‘Balls’

Other than the tennis, soccer, golf balls

what about sun, moon, eyeballs, drops of water or dew,

fireworks, fruit or bouys?

The ball is in your court!

(Don't drop the ball like I did!)

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I apologise for dropping the ball and being so late this month.  My mom was admitted to hospital a week ago and time has not been my own.

No problem about the latency. Dont worry about it. I do hope your mom will be well very soon. What a marvellous Ball collage you have created. Beautifully done.  Great subject for this month. Thank you :)

Good luck to your Mum and to you and your family Clive.

Also from here, my 'speedy get well wishes' to your mom, I hope all will back to normal soon for you and your family, Clive.
The ball-topic is a great idea, thank you for the message, my friend.

Best wishes to your Mom and you, Clive.

This is Puffball fungi; when the Puffball matures it splits open and spores escape through the crack.

thanks for tip Jeff, a ball shaped ocean

floating apple

WOW, what spectacular images already to admire here, my friends. So creative thinking and realized.

And for Bakapo, I recognize this (in Dutch Bovist) puffball, when they are young one can eat them (we did, and they were very tasty).

My first is simple the bubbles on the water after a frog was jumping in. I hope this. I hope this does it for our challenge topic.

nice pics Bakapo & Jacomina, Puffbals may be edible and very look a like earthballs (aardappelbovist) certainly NOT

(don 't try this @ home ;)

Great pics all! What a "kick-off"....

@ Martin, you are right, thank you, my friend. So it's a pigskin (poison) puffball, I'm very sorry for the wrong information!

@ Carin, Thank you, dear friend, It's a very nice challenge-topic, huh?

Thanks for the comments. I wouldn't trust eating anything I found growing out of the leaves... lol!

Clever photos, everyone! Good work!

Super Moon 10.09.14.

great moon shot and clever postwork JEFF

Furball

stunning balls everywhere ;-) wonderful challenge again, thank you Clive and best wishes!

3 heavy marble balls.... :-)

WOW, spectacular uploads I discovered again. Jeff, Richard, and Prisca, (as I love the glow and textures on your one, my Swiss friend ;-).)

btw, I didn't got an e-bot from here. I guess I live too far away :D

The bokeh at the back is made up of lots of little balls...................... :)

That took some balls to post, Andrew!

Thanks for the good wishes, my Mom is home and recovering well.

Ha-ha, Andrew, bull's-eye with your balls. :D :D !

Hi Clive, Good news about your Mom, thanks for sharing it, my friend.

Hi friends, hoping you like what you see, because you also could see me ;-)

btw, I got 2 times an e bot of this challenge but both are not working in a right way.
First I came on the photo-forum, and today, I saw one that whas about a message from the challenge that rockstrider had post something here, but I saw nothing here.

Anyway, here my first for this week. Maybe I also put it on my gallery.

How can it be, my image I just posted is missing, and that of rockstrider too. (maybe this one also)

Hi Mies

I deleted my post because I am unsuccessfully trying to work out how to place a picture underneath the text rather than having the text on the right of the image - everything I try is not working at the moment :/

I'm not sure why yours has gone - maybe try refreshing the page?  

Great image Mies - very artistic!

Thank you Rockstrider. In the mean while I see my photo and text, I guess it go's a bit slow then usual.

So If you like to try it again, this is what I did by uploading here: writing the text, then click above on "Picture", insert the photo, and wait a bit. When your photo 'comes up' you can click on the blue Post. This must do it. Greets, Mies :)

Thank you, my friend.

And now I don't see the answer I just wrote to you. This challenge has to see too many balls maybe :D

Well, I see everything (I guess LOL) :P

Yes, I keep having to refresh the page to see the new posts too.

So, I have tried as you suggested with my post but the text always appears on the right side of the image (like in prutzworks posts) and not above the image as I want it to be.

I am wondering if I maybe have to adjust some settings first?!? 

Yes, I keep having to refresh the page to see the new posts too.

So, I have tried as you suggested with my post but the text always appears on the right side of the image (like in prutzworks posts) and not above the image as I want it to be.

I am wondering if I maybe have to adjust some settings first?!? 

I have no idea, but Clive and Carin sure can help you, rockstrider. Good luck anyway.

 from the garden taken this afternoon.....

So, this isn't how I wanted the post to look (text on the right of the image) but nevermind.

I hope nobody minds me joining in the challenge so late 

 and another from this afternoon in the garden.....

Ha, Rockstrider, good that you did the two uploads of these lovely flowers, I recognize your first as a Prunus laurocerasus, or also known as sherry laurel. We have them also in our garden.

The second must be an Anemone, and its such beautiful by focus on the heart. (maybe I'm wrong and it is a Poppy, anyway, I love Anemone very much, but in our garden we have no success with it, helas).

Yesterday I reached the challenge any more. It's so strange, I got a message of: this topic doesn't exist..

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Fantastic shots above - love them all !!  Here is another from me.

The above is of me taking a pic of the reflection of a light in a glass table top.

What a special photo, Jeff, it's misleading, and I'm glad you gave an explanation of what the photo shows. Haha, though, I recognize you very well: "hi, dear friend" ! smile :D.

Hi everybody!
My previous picture was a sink at the optician, and now you will see a mirror (in a mirror), also photographed at the optician.

Hehe Clive - I like your balls - ehh... both ... pictures :-) :-)  ;-)

Mies and Jeff: so nice to see you, superbly done 

and Rockstrider: most beautiful done!

soap bubble 4 you all - is a bubble a ball?

... Alium ball from my garden

... Alium ball from my garden

Fantastic, Priska, I admire your uploads very, very much!!! And specially the soap bubble with the amazing reflections. Grosse Klasse, dear friend ;-)

p.s. may I ask you how you did it to uploads your funny smilies here, Priska?

Ein wunderschöne Tag, allen mit einand'! ;-)
A wonderful day to all of you. :)

This photo I had put on my desk yesterday for the challenge, now it looks a bit like the Alium of our friend Prisca,
but this is a Dandelion seed ball with ball-drops.

Very nice shots. I like them very much.

Here is one from me (some of you may be already familiar with the photo but i think it is a good entry for this challenge).

This is fabulous, Christian!

Dear Mies - my funny smilies are part of the "Emoticons" in my I-pad - so I have them only on phone or pad - if I write on PC I have no emoticons--- do you like them?

I think you will find them on the web...under "emoticons" 

thank you for comments my dear friend and I do like Dandelion very much!

... and Christian, this is perfect!

Hello Jacomina,

maybe this site is interesting for you (german content):

Cogan Smilies (DE)

(select a category, select a smiley, select the option URL, copy url to clipboard, select picture in ReRo's forums editor, insert the url and there you go)