when I noticed an exotic new butterfly resting on a pink hydrangea.
It proved to be a fallen rose petal.
Margery and Paul came for a visit this afternoon. As always, we had enjoyable conversation, then made a tour of the garden. Our friends were suitably appreciative of the changes made during the last year.
Jackie and I dined this evening on Mr Pink’s fish and chips, Garner’s pickled onions, and Freshona gherkins. My lady drank Hoegaarden, and I abstained.
I’ll wager that before there was any human abstraction such as the color wheel to study, the wisdom of the cricket understood in its own way both analog and complement.
Beautiful thought and shot, Derrick!
Thank you Cynthia
I adore your little blackbird 🙂
Thanks, Jane. So do we
That little bird is adorable! And I’ve mistaken a lot of cows for bears, so I understand your rose petal butterfly. ;).
Thank you, Ashley
You can’t fool me – I know it’s a butterfly.
Thanks, Bruce
That little bird is just adorable and lovely pictures as always. .. 🙂
Thank you Chitra
I was about to entertain you with my thoughts on the colour wheel – then I read that you abstained – which is surely the first time I read that – and grew concerned about your well-being …..
My thoughts to a “t”, contented one.
Thank you Yvonne. I’m fine
Thank you Pauline. I’m fine. I didn’t fancy red wine with fish and chips, and hadn’t got any beer. 🙂
I should say the cricket knows best. If the colour debate gets too intense, it will simply hop onto the nearest hosta 🙂
Well said, Matt
Hmmm. I was telling someone last weekend that every once in a while, I ‘m in a restaurant and when I think about having some wine my stomach cringes. Then I don’t have any. Love the cricket and the little bird.
Thank you Lisa. It doesn’t really go with fish and chips anyway, so I didn’t think it worth opening another bottle
An even better reason!
Every one of these photos made me smile … The world is truly full of good and beautiful things. 🙂
Thank you A//W//F
The rose petal that thought it was a butterfly tickled me. And I am wondering about Mr. Pink’s fish and chips…drat, I am so far away form where those can be had!
Thank you Cynthia. Sorry about the fish and chips
Its always so wonderful to see your work!!
Thank you Amulya
Crazy about this cricket picture…and the baby blackbird. You haven’t named him yet?
Thank you, Cynthia. It is called Baby, cos we don’t know it’s sex until more fully fledged. If it turns out to be black it will be Boris; if brown, Cynthia (never Madam Cyn)
Lol! Great choices:).
Wonderful images Derrick!
Thanks, Gary
Stunning complementary colours!
Thank you Jenny. No enhancement.
Even better then ?
I tried, but it didn’t look real. Pretty lucky, eh?
a green English cricket – a metaphor for our team just now?
yellow-green
true….
STunning colors in your garden!
Thank you, Elena