Alive, alive oh

"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things in nature have a message you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive" 

Eleanora Duse (Italian Actress 1858-1924)

I couldn't find any blue sky in which to rejoice yesterday evening as the promised storm approached.  But to my surprise there was a little patch of colour in the western sky, just as the power went out at 5 pm.

And I can rejoice, too, that the quotes of an actress who died 90 years ago are still alive.

Challenge

I just have a few snaps from the photo a day challenge I'm doing with my daughter, Justine.   I've surprised myself and managed to take a photo every day to match the topic.  And it's got me thinking a bit, too.  Tomorrow's topic is Alive.  Hopefully, between now and then I can come up with something.  If you have any suggestions, I'd be only too happy to hear them.  Just remember I don't intend to leave the farm to find the subject.  That's definite right now, the weather is appalling, heavy rain and strong winds.

Saturday Topic - On the table

Here's a little experiment Georgia and I carried out on Saturday.  Pour a little milk onto a plate.  Add a few drops of red, yellow and blue food colouring.  Add a couple of drops of dish detergent and watch the pretty colours swirl.  I think it may have worked better had we used full cream milk.  I have no idea why it works.

 

 

Sunday Topic - View

The calving for this year has begun, the view is of Shayde checking on the cows that are due to give birth soon (what we call the calving mob).

Monday topic - First

And here's Chocolate, the first calf of the season.

  
Tuesday topic - I've never

Luckily I cheated just a little and took today's photo late yesterday.  There's certainly no rainbows or pots of gold around today.  My interpretation is that I've never found the pot of gold.

Now, back to pondering - alive, alive ...