WELCOME to the camera club as we close on the countdown to Christmas.
By now the Christmas lights will likely have been turned on in towns and villages across the area.
Over the next few weeks excitement will build.
For some the festive season is their favourite time of year but for others the idea of Christmas is less welcomed.
However one thing we can all agree is that December evokes a different feeling in all of us.
It’s the time of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more.
For a couple of weeks out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.
It’s really a sort of a miracle because it happens every Christmas Eve when families come together and memories of their own past Christmases, and those no longer around to share them, are remembered all the more.
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There are people that are having trouble making make their Christmas miracle happen.
There are people that don’t have enough to eat and there are people that are cold who face an anxious few weeks and Christmas will come and go without cause for celebration like the fortunate many.
If we carry the spirit we carry in our hearts over the next few weeks into our daily lives then these miracles will make the magic of Christmas happen every day for all of us.
Caersws and Llandinam Valley. Picture by Clive Poston.
A barn owl keeps his eyes on the camera. Picture by Bod70 Amateur Photography.
Orange skies above Builth Wells. Picture by Mick Pleszkan.
The long abandoned Montgomery Union Canal near Abermule. Picture by Caroline Higgs.
A stroll alongside history. Picture by Elaine Lewis.
Deer at Powis Castle. Picture by Stuart Jones.
A robin ponders breakfast. Picture by Milton Jones.
The Deri Woods crew in Llanfair Caereinion. Picture by Anna Jones.
Four Hercules planes above the mid Wales hills. Picture by Dave Lister.
Welshpool High Street and town hall. Picture by Gary Williams.
Sunrise in Rhayader. Picture by Tim James.
The famous Elan Valley. Picture by Garth Maul.
The most scenic roads in the world. Picture by Terry Holloway.
The stunning Pistyll Rhaeadr near Llanrhaeadr. Picture by Bod 70 Amateur Photography.
Relics from another time. Picture by Trudy Davies
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