PICTURE THIS #238 ~ BIG!!

Hi  all another great theme this week and thanks Mitch for using my shot as the header, its much appreciated.

Sorry for the delay in posting we have been cleaning up after the storms.

OK my shots for the theme:

Big Floods

Big Surf

Big Sky

Big Rainbow

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I am here in my winter house in Florida where we have lovely weather and very bad internet. But I will try to get this posted.

Wonderful banner shot, Baz. Wonderful lily!!

Big wet bird.

Big flower, a variant of the blue and orange Bird-of-Paradise often seen.

Big piece of driftwood on Old Woman Bay, Canada.

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Now for Theme #238, we want some really big ones. Starting out with what has to be big.

The worm......

Now to a real big long rail bridge across the snake River.

Here is a cluster of wind mills above Vantage Wa.

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Thanks for hosting Mitch. Will have to see what little Switzerland has for big.

We have big mountains. This one is from the Jura mountains that I caught just before we turned left for the supermarket. We have had no snow, but up there it snowed.

This tree grew so tall that the mistletoe moved in as it had enough room

Here is a giant that appeared at one of our local market festivals in Solothurn

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Congratulations, Baz, for the beautiful banner!!

BIG SHOE

BIG CHIMNEY

BIG WAVE

PT CCXXXVIII ~ BIG!!

Wow ~ glorious banner by Baz!!
 
 

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HI ALL FIRST I WOULD LIKE TO THANK YOU ALL FOR CONTRIBUTING TO MY "FLOWER" THEME LAST WEEK THANKS ONE AND ALL

NOW A WONDERFUL BANNER BY BAZ

THE RHEIN ~ A VERY BIG RIVER  

 A VERY BIG MIDDLE AGE HOUSE IN BASEL

THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE ~ A VERY VERY BIG EDIFICE IN MANY WAYS

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Hi everyone, this is Mitch, and I'll be your host this week. It's been quite a week!! The UK has experienced a couple of the biggest storms in many years this week. On Wednesday winds of up to 108mph were recorded. Thankfully no flooding or damage where I live (unlike many parts of the UK), but I did lose my internet connection for 24 hours. Over in the US, some of the biggest ice-storms and blizzards for many years are piling on the misery there too. Anyway, that got me thinking.....in a week of many BIGS....why not have 'BIG' as the theme!!

'BIG' is such an open theme, there can be sooooooo many different interpretations. Have fun and show me many different types of big. You can post up to 4 photos for this theme. 

1) Big cat....with big teeth!!

2) Big buildings in New York City

3) Big smile.....and belly!!

4) Big plane waiting to take me home

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Thank you Heidi for a very colourful theme, 

it seems as if all has embraced it with great enthusiasm.

Fantastic Banner from Belita, smack in the eye with the tree and 

off centre with lovely blue sky and wispy clouds. I love it . 

So what is growing in a garden in Johannesburg this summer?

The man is growing zinnias

My white bougainvillea is flowering casting shade on my vegetable patch

I have no idea what these are called, but they were growing wild in the forest, so we dug some up and tried at home, they only flower once a year

The red Bougainvillea is flowering hanging over the wall next door, I covet that bush, wish it was mine

There are flowers everywhere, on trees and bushes and borders, no wonder they call Johannesburg an Urban Forest:- 

There are six million trees in Johannesburg. On satellite pictures, the city looks like a rain forest, albeit man-made. There are 1.2 million trees within the parks and on the pavements and 4.8 millions in private gardens throughout the suburbs. 

http://www.joburg.org.za/index.php?option=com_content&id=355&Itemid=52#ixzz2tIA4VD9E

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BBG ~ by the lily pool

BBG~ by the lily pool

BBG ~  near the cherry orchard

BBG~ the cherry orchard

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Congratulations to Belita for having her photo selected for this week's banner.

My Rhodendron blossoms every June. I shot this flower in progress.

This hydrangea blossom in progress was taken in Pardee Rose Garden, New Haven, CT

This dahlia was taken in the same location.

The last flower is from my Rose of Sharon in my yard.

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Sorry I'm rather late posting this week, and also late putting up the banner, but I've been visiting my folks for a few days, as I missed seeing them at Christmas due to my illness. 

Many thanks to Heidi for hosting this week's challenge. A wonderful theme she's chosen.....I'm surprised I didn't think of this theme myself, considering I take more flower shots than just about anything else!!! LOL.

Here are mine, all taken at Upton Castle Gardens last year on the same day:

1) Clematis 'Nelly Moser'

2) Geranium 'Renardii'

3) Nigella 'Love In The Mist'

4) Red Peony

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#237 Flowers

Without a flower in sight, I had to dive into the files for this one. That is almost as fun as shooting the photos themselves.

Reliving the moments and seeing them all over again. 

Well then on with some flowers.

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What a wonderful theme, Heidi. You are right, it has been a long cold winter and many of us are longing for the cheer of flowers. In my case, I have gone to chase the flowers and have a couple from the Venice, Florida orchid show.

From the orchid show. My camera told me it was a face.

My favorite orchid of the show.

From several years ago, a brave crocus in the snow.  These come up just after the snowdrops.

Maple tree flowers. Another harbinger of spring.