Photo Hunt - Wet

The theme for this week's photo hunt wet (or rainy) Iam a bit stuck for decent photos so here's what I made of a fountain in Trafalgar Square (Yes I know I posted this earlier this year but what the hey!) I use it on my business card.

Can you see the faces in the fountain?

Photo Hunt - High

The theme for this week's photo hunt is high. I am being lazy and posting a  similar photo to last week. Not only is is public but any light beam from the top of the Eiffel Tower will be high!

Photo Hunt - public

The theme for this week's photo hunt is public. Here is another photo of the lighthouse-like beam at the top of the Eiffel Tower as it sweeps over Notre Dame Cathedral. Taken from the Cite Internationale des Arts . You can't get less private than that!

Photohunt - Covered

The theme for this week's photo hunt is covered. Here is a photo I took today during a mini-shoot with my nephew. For some reason I like to put my nephew in hijab-style head dresses!

Photo Hunt - Greasy

The theme for this week's photo hunt is greasy. None of my photos feature anything greasy in the standard sense so I have chosen to go for a slang use of the word - disreputable, sordid, dirty, etc.

If one is prudish then one could describe what these two lily beetles are up to is greasy!

Shirley enjoys a nice cup of tea (Photohunt)

© 2011 Shaun P Downey

The theme for this week's photo hunt is drink. For once I won't be stretching the theme so far as to snap it. Here is Shirley (The not-wife) enjoying a nice cup of tea...

The Madonna of Perfidy (photohunt)

© 2011 Shaun P Downey
The theme for this week's photo hunt is together. This is a huge stretch but you will see why together!

From an impromptu photo shoot with Tim last night

Photo Hunt - Clutter

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is cluttered. Here is a typical shelf space, This one has books oh and rechargeable batteries. Other shelves my have the not-wife's pressed glass collection, or my pens or camera equipment... or a cat or two!

Photo Hunt - Silhouette

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is silhouette. This isn't a silhouette but still a nice and contrasty image of Lord Horror himself (That's Ted to those who don't fear his wrath!)

Photo Hunt - Standing

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is standing. This is a standing stone, part of the Knocknakilla stone circle in County Cork, Ireland

Photo Hunt - Shadow

It's been over a month since I last contribute to Photo Hunt. Time to play again. The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is shadow. The above photo was taken in the Cortauld Gallery in London yesterday.

Photo Hunt - School

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is school so what am I doing showing a photo of a big rock in a field?


Actually I am not stretching the theme one little bit. The rock, which is located in the Millstreet County Park in Ireland, was the site of a hedge school.

A hedge school was a rural school in Ireland that existed mainly in the 18th century when catholic schools were forbidden under what were known as the Penal Laws, which placed severe restrictions on the rights of Catholics and "dissenters" (protestants who were not part of the Anglican church).

In the absence of a formal education system the hedge schools continued well into the 19th century. They did decline after the introduction of National Schools (primary/elementary schools) in 1831.

In reality most hedge schools were located in barns or in other places out of the elements. This one is relatively unusual

he theme for the week's Photo Hunt is framed, What to choose? Here's another outing of a photo of a painting my dear friend Suzy Ripley did of the not-wife for me as a birthday present. The not-wife's father framed it beautifully but I don't have a pic of the frame (It is off the wall and in storage until we repaint)

photo hunt - Public

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is public. This photograph of a public place was taken at Liverpool Street station in London

Photo Hunt - Open

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is open. Thanks to Annie who thought the open cat mouth in my prebious post was diubling up as my photo hunt entry, I had the idea to go back to a photo I posted in 2007 before I joined the Hunt.

This is our dear departed Mimi who was a tiny cat but with a big gaping maw!

photo hunt - purple

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is purple so here goes

This is an opium poppy. Perhaps more mauve than purple but near enough


At least the fuchsia has some purple in it!

Both flowers are in my back garden

photo hunt - six

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is six so here are six of my favourite ties

Photo Hunt - Mother

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is mother. Now I could have shown a phot0 of my female parent but she doesn't like to be photographed. So here is Bebe instead, Bebe was a feral cat before she came to us. She was born in a feral colony a few miles away. A person who used to feed them kept an eye on her when she was a kitten and when she had her first litter when she was little more than a kitten he took her to a cat shelter.

Bebe's kittens went quickly but nobody wanted a timid and rather wild young adult... except us. We took her in and gradually she developed into an affectionate if still a bit timid, housecat

Photo Hunt - Fresh

The theme for the week's Photo Hunt is Fresh. These are oranges at a local fruit stall. They were actually fresh - photographs can deveive

Photo Hunt - Three

THe theme for the week's Photo Hunt is three.

This week I have gone for two sping flowers with definite three-ness