Sharla

Week 50 I asked these greylag geese if I could take a photo and this is the pose they struck!

E = Eid (a celebration marking the end of the month of Ramadan for Muslims)

I think that's really beautiful.

Y = Yuan Tan "an annual Chinese festival marking the Chinese New Year. It can last over three days and includes the exchange of gifts, firework displays, and dancing"

V = Vesak (A May festival that commemorates the birth, enlightenment,, and death of Buddha)

S = Saint Patrick's Day

O = Orthodox Christmas Day

K = Kathina (a Buddhist festival which comes at the end of the three-month rainy season retreat for some Theravada Buddhists)

I = Independence Day

Week 49 The photo is of some strawberry plants I have in a planter that lives outside. I’m always amazed at how hardy the plants are. I always overwinter some cuttings in my tiny greenhouse just in case the weather does its worst but, so far, they have survived everything which means each year I land up with even more strawberry plants! At this time of the year the leaves are a variety of colours through green, yellow and brown.

F = Feast, there usually is one.

A = Annual

Y = Yuletide

U = Upsy Daisy Day I had to google for this one. Celebrated on June 8, National Upsy Daisy Day "is set aside to encourage everyone to face the day positively and to get up 'gloriously, gratefully and gleefully' each morning."

We missed S so S = Shrove Tuesday

R = Rosh Hashanah

M = Mardi Gras

I = Invitation

C = Christmas [A nice easy one!]

Week 48 At the start of the week it was crisp and cool. This photo was taken just as the sun had set but there was still some light in the sky. I like trees in the winter simply because you get to see the amazing shapes they have.

V = Vault, aka burial vault (a sealed and lined container placed around a casket to prevent the grave from sinking and protect the casket from the surrounding area)

Q = Quaker Funeral

O = Orientation (The direction of a burial within a grave)

Week 47 Hexham Abbey has been hosting an exhibition called ‘Threads through Creation’ by the textile artist Jacqui Parkinson. It consists of twelve very large panels that absolute pulsate with colour and life. Because of their size and the way they were lit it was hard to photograph them in their entirety. This photo is just part of a panel that illustrates the creation of life in the sky and sea. The detail and amount of work in each of them was phenomenal.

M = Memorial