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Title: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW CLOSED
Post by: Aunt Sally on November 27, 2012, 17:35
Voting is now OPEN
and will end on 23rd January 2013 at about 1:00 pm
You can vote for up to 3 photos.




"A Winter's Tale"

Don't forget to put a description with your photo!


Prize – Any of our paperback books or if you've got them we'll sort an alternative out!

A very open title which can cover anything that tells the story of WINTER !


This competition will run until 15th January 2013 - with voting open to members for one week after that date.

The simple rules:

   
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Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Plot 6B on December 01, 2012, 19:10
The Ability Garden in it's Winter Coat.
Not a great Photo but it's all I've got and someone has to go first.


(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/Nige2Plots_zps1b3fa151.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: aelf on December 04, 2012, 12:53
Picture entitled 'In the Bleak Midwinter'

I took this in the depths of winter, December 2010, close to home. We don't often get snow, being near the coast, but this was 'A good ol' packet of snow' as my Granny used to say  :)

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/aelf_zps03ad07ac.jpg)

It was an eerliy quiet and beautiful afternoon and whilst I took the photo I was, appropriately, humming 'In the Bleak Midwinter' by Christina Rossetti (1872):

In the bleak midwinter, frosty wind made moan,
Earth stood hard as iron, water like a stone;
Snow had fallen, snow on snow, snow on snow,
In the bleak midwinter, long ago.

It was one of those rare, spritually uplifting moments  :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: tosca100 on December 04, 2012, 15:07
Bonnie lab and her ball.
(http://i673.photobucket.com/albums/vv100/tosca100-dog/055.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Annen on December 06, 2012, 13:37
"Teasels" in our allotment's bee garden

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/Annen_zps62ef5307.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Spana on December 13, 2012, 21:04
When its cold, wet and dark by 4 o'clock,best thing is to call it a day, come in and relax by the fire. :happy:
OH said he'd had enough by then as well :)

 (http://i49.tinypic.com/2zoavip.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Thrift on December 19, 2012, 16:15
A wintery December view from my kitchen window which lasted for a few minutes before changing completely.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/Thrift_zps113728b2.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: ANHBUC on December 20, 2012, 00:48
Took this photo near Newtonmore, Highlands in December 2009 it was -15C.  I was amazed by the beauty created by frost.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/ANHBUC_zps61c7786f.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: compo on December 27, 2012, 11:13
 Max worn out from chasing imaginary snow monsters, taken 2 years ago i think.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/compo_zpsd3fe240e.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: New shoot on January 01, 2013, 19:02
I've got nothing from this winter as yet as it seems to have been universally wet, but this is my favourite snow picture from a couple of years ago.

It shows Arnie my agave as a snow flower.  Sadly the contrast of desert plant and snow was not a happy mix and he gave up the ghost after this but I have 2 offshoots which are just as evil and spikey  :D

(http://i104.photobucket.com/albums/m198/suec_02/Snow/036.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Daamoot on January 06, 2013, 11:36
A Collie winter:
an ideal way to spend a snowy day - March 2012
(http://i1323.photobucket.com/albums/u581/Daamoot/14thMarch2012208_zps262546ef.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: rugbymad40 on January 07, 2013, 11:46
The first Snow of the winter in December 2012.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/rugbymad40_zps53114753.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: surbie100 on January 07, 2013, 12:38
Winter in Oslo...looking a lot like Narnia  :happy:

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/surbie100_zpsf82da9b4.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Yorkie on January 07, 2013, 18:31
Title:

A quiet interlude.

(http://i288.photobucket.com/albums/ll181/Yorkie1_photos/DSCF0033.jpg)

(Unfortunately not my plot)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: leelee on January 07, 2013, 19:06
Big Ben

We went ice skating at the Natural History Museum Christmas 2011 and I took this as we got off the tube at Westminster to have a go on the London Eye

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/leelee_zps618ea2b4.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: sarajane on January 08, 2013, 20:46
An early morning on the plot with a very cold hoar frost Jan 2012

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/sarajane_zpsc97a8ed5.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Kate and her Ducks on January 09, 2013, 18:35
I took this on a very frosty morning just before light and thought the frost on the cobweb was beautiful. :happy:

(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm5/katemerriman/IMG_0131_zps3d1a7d55.jpg)

Frost on a Cobweb
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: MJS on January 09, 2013, 20:17
(http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll265/12marg/allotment/bird_zpsb1ae6ab7.jpg)

I spotted this little bird while on a snowy walk with my dogs, after a big snowfall a couple of years ago.
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: GrannieAnnie on January 14, 2013, 15:05
Silence is Golden.

What I like about the snow is that every sound seems muted.  The A52 is always quieter when its snowing.  This was taken from my front door a few minutes ago!

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/GrannieAnnie_zpsc9b8831c.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: spottymint on January 14, 2013, 19:05
Yateley Church January 2010,

I have no snow.  :(

(http://i298.photobucket.com/albums/mm265/spottymint/Snowchurchyateley_zps06071495.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: shoozie on January 14, 2013, 20:06
Winter walk through the wood ......
(http://i1233.photobucket.com/albums/ff393/shoozie1/P1130998_zpsc88ccdcf.jpg)

Our mini, 4 inch tall snowman - perched on top of an old stone wall by the edge of the wood.  First flurry of snow of 2013 (13-1-13). 
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: jmc1949 on January 14, 2013, 21:02
Anyone for a swim

This was taken at my sister in laws in the South of France last February and yes there is a swimming pool under the snow.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/jmc1949_zpsf4e25b86.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: mumofstig on January 14, 2013, 21:02
Through the arch

(http://i659.photobucket.com/albums/uu317/mumofstig/DSCI0073a_zpsca5c8d54.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: Growster... on January 15, 2013, 16:17
There was a flash of colour, and Old Growster looked up to the sky, and the January sun caught the ice crystals on the leaves of the hedge, and they glittered in the new morning light.

The lazy, chilly breeze intensified the kaleidoscope of nature’s jewels, which twinkled and swirled for several glorious minutes.


(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/Growster_zpsfd4c4a5d.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale"
Post by: grinling on January 15, 2013, 17:02
It was a wonderful walk for my daughter, son and husband.

(http://i243.photobucket.com/albums/ff221/Aunt__Sally/Comp%2020/Grindling_zps50c5f7a6.jpg)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: mumofstig on January 17, 2013, 22:31
It was so very difficult to choose - fantastic entries, well done everyone  :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: GrannieAnnie on January 17, 2013, 23:03
I wanted to tick 6!     :(  They are all lovely though, showing different ideas of a winter's tale!

Good luck everyone!
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: shoozie on January 17, 2013, 23:18
I found it really hard to narrow down to 3 picks - we had got down to 5 then got stuck!   Thanks for sharing and best of luck everybody.  Great entries.  Really enjoyed all the photos :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Paul Plots on January 18, 2013, 00:40
I wanted to tick 6!     

Me too.

All lovely entries.....
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: ANHBUC on January 18, 2013, 12:05
Very hard to choose, good luck everyone.   :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Annen on January 21, 2013, 13:28
Really hard to choose, they are all lovely :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Aunt Sally on January 24, 2013, 17:39
The competition voting is now closed and the results are:


1st - aelf with 19 votes

2nd - MJS with 16 votes

3rd - ANHBUC with 14 votes


The prize goes to aelf .  Please send your contact details to John.

Well done all three of you – great photos :D

Well done GrannieAnnie too - a very close runner up.
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: arugula on January 24, 2013, 18:03
Well done to all who took part, there were some lovely photos and congratulations to the winners! :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Yorkie on January 24, 2013, 19:27
Well done to all - it was such a hard decision where to place votes  :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: MJS on January 24, 2013, 19:35
Well done Aelf , ANHBUC and everyone who took part. Thank you for all the votes!  :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: shoozie on January 24, 2013, 19:48
Congratulations to all the winners and everyone who took part  :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: mumofstig on January 24, 2013, 19:57
congratulations to all  :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Spana on January 24, 2013, 21:05
Congratulations, worthy winners. Some really lovely photos.  :happy:
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: surbie100 on January 24, 2013, 21:19
Congratulations to the winners, lovely photos! Thanks to Aunt Sally for setting it up, it was fun.  :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: ANHBUC on January 24, 2013, 23:02
Well done everyone who took part and a big thank you to Aunty.  I am really chuffed with Bronze position.   :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: joyfull on January 25, 2013, 06:26
well done - worthy winners :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: New shoot on January 25, 2013, 07:27
Well done everyone  :)  Some lovely pictures and worthy winners  :)
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: aelf on January 25, 2013, 08:56
Thank you so much everyone  :D

I'm genuinely gobsmacked, there are some great pictures here, well done everyone.

This has really made my day  :D :D :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Thrift on January 25, 2013, 08:58
Well done aelf and all the winners.  :D The hardest part was choosing.
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: Daamoot on January 25, 2013, 10:17
Congratz aelf, MJS and ANHBUC.  They were all beautiful photos!

Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: GrannieAnnie on January 25, 2013, 12:55
Congrats from me too aelf, mjs and ANHBUC.  Lovely photo's and I agree, it was so difficult to choose between them all!
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW OPEN
Post by: tosca100 on January 25, 2013, 15:01
Congrats all three, well done. :D
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW CLOSED
Post by: yaxley on January 25, 2013, 21:32
Well done some great pictures there ...
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW CLOSED
Post by: Annen on January 25, 2013, 22:22
Well done, a worthy winner!
Title: Re: Competition #20 "A Winter's Tale" - VOTING NOW CLOSED
Post by: Growster... on January 27, 2013, 06:31
Marvellous pics everyone, thank you for putting on such a show, and of course, congratulations to the winners!