M... Milano and Gold Madonna

This is the Milan cathedral

 And this is the Madonna that is on the top spire of the cathedral.

(can you tell that we still are in winter? I've made these photo yesterday... no one cloud! :) )

M is for Medieval

Medieval Festival in Dorchester last year.  I am a great fan of Living History and marvel at the hand made tools and arms.

M is for m&m...

And mmm..... This is a shot that I used for a photo challenge that I am in on a photo site...the other day I posted a series of images and asked for peoples thoughts....I ended up with this (notice the "m" in the dripping chocolate!)

http://rteest42.wordpress.com/2011/01/24/quick-help-me-decide/

M is for more mountains

Continental Divide by Denver, Colorado above the tree line looking down.

M is for Magnificent Marzipan in Milano!

A little shop somewhere between the Duomo and the Last Supper.

Update: It's the Freni's Pasticceria - Via Torino 1- Milano.

Via Torino is just near the Duomo; giving the back to the big door of the Duomo you walk till the end of the square and on your left there are Via Mazzini e Via Torino. Freni is the 3rd shop from the beginning of the street, on the left sidewalk. (Thanks Silvia for the information on the shop!)

M is for Mourning

In view of the interest in the film "The Kings Speech".  A very fragile copy of the newspaper I found in a junk shop.

Mill

Here are some photos from the Pendleton Woollen Mill in Pendleton, Oregon.  So few textiles are made in the United States these days that it's quite a treat to see the looms in action.

Marble on marble

Sperimenting with depth and composition. This is just my daily photo :)

M is for mountains

Just breathtaking in my view
Louisa Lawson

M is Mushroom

In close-up the gills look like pleated cloth

M is for Moss

Lovely little cushions of green moss sprouting from a brick wall.

M is for Mosaic

M is for Mask

My Masked Venice Carnival Bear

M for metal

The inside of a plane engine housing at Duxford Imperial War Museum.

Marsh

Sorry---should have put this in same post as the first one!

Took this last spring somewhere on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Looks like a very peaceful place to contemplate-later in the year.

Monkey Fist

This was taken on the schooner Bowdoin. The huge knot gives the line some weight when tossed.

M is for Magnolia

Cornwall is famous for its spring flowering trees especially magnolias, camellias and rhododendrons.  I took these photos in Burncoose Gardens near Falmouth in 2010.

But I realise that there are lots of 'M's in this part of Cornwall so I can't resist also giving you a photo of St Michaels Mount. We live only ten minutes drive from here and it is always an inspirational sight.

winter colours week

I know a lot of you have files full of photos. Poppytalk is running a series of Winter Colours Weeks. We have recently finished colours, but you might be interested in playing along on your own blog! You can find out about it here.

This week the Winter Colour for their challenge is red. You can see some of our own red photos here.

Some photos from one participant - Margaret Ooman (whose photos are worth looking at anytime!) She does a lot of macro photography.

and here is a red M photo -

M for Men Working ...or not as the case may be...

M is for Moss

- Under the melting snow.

Moorland Scene

I have today uploaded two photos for the letter M both Yorkshire Moorland Scene's both close to my home Sylvia M