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Mid- Week Monochrome #124
Tulip from Hole Park Not far from us, about 1hrs drive, is Knole Park in Rolvenden, Kent. Hole is renowned for it bluebells in the spring along with many spring flowers like the tulip, and the daffodils. Tulips are one of my hubby’s favourite flowers. We have some tulips in our spring outdoor modular planters;…
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The Lake at Nostell
Back in 2018 we decided to have a week away at Warner’s at Nidd. As we travelled through the scenic route to our hotel, we stopped at a place called Nostell in West Yorkshire. As it was only going to be a short stay, I only took my phone with me as my camera was…
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Mid- Week Monochrome #123
Fountains Abbey. During in our holiday in 2018 we went to Fountains Abbey… I just love North Yorkshire to bits, especially on bright days. The grass is always green, and you get such a friendly welcome from the locals. Monochrome photos have a certain timelessness, a unique aesthetic and beauty that I like.For this week’s…
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Mid- Week Monochrome #122
One man and his dog. Things didn’t plan as we had hoped and sadly, I lost my MIL just a couple of weeks ago. Finding time to fit in MWM was just not to be… as I was travelling up and down visiting her. And my head just wasn’t even into picking up a camera…
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Mid- Week Monochrome #121
Sorry for the lateness of the post and thank you for your patience. But things will be a bit hit and miss for a little while as we are dealing with family issues, as my MIL is very ill in hospital. Finally, I’ve finished the image for this week’s Mid-Week Monochrome Challenge Thank you to…
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Lens-Artists Photo Challenge #231 – Favorite Images of 2022
On my this is going to be hard… This week John asks us to post our favourite photos for 2022 for the Lens-Artists photography challenge. One of the last photographs I shot was at Christmas using my mobile and this cheeky little face has to be amongst my favourites. One of the places we visited…
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River Wye – Herefordshire
Whilst on holiday last year we went into Ross-on-Wye and took a walk by the river. We didn’t have our main cameras with us, so I took this snap on my Samsung A51 5g Phone. I didn’t do too much to image, a crop, and a few adjustments in the HSL panel, to change the…
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Park Mill at Bateman House
When you visit Bateman House, remember to get a visitor Map, there are signs pointing to places but with the map in your hand you can find all those nooks and crannies, which are off of the pathway. The house is beauitful and the gardens are exquisite. However, there is one feature you must not…
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Happy Thanksgiving…
To all my American readers far and wide, may I wish you all, a peaceful Happy Thanksgiving. Dan of No Facilities Blog runs a Thursday Photography Challenge called Thursday Doors. And for my entry into the challenge, I thought I would enter this wall door/gate. The image was photographed back in 2012 less than 6…
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Wordless Wednesday – Sissinghurst Castle
Wordless Wednesday – When a picture paints a thousand words!
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Bateman House… Part 2
The garden that made Rudyard Kipling feel like an English country gentleman, with spring blossom, summer roses, autumn apples and winter trees. National Trust As you walk from the house and through the landscaped gardens, you enter the wildflower field. If you follow the path and head over the bridge at Bateman’s, you will finally…
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Peony
Just 18 months into our photography journey and a few cameras later, we headed for London to visit Eltham Palace Gardens which is owned and maintained by the English Heritage. At that particular time, we were told no photos in the house only in the gardens. Which was rather a shame because the entrance hall…