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Allum flower – Flower of the Day
Not far from us in Harlip, it the agricultural college. Within the grounds of the garden centre is Broadview Gardens, located at the back of the garden centre and those gardens are spectacular. Within one of the borders stood this lone Allum flower. What caught my eye was the deep purple buds at the top […]
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Playing with Texture
Sometimes, playing around can be real fun. And one of the things I love to play around with is texture. Texture is everywhere! In bricks, trees, flowers, everything that surrounds us has a texture to it. Fine Arts ~ . the characteristic visual and tactile quality of the surface of a work of art resulting […]
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Eryngium giganteum – Silver Ghost Thistle
It’s Monday morning again, and the start of a new week. I can’t believe we are on the 28th of November and it won’t be long before Christmas is here once again. Whilst walking around Great Comp Gardens, I came across this beautiful Eryngium giganteum, commonly known as the Silver Ghost Thistle. Camera Settings Camera: […]
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Five at Five – Margaret of From Pyrenees to Pennines
This week’s Five at Five Intro features Photographer Margaret. Margaret says in her About Page of Pyrenees to Pennines blog. We live in Yorkshire. Until March 2014, we had lived in the Ariège, southern France, and we spent six and a half years there. I shared many of the experiences we had there in this […]
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Starburst – Gazania
Well, Mr Bing stood me up today. I’ve just spent the last half an hour trying to find this beautiful flower’s name. So, if any of you know the name of this flower could you please comment and let me know. Camera Settings Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ-48Lens: n/aF/Number: f/5.2ISO: 160Focal Distance: 108mm Shutter Speed: 1/125 […]
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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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Macro Monday
It is Monday again… and all is quiet on the western front… tempers are back in check and there are no leaks! Whey Hey! Back in 2015 we visited a place called Riverhill Himalayan Gardens in Sevenoaks, Kent. We have often driven by the signs for Riverhill Gardens on numerous occasions, but have never stopped. […]
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A walk around Dunorlan Park
Along the Pembury Road, in Tunbridge Wells there is a park called Dunorlan Park. It is a beautiful, around the lake and there are so many quirky little areas to explore. Like the Water Garden There is a small waterfall where we were standing, and it gave an ideal viewpoint of the little water garden […]
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Five at Five – Lisa of A Day in the Life (DailyMusings57)
This week’s Five at Five Intro features Photographer Lisa. Lisa says in her About Page of A Day in the Life blog. Wife, friend, teacher, lover of nature Photographing nature, birds, the ocean is a passion. Helping children to find their strengths and grow them, one of the most rewarding things I do. An empath […]
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Gardenia… from Morden Hall
Follow my blog with Bloglovin Back in July 2012, during the Olympics we headed to a place called Morden Hall Park, in London. I was spell-bound with the abundance of roses, gardenias and flowers planted within the park. There is also a stream that runs through the parkland with a quaint wrought iron bridge. One […]
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Hibiscus – Macro Monday
Well, last week was just one of those weeks. It started by taking in next door’s parcel. No problems taking it in, but when it came to handing it over that was another story. I got locked in the downstairs cloakroom. You see we have one of those spring-loaded closers for the door, cos my […]
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Thursday Treelove #137 – Wakehurst Place
Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: Canon EF-S18-200mm f/3.5-5.6 ISF/Number: f/3.5ISO: 100Focal Distance: 18 mm Shutter Speed: 1/80 secPhotograph Date: 27.06.2015Location: Wakehurst Place, West SussexPhotographer: AshSoftware: Adobe Lightroom Classic and On1 Photo RAW 2023 Posted as part of: