Sometimes the Solution is Close to Hand

Sue had a problem on Saturday when her photo demanded something to do with ground cover. One of her group had photos of a blanket of woodland bluebells, but what was Sue to do on a very windy day? The immediate thought was to return to the squill patch and try her best.

She took our light, portable and expandable stool and assumed the position.

I went to the other patch on the same lawn, lay myself prone, and tried to photograph a single plant. It was tough in the wind as this short clip will attest. (Of course, you know that you can click to see the clip large.)

I had the phone steady on a holding device for a change and clicked image after image, hoping for a clear photo. This ↓ one was the steadiest shot that I got. I deleted a few dozen others. You can see some of the larger patch off in the background, left. They were plentiful over there.

My thumb kept on hitting the reverse, selfie button; eventually, I took the shot.

I had been prone long enough that getting un-proned was a struggle for my 78-year-old self. When I got as far as my knees I paused to take another selfie.

Sue was still trying to get her photo of the day, so I wandered to the river side of the property, and took a video of the still-raging river.

We left with Sue not being exactly exhilarated with her photos. When we got home, I happened to glance across the street. The neighbours over there have a big tree obscuring the front of their place, but I spied colour beyond the gap under said tree.

We went over and found that the spot was somewhat sheltered from the wind. Sue found a photo that worked for her: yellow daffodils with blue squill in the complementary background. It was perfect for her task, or at least close enough under the circumstances.

After going around and about, what Sue had needed lay almost on her own doorstep.