It was an early rise this morning due to the fact that at around 8:30 the builders arrived to take down our garden wall and get ready to build a new one!

Why would we have a new wall, well the old one decided it was time to start leaning towards our next door neighbours garden and given a few more months it would of probably been sitting in their garden forming a rather funny looking rockery.

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Well after a good week of fantastic weather it was inevitable that the rain would finally arrive!

But even though we have had some slight showers today, the sun has decided to come back out again, it all kinds of reminds me of the track Mr Blue Sky by ELO

Anyhow, I took the opportunity to take some macro shots today of some rain drops on the petals of some flowers, which I have uploaded to Flickr, so for your enjoyment here they are

So there you have it …. Hope you like them.

Now this is a little teaser of a competition that I may be running for my blogoversary, so to get you all in the mood, I’ve a got a picture to show you and I’d like to see if anyone can guess what it is, let’s see if anyone can guess what it is and see how many comments I can get with everyones guess, just one rule – Only one guess per person

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So you’ve got your photos printed and you see one that you think to yourself would look amazing as a painting up on your wall, maybe it’s a landscape or a family picture, but it’s just that little bit something special, so how do you get your photo made into a custom painting.

Well there is a site that will take your photos and create a 100% handmade custom painting, the website is called Paint Your Life and they do all the hard work for you.

Simply upload your photo to Paint Your Life and and they will then start hand painting your masterpiece, once completed your painting is uploaded for your approval, upon approval your painting is sent to you. Ideal for those birthday gifts for you family members and/or those close to you.

So if you have a photo which you would love to have up on your wall in oils and up on your wall then this is the perfect opportunity.