My Folksy Friday is on the Folksy Blog!

I was asked to curate Folksy Friday for the Folksy blog and decided to make it a Halloween one - I couldn't really theme it any other way could I?  I sniffed out some lovely pieces which work really well together to make a set.  Here's a screen shot of the items and here's a link (click here!) so you can read my words of wisdom, leave nice comments and visit the shops I've featured!

An Autumn Walk in the Woods.

I set out for Dunham Massey (our nearest National Trust property) on Monday afternoon because the weather was so glorious that I couldn't stay inside in front of my computer, it just didn't make sense!  I took my big camera as well as my old (and as it turned out, untrusty) Rolleicord, stuffed a couple of lenses in my pockets, donned warm socks and sunglasses and ventured in to the countryside!  It was lovely, there were rather less autumn colours than I had expected, I'll have to go back in a couple of weeks I think to see it at it's best, but it was beautiful none the less.  If there were less colours than expected, there were rather more noisy kids than I had expected (half term.....) which somewhat spoied the bucolic beauty, but I managed to get off the beaten track rather well.  While on one muddy path, I heard a rustle behind me, I turned round, and look what was staring back at me!

I did manage to find some glorious leaves which I've had fun playing with, but these ones had very little done to them, all of the sunspots on the right side are totally natural, all I've done is tweak the curves a little.

Autumn Fire - by Eyeshoot Photography

Here's another one, but this time, I added all sorts of fancy layer effects.

Which do you prefer?

Ministry of Silly Christmas cards are here!

Here's another Christmas card to keep my snowmen happy!

Ministry of Silly Christmas - by Eyeshoot Photography

I spent last weekend in Arnside in Cumbria for a yoga workshop with the same teacher, Marios Argiros who lead our week in Crete early in the summer.  The weather and the food may not have been quite as lovely, but the yoga was excellent.  We started at 10am and stopped for an hour at about 1.00, then continued to 3.30, it was much more intense than the days in Crete where we had a lovely long break from about 12.00 to 6.00 each afternoon to recover! 

I managed to get out early on the first morning, which was lovely, to take some pictures of the River Kent Estuary and here's one of them.

Arnside Viaduct by Eyeshoot Photography 

I have loved flowers that fade

We're now in the full flood of early autumn here, the trees are turning golden and the sky is blue and in honour of the start of my favourite season I've been trying something new. I've added the first verse of the poem I Have Loved Flowers that Fade by the English poet Robert Bridges (1844 - 1930). I have a bit of a love hate relationship with poetry. Mostly hate I am embarrassed to confess. I still have a soft spot for the poets I studied a million years ago at school, Coleridge, Larkin, Frost and others, but I find it extremely hard to understand classical poetry which I find disappointing. I hope that this new series of images might re-ignite my (very little, admittedly) flame of interest in poetry!

I Have Loved Flowers that Fade by Eyeshoot

It's another UK Silly Sale Treasury made by me and it's vaguely yellow themed.  There are so many more items to choose from now that it's almost a piece of cake to select things which fit in with the desired look.  The UK sellers are working like mad to promote this twenty four hour event and the Treasuries are breeding like bunnies - I'm in twenty four which is pretty impressive for four days!

Don't forget to click on the pictures below to go straight to the items and to buy them if you really like them!

Silly and Yellow by Eyeshoot

UK 24 Hour Silly Sale! ... artangel $24.00	UK Silly Sale Handmade ... thebluekitteh $8.00	Silly Sale 20% Off - V... BobbieandLola $12.00	SILLY SALE! - Golden y... therainbowgirl $7.00
Chunky Yellow and Grey ... AREjewellery $24.00	Little Bird Felt Key Ri... FruteJuce $7.50	Neon yellow howlite set... anacdesigns $22.00	Jelly Baby Buttons Lilley $5.00
Lemon Photograph / Fine... heidiadnum $29.00	Leaf abstract - 7x5 Pri... shortwork $18.00	Little Acorn Earrings BINAGEYER $11.00	Silly Sale 50% Off! Cot... SixSkeins $3.50
HALF PRICE Vintage Butt... hellodarlingvi... $6.00	Hand Printed Tea Towel ... inkmeup $10.00	Amigurumi Yellow Rainbo... cutedesigns $10.00	SILLY SALE set of 3 yel... colouritgreen $10.00

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Another Etsy UK Silly Sale Treasury

The Etsy UK Silly Sale Treasuries are coming along at a fast pace now and they're getting more varied as time goes by which is great!

Here's the latest to feature something of mine, it's my old favourite which never sold - No Parking 51 which I shot years ago on the same stretch of grotty under the arches garages where I photographed my popular Ministry of Silly Walks print.  I'm offering No 51, a lovely matted print for a silly $15 - I hope it goes to a good home!

Just a little bit o red...by These Shiny Times

(Click on any item to go straight to it on Etsy)

Earrings - Ruthless Rou... snapdragonbead... $28.00	Hand Drawn Red Beard an... amyawalters $6.50	No Parking 51 - Matted ... eyeshoot $15.00	SALE Cross-Stitch Yeah ... MaMagasin $6.50
Stars, Stripes and Deni... heidiadnum $20.00	SALE Ring - Yarn (red) teasemade $7.00	Original Buddha Paintin... artangel $30.00	SILLY SALE Secret Heart... greenriverstud... $56.10
Sterling silver teardro... boojewels $64.00	SILLY SALE - boat greet... Parsy $1.75	Small Bee Hotel Wudwerx $21.00	SILLY SALE Cute Kawaii ... TheNicestThing $10.00
UK SILLY SALE Hallowee... niftyknits $24.30	Hand Printed Tea Towel ... inkmeup $12.00	Silly Sale - Little Ow... BobbieandLola $9.60	UK Silly Sale Fabric Bu... thebluekitteh $5.00

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My Etsy UK Silly Season Treasury.

I've made my first Treasury for ages, in fact, my first one since the 'wait for 333' system ended.  My inspiration for this sudden streak of egalitarian creativity is the UK Silly Sale which goes live for one day only on Friday October 8th from 7pm.   All the UK based Etsy sellers are welcome to join in the fun where we'll be clearing out the shelves, cupboards and storage boxes in time for the real silly season (hopefully).

I've trawled the tagged listings and come up with this collection of lovely pieces - not only are they all gorgeous, they're all bargains, so click and buy!

Autumnal Themed UK Silly Sale by Eyeshoot

Mookaite Circle Necklac... ACuppaJewels $15.00	Lamu Donkey Portrait - ... shortwork $18.00	Silly Sale 50% Off! Sil... SixSkeins $21.00	HALF PRICE Vintage 60s ... hellodarlingvi... $4.50
Silly Sale - Smocked Fa... BobbieandLola $10.00	Oops - Two small white ... LittleWrenPott... $10.25	Botanical Paper Cut Pos... KitzieG $6.50	I 'HEART' Butto... greenriverstud... $27.00
UK Silly Sale - Copper ... HandmadeByAlis... $28.00	SILLY SALE - Golden Spi... ffflowers $5.00	iBee Wudwerx $15.00	Hand Printed Tea Towel ... inkmeup $12.00
SILLY SALE - happy birt... Parsy $2.00	Extra long chunky brass... anacdesigns $12.00	SILLY SALE Eco Heart Ne... TheNicestThing $10.00	8 inch silk-lined strip... Catfishhh $20.00

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