Around this time of year we are normally visited by small green
crickets, one of which Jackie photographed this morning.
Later I photographed Ellie in her comedienne mode. Each one of these faces is a deliberate attempt to be funny, which of course warrants and receives the desired response.
These last two were taken in the garden where we were seated with Elizabeth who had visited for a chat and a couple of cups of tea, on the still breezy patio where we watched
fuchsias and verbena bonariensis swaying;
hanging baskets swinging;
shadows shifting;
windmills whirring;
potted impatiens quivering;
and listened to such as laundry baskets sliding across the paving; the clanking of metal artefacts and thud of wooden items falling somewhere, and the ubiquitous swishing of foliage.
This evening we all dined on further helpings of Jackie’s chicken jalfrezi meal and her fresh batch of pilau rice, with which she drank more Zesty and I drank more Gran Selone.
Lovely scenery quivering in the wind and a lovely Ellie to entertain us.
Thank you very much, GP
Ellie is so sweet! ????
Thank you very much, Aletta
Ellie has quite a repertoire!
Thank you very much, Janet
Lovely baby. Swap her for Geri and Coco! We are on dog duty while the gang are in USA. Xx
Thanks very much, Ali XX
Lovely photos of Ellie. And, I just noticed the ‘dark mode’ toggle at the bottom and gave it a try. I rather like it. It’s not as stark as a pure black, which I don’t like so much.
Thanks very much, Linda. I’ll have a look at that
Ellie is quite photogenic with a wide range of expressions
Thank you very much, Pat
Beautiful captures.
Thank you very much, Rupali
There is nothing like a baby to bring out the comedian in all of us. I love the first picture which seems to indicate your last joke wasn’t funny.
Thank you very much Elizabeth – especially for noticing that she has joined in the family responses to my Jokes 🙂
In fact she was imitating my mournful bottom lip pose when I’m pretending to be disappointed
I don’t know if anything could be more pleasant than a baby making purposely funny faces to get reactions and a breezy, beautiful garden. I can do without the crickets though. 😉
Thank you so much, Merril
You’re welcome, Derrick.
What a cute baby! She will keep you on your toes! Your garden plants are beautiful. The patio work you had done looks great!
Thank you very much, Dwight
You are welcome, Derrick!
I do believe Ellie’s performance is on a par with Donald O’Connor’s “Make ‘Em Laugh” routine in “Singin’ in the rain.” Brava!
Lovely link, Liz. Thank you very much
You’re welcome, Derrick. I’m glad you enjoyed the clip.
Your Ellie is such a darling <3
Thank you so much, Rosaliene
Yes, you must respond to each and every expression…undoubtedly with laughter and applause! 🙂
Ellie is a cutie! 🙂 ❤️ The scrunched-up nose, hand on chin, photo made me snort-laugh! 🙂
Cricket (nice photo, Jackie!), baskets, flowers, windmill, shadows, laundry basket…hmm…Ellie IS STILL the star of this show! Ha! 🙂 ❤️
(((HUGS))) ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much, Carolyn X
Sitting in the garden sounds so delightful, Derrick! Ellie is so adorable, I love the many expressions she has. Dinner sounds so delicious! ????????????
Thank you very much, John
A fine gallery of facial expressions.
Thank you very much, Tootlepedal
Ellie Is a natural … a future comedienne for sure … it’s a lonesome old wind that blows Derrick
https://youtu.be/hdXibwvuSpI
Thank you very much, Ivor
The camera loves Ellie!
Thank you very much, Jill
Adorable Ellie!
Thank you very much, Arlene
Your family is blessed to know how to have a good time enjoying simple pleasures and having you to record them.
Thank you very much, JoAnna
Ellie is so adorably expressive!
Thank you so much, Dolly
My pleasure, Derrick.
Precious pictures of Ellie.
Thank you very much, Andy
You’re welcome.
Beautiful Ellie is trying her best to communicate through her non-verbal vocabulary and succeeding. I particularly liked the windmill. The penultimate para vividly brought the sounds of the wind busily interacting with things about the house.
Thank you very much, Uma
Ellie is such an expressive child. I think she will be famous when she grows up!
May you and Jackie have many more tears of sitting in the garden together and enjoying life. What a wonderful day from end to end!
That should be years not tears!
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Thanks very much, Lavinia. Some typos are unfortunate 🙂
Y and T are next to each other on the keyboard. 🙂
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Your bright little bush cricket is a striking little chap! Do you get any much bigger ones?
If so, I haven’t seen any
Thanks very much, John
That first picture of Ellie is a keeper. One to frame.
Thank you very much, Laurie
Lovely garden scenes and Ellie is such a card 🙂
Thank you so much, Dale
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Ellie is precious and quite the litte ham.
Thank you so much, Eugi
Most welcome, Derrick.
You’re all in for so much entertainment as your comedienne grows up.
Thanks very much, Susan
So much happiness here!
Thank you very much, Rose
Those images of Ellie are absolutely gorgeous.
Thank you very much, Sue.
PS. The option for dark or light mode on your site has been present since your site was launched. Personally, I don’t like black backgrounds, so I chose light mode ( a white background). See the small screenshot.
https://nansfarm.files.wordpress.com/2023/08/dark-or-light-mode.png
Me, too, Sue. Thanks for the link
Ellie is such a cutie comedienne 🙂
Thank you so much, Ribana
My you live an active life.
Ellie is adorable.
Thank you so much, Chrissy
Such gorgeous photos of Ellie
Thank you very much, Sheree
cute and beautiful photos of Ellie! so precious!
Thank you very much, Wilma
Cute photo of Elli.
Thanks very much, Byung
You are very welcome, Derrick