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As November Closes
This is it, the last day of November 2022. I found Becky’s WalkingSquares challenge rather late into the month. Tomorrow will start the countdown for Christmas… So, my contribution to the final Walking Squares of November 2022, is this image photographed back in 2012 on our walk around Sheffield Park Gardens. Whilst most of us […]
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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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In the Garden #12- Yellow Viola and Feather
I really can’t believe how quick this fortnight has gone… and here we are again with another In the Garden Photo Challenge. This week it’s two images one photographed within my garden of a yellow viola flower. Camera Settings Camera: Canon EOS 70DLens: Canon EF-S60mm EF-S60mm f/2.8 Macro USMF/Number: f/4.5ISO: 100Focal Distance: 60 mm Shutter […]
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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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Pink Rose from Ightham
One of the National Trust’s properties that is near where we live is Ightham Mote. We have visited Ightham Mote quite a few times now. The following image is a photograph of a rose I took on one of our very first visits. Camera Settings Camera: Panasonic Lumix FZ-48Lens: n/aF/Number: f/5ISO: 100Focal Distance: 4.5 mm […]
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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 […]
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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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