Down on the Allotment

What's happening down on the allotment? An intimate account of a passionate veggie grower.

Wednesday, December 28, 2011

Matron's New Camera

I can see more clearly now!
Father Christmas gave Matron a new Sony HX7V 16.2 mp camera. It will take me a year to find out all the gadgets and gizmos therein. All I want really is to point and squirt.. it even has a GPS tracking device!! what on earth.....?
Anyway, the close up macro focus is excellent. What a marvel of nature is this Cavalo Nero leaf!
I like to leave flowers to go to seed during Winter. These are my garlic chives. Beautiful white flower heads that the bees adore. Perhaps the birds will enjoy these seeds too.
Crab apples are hanging on in there! I resisted the temptation to pick them, they brighten up the garden and the birds may need them more than I do!
Still a few Brussels Sprouts left over, I hasten to add that I didn't grow these! These are from a farm shop near Biggleswade in Bedfordshire - the heart of Brussels Sprout country! I just love them so much I just enjoy eating them with nothing on!!... oooh Matron!

10 Comments:

At 8:20 PM, Blogger Tanya @ Lovely Greens said...

Looks great Matron! Happy Christmas :)

 
At 8:46 PM, Blogger Katie Swanberg said...

Wow, so clear! Nice camera. Looking forward to seeing more pictures from you.

 
At 10:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

te he hee

 
At 1:12 AM, Blogger Theanne and Baron said...

Your new camera takes a great macro!
Believe it or not my chives are still going strong...I scissor them off and they keep right on coming back! I'm hoping I can get them to last all winter! Your veggies are looking good...the dried garlic chive heads with seeds take a very nice photograph! Enjoy your camera!

 
At 4:31 AM, Blogger Wyatt said...

Nice pics! Look at those crabapples. I'm still trying to figure out my camera from last Christmas!

Wyatt's mom

 
At 7:09 AM, Anonymous LavaDeals said...

nice pics and nice camera. you must have a wonderful garden. Did you use grow tent now.

 
At 10:20 AM, Blogger Sue@G.L. Allotments said...

It certainly does take ages to get used to a new camera - I'm still not totally up to speed with mine. As for the GPS - we have this on our video camera and it's quite good for reminding you exactly where the film was taken. Especially when you've been away on holiday and visited quite a few places.

 
At 5:53 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Those crabapples look positively luscious. I bet the birds will be delighted to find such scrumptious feast in your garden.

Lee

 
At 7:26 PM, Blogger Midmarsh John said...

Its working well for you Matron. You must have been a good girl this year.

 
At 1:43 PM, Blogger Caro (UrbanVegPatch) said...

Wonderful photos - isn't it fun having a new camera! I still keep the manual for mine nearby, I really should read it sometime!

 

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