What to do on a Dull Day

The other day it was dull and drizzly, not too good outside so I decided to do some Still Life photography! The opportunity was taking photographs of a red leaf floating on a white bowl. As this involved a loooong slooow shot I needed a tripod. First I tried my Manfrotto tripod, but his would not get my camera over draining board where I wanted to work because of the water, then I tried a my Joby Gorillapod SLR - too short. The answer was to wrap the gorillapod around the tap. this was really useful as I could move swivel the tap around to get different shots. There are three of the "Floating Red Leaf" shots on my pages, I particularly like number 3 but I think they make a nice group of 3 if put in a room together.