Beautiful Nature

Sometimes I look at what we have become as humans, destroying life, land and our seas. It can be hard to see past it all, but then, in a single moment of utter beauty, I am reminded of what nature has created and still creates now.

With each season comes a different flower, we have just had daffodils, tulips and blossom and then, the beautiful peonies have started to unfurl their spectacular petals.

I bought a couple of reduced bunches from Marks & Spencer on Sunday and wasn't expecting much. But, when we got home with these unloved beauties and put them into some water, they exploded like sprinters, racing to see who could open the fastest.

One of them beat the others hands down and there were many oohs and aahhs, it was like a peacock shaking out its tail feathers, truly beautiful. So, I did what anyone who likes to take pictures would do and got my camera out.

Like a lot of photographers, I still have a lot to learn about how to take pictures, heck, I only took my camera off automatic last year. That aside, it is hard not to take a beautiful picture when the subject itself is so divine. Since I took these pictures, the flowers have changed colour and shape even more which only goes to show how wonderful nature truly is.

Finding Art & Beauty in Soissons

I didn't want to be blogging whilst on holiday but some of the sites we have seen are so beautiful and worth blogging about whilst still fresh in my mind.

So on a rather miserable and rainy Wednesday we did what any British family would do and head out in the rain!

First Soissons Cathedral, a beautiful place which my short zoom lens just didn't do justice.

A rather apt plaque to the dead of the British Empire who's bodies lay in France, a really lovely tribute and perfect for the anniversary of WW1.

I just had to snap this rather intriguing picture on show of the baby Jesus being breastfed, as a world that continues to judge women and their choices I thought this was rather beautiful. 

And finally onto the old Arsenal, an armoury now turned into a museum currently housing some great art, these are just a few of my favourites.