now it’s the leaves’ turn to strut their stuff.

Festival of Leaves 2026 Week #4
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Actually, it was only a Super 8 film (yes, I’m THAT old) and this photo stood on a nightstand next to a bed with a murdered me in it. It’s the only time I starred in a movie (okay, a super 8) and I got the part because the first year students had to choose their actors from the second years.
I photographed this with my smartphone from an old discolored black and white photo and enhancing it with a mixture of sepia colouring, softening the contrast and using a vignette frame.
Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #22
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The poster is a remnant of the Bavarian state eletions 2023. FOWC with Fandango: Coal
I’m in a jokey mood today having already told a joke in the comment section, and I could only think of this when I saw the prompt: Ragtag Daily Prompt: Chuck
A very simple photo edit (yet – I want to stress done “manually”, i.e. not just told an AI program to do it) and the young man is cloned and made to trip.
Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #21
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The backdrop is literally a square centimeter on a lego block hence the blurry effect and I added the silhouette of a real life-size cut-out sculpture.
Tourmaline’s October Daily Share Challenge #20
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and color fades, the shape of things begins to matter more. The title is the beginning of a poem by James Green. Our guest host Ritva has asked for low light photos for our Monochrome Madness theme this week. You can link your contribution to … Continue reading When lights begin to dim
(NB: Please read aloud with a strong French accent.) There once was a Frenchman living in Edinburghs. (The added S was one of his many quirks.)He annoyed the locals With his mangled vocals. So he ended up as a beautiful “curpse”. for Esther’s Laughing Along … Continue reading The one lost in cultural exchanges