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Well done Mike! Thanks Bart for starting this challenge again. It was a tough one - who'd have thought responsibility would be a hard thing to see.

While visiting the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston in 2018 I came across this wet floor sign and delightful puddle in the gallery. I don't think it was an exhibit but it is really hard to tell some times with modern art. The placing of the wet floor sign in the puddle demonstrated...

Thank you for hosting an interesting challenge Miguel and well done Don. Creative use of a pizza!! My "squash" are large honey dew melons. I don't know why but our local supermarkets only ever stock butternut squash so none of the exciting colours and shapes you can find elsewhere. I...

Okay, not quite what you are looking for but shot yesterday in Morrisons with my new Pixel 7 phone.

Thank you Milan, what a great challenge. I did think the cheeks had it so it’s a nice surprise to win. Great to see so many entries too. As for the next challenge, sadly, I’m not in the best place to host it just now as a very close family member is in hospital receiving end of life care. If...

Well done Mike! Your picture really makes me wish I could be on a road trip again. Feels so long ago since I was last on one and the way my life is just now it looks like it will be a long while until I get the freedom again to go on one. Looking forward to seeing what you have in store for...

This was from 2013 with the E-M5.

I didn’t see it until you posted the reminder on Saturday. I liked the topic and it is apt for the time of year/impact on climate crisis, etc so it would have been an interesting one to do. Unfortunately finding any time for photography over the last few months has been difficult for me...

Oh wow, this was a tough challenge to judge. First up is Ingall, “A Day in the Life” – I like all the photographs and they work well with one another to tell your story of your day. Starting with mowing the lawn (hope not too early so as not to wake your neighbours), hanging up the laundry...

Start Date May 16, 2021 End Date June 13, 2021 Photo Essay: With six photographs (no more, no less) tell me a story of your choice. Your story should have a clear beginning, middle and end. You must give your photo essay a title. There is no requirement for you to include captions or text...

Thanks Don, for both the wonderful challenge and comments. I didn’t expect to win, there’s always so many strong entries, so it was a nice surprise. Over the last year I have walked by this tree almost every day as part of my daily exercise (one of the few permitted reasons to leave my home...

LOL I’m still thinking “yikes”!

What kind of snake is it? Is it native?

I’m the proud owner of four scooters. I’ve not wrapped any of them around a tree and I don’t think I’ve fallen off any of them. I don’t have photographs of them all but three of them are manual and one is electric. This was the first one. I can’t download it from Flickr so it’s a screenshot...

I can ride a bicycle and drive a manual transmission car but I’m sure if I tried climbing on a motorbike, if it didn’t fall over first, I’d most likely wrap it around a tree on the first bend! I’m glad you’ve not as you take amazing photographs while on your bike. He gave you good advice.

Today we climbed Binny Craig, the 8,370th tallest peak in Scotland, LOL, I know, it's tiny. But it's in walking distance from our home. Ten miles or so through farm fields, bogs and woodland, so a nice wee stroll.

Holbrook, 2018 Badwater Basin salt flats, Death Valley, 2018

I’ve never been to Northern Ireland but would hope to visit some day. Part of the fun of travelling is to learn new ways to communicate with the people you meet.

I LOVE James McAvoy. That was so funny. You did understand him though?

Geographically I guess I’m closer to David Tennant but I’m even closer to Edinburgh so there might be a bit of Trainspotting in there too.

LOL now you are just showing off!! In some parts of the world (New York, I’m talking about you) some people I’ve met don’t think I even speak English!

These are beautiful Milan. Thank you for sharing. Is that your family? I didn’t realise you spoke French. Do you speak many languages? I’m in awe of anyone who can master a second language, or more. I studied French at school, then German at University but, because I am so out of...

I started off with the intention of using my Canon g7x mark ii (are my numbers and letters in the right order or even the right sensor size?) but, when looking for some old photographs in my archive to share, I ended up in Death Valley in 2018 revisiting the Panasonic gx9. I travelled a lot...

I totally agree with you Milan but to be fair, you just need a sheet of paper and a pencil to create an amazing image. You are not a mere mortal when it comes to creating art. These are fantastic shots.

My phone finally rang at 2 pm today. Not the best news, nor the worst, so somewhere in between. Not sure what that really means yet, only time will tell. Staying positive even though bumpy roads inevitably lie ahead.

All I can do this evening is watch my phone. I’m waiting for news. They say no news is good news but my nerves are frazzled, just waiting. I’ve been trying to distract myself from the silence by time travelling. Not in a Police box, sadly, but by scrolling through some of my old(er) snaps on...

This morning my peanut butter smothered crumpet breakfast tasted only a little better than it looked. It’s not my usual yummy peanut butter. After the first bite it kind of reminded me a little bit of pac-man with a nasty skin condition but it filled the spot.

Ahhhh with you now. No, I’m just tired, not much going on upstairs in my brain today, nor yesterday, the day before that and so on.

Clearly I am on the slow learners programme today. Why is the first one cruel?

I need an “envy” emoji!

I need to try harder. I’ve resorted to just my phone over the last few days. This one of my lunch today proves I will never make it onto Masterchef. It was tasty though - dairy free cheese, tomatoes, baked potato, garlic and mixed herbs.

A redundant cat!

We found Hilary, our T Rex, a few years ago while exploring Wonderland Models in Edinburgh. Not sure why we called her Hilary but I think she suits it. These days she is usually found on my desk, chewing a pen beside me while I am working.

You are such an artist in the way you see, capture and present the world around you. You just make it your own. You always present a really strong body of work in these challenges. Nothing appears in isolation. But this one, it is so good. I love it. I really do.

Since Christmas I have been trying to read Pamela Bannos' book "Vivian Maier, A Photogtapher's Life and Afterlife" but I never seem to get very far into it before I place it back on the shelf unfinished. No criticism to the author, it’s just lockdown has made me so restless I find it difficult...

LOL, it’s not the way Lush market their bath bombs. They said it was vegan so no animals hurt while running my bath!

It was a “Temple of the Sky” bath bomb from Lush. It was lovely. Really nice citrus fragrance but it did turn the bath an interesting shade of green.

Playing in the bath tonight

Before the Covid-19 pandemic I used to envy those who could work from home, during the Covid-19 pandemic I began to envy those who couldn’t work from home, and post the Covid-19 pandemic, well we’re not there yet but I expect I’ll just be thankful if I can work anywhere. In the meantime...

Busy, busy, busy day today so one blurry iPhone X shot processed with TinType is my lot today.