WELCOME to the latest edition of the camera club.
We are more than halfway through the year and what a strange few months it has proved to be.
From emerging from more than two years of lockdown misery and straight into the largest war on European soil in almost 80 years - it is fair to say that the years we are enduring will be taught in the history classes of the future.
While misery and suffering will be what the past few years will be remembered for we must also play the ‘Glad game.’
The premise is simple enough and based on the 1913 novel by Eleanor Porter.
Simply whenever things seems bad then try your hardest to find a silver lining. If you feel sick today then take solace in the fact you may feel better tomorrow or perhaps, more fittingly for the times, if you are flat broke today then tomorrow is one day closer to pay day.
The Pollyanna principle is the tendency for people to remember pleasant items more accurately than unpleasant ones.
Research indicates that at the subconscious level, the mind tends to focus on the optimistic while at the conscious level, it tends to focus on the negative.
We are indeed fortunate that the ‘Glad game’ is something we do not have too need to deploy compared to many others across the world who are suffering so much at the moment.
After all, we live in a peaceful part of the country and while things are far from perfect at least we have the solace of the countryside and community.
So, let’s all be Pollyanna and be glad about that.
A spectacular rainbow. Picture by Rosie Hindley.
A hoverfly. Picture by Paul Meakin.
A heron on the hunt. Picture by Paul Meakin.
Lots of hair and lots of legs. Picture by Andrew Moz.
A scorpion fly. Picture by Paul Meakin.
From the Gryn in Llansilin. Picture by Wendy Clough-Jones.
Mother spider takes the kids out for the day. Picture by Paul Meakin.
A majestic bird. Picture by Mary Morgan.
We are family. Picture by Mary Morgan.
A greater spotted woodpecker. Picture by John Barrett.
The canal at Crickheath. Picture by Mary Morgan.
Splish splash I was taking a bath. Picture by Ed Clay.
A late entrant into English gymnastics squad. Picture by Dave Hutton.
A water lily. Picture by Ed Clay.
A mullein caterpillars in Treflach. Picture by Tony Wright.
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