Anne Elliott's photos with the keyword: perfect

This didn't come out quite how I was expecting, as I had placed this gorgeous Rose against my WHITE fridge! Actually, I bought this flower to photograph, ready to make into a photo tribute for 10-year-old Zahra Baker, in North Carolina, US. However, I needed to wait until the human remains just discovered have been tested and presumably determined to be those of this amazing young girl. In the meantime, I decided on a different idea for a tribute photo (partly because the floral meaning of an orange Rose was not what I wanted), but I still must wait. I don't know how many of you have followed this brutal, tragic case - about as sickening and heart-wrenching as a murder can be. This young girl looks so sweet in the photos and videos of her. She survived bone cancer and lung cancer, had a below-the-knee amputation as a result of the cancer, and wore a hearing aid. Yet, despite all these battles, you only saw photos of her with a smile that lit up her whole face. Her father and her stepmother have not yet been charged with her murder. How can any parent do such horrendous things to such a sweet child? How can anyone abuse and kill their own little girl??? Yes, this kind of News is unpleasant and upsetting. Some people will choose not to watch this kind of News, which I can understand. However, I have always been someone who wants to know everything, no matter how bad. I want to be aware and not live with closed eyes and ears. I believe people need to know what goes on, including so that they can maybe step in when it's needed. Any suspicions of abuse need to be reported - we have a moral obligation to do so. Tragically, in Zahra's case, many reports were made, but nothing was done ...... and now this young girl is dead.

I just love these enormous, white fungi - so perfect, so exactly round, like a dinner plate! Seen in Brown-Lowery Provincial Park on 17th August.