That's indeed not good and also with the measurements the government is about to made with the crises
Hopefully you can still come round nicely and have some to spare to do fun things with.

Thank you Roger, it's the question how comments from me are received recently.
I'm glad these fall into a good spirit.

I also like that and photographic wise photo 3 is the best one but I find it less interesting then the rest.

The comment about the grass was for number 2.
You can easily scroll the page and crop it that way.
I would scroll till the weed in the lower part is gone so that the stern of the flower where the butterfly is on emerge from the left lower corner.
Just my observation though and taste, I'm sure someone else would think something completely different.

I just see there is a insect on the flower in photo 3, I wonder if a closer would have been better like something Doug have done here link

Ti same problem here
At least we have something to look forward to.

So duh , it's already late here so I've an excuse
Ah well it just shows how romantic French is, just look at the sky

I love a challenge
No idea if you can get lesson here to play the shamishen

That's super, they play blues you say. I know who I can call for the wedding band then, although ain't sure if the misses likes blues though

Too bad you can't play any more, you probably quite miss it

Wonderful family you have, it's super to grow up with music I think.
My mom can sing sort off but she can dance very well and gave lessons so music was almost on constantly in the house, very nice.
I had some piano lessons but that's everything, maybe I should start practising again.

I know what you mean with GBA, an old friend off mine has that and another old friend is an audiophile and has a big installation as an hobby that he rent out sometimes.

Maybe this is the perfect excuse to buy the rest of the DA limited lenses?

Very interesting Gwyn, thank you
I always found guitars interesting instruments but never really looked into them, maybe I should try it once.
I also find these quite interesting link with the longer neck it looks more active and I find the sound they make just special.

That's great, does he play electric or acoustic and is he in a band?

I like the softness of the first photo but it's too busy too make it work I think.
Taking away some of the grass in the foreground helps a bit but still the out of focus flowers at the top still draw too much attention away from the flower that's in focus.

The second photo is a very interesting one, a bit unlucky that the buds are in front of the butterfly.
Just too make the photo a bit calmer I would crop away the lower weed. You also see then the line play better with the grass that's out of focus.

Now I also need to say something about the third photo, you did everything right there so no comments on that from me, I just don't find it that interesting or exciting as the first two but the composition is quite strong with that one.

Lovely photo John.
The sky is working for once in the UK and the flower is strong and prominent.
I do find the photo just a slightly to dark and a very slight increase in brightness should make the colours more vibrant I think.
It could also be my monitor that isn't perfect although it's calibrated but that doesn't need to say much.

Just notice that I see the white in the centre of the flower working together with the clouds and of course the complementary colours of the flower and the blue sky.

First one for me, the composition feel less restricted/forced so to say and the wasp/bee lies better in the focus point, it's less obvious in the second photo.
With the first just conceal the bit of red in the left top corner to make it perfect.

The third photo is very different and I like it in some ways but the lack of a focus point make it a bit busy but still an interesting photo to look at.