Category: Exeter

CBBH Photo Challenge: Reflection

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Marianne at East of Malaga says ‘It’s that time of year when many of us reflect over the past year and begin to look forward to whatever the coming year will bring’ and challenges us to post our reflection images for the CBBH Blog Hop

Pub reflected
Down the Exe
Quayside mirrored

We also get to highlight two blogs that we have visited and enjoyed, so that others can hop over too.

My first is Celestine whose blog, Reading Pleasure has a wealth of poetry and Haiku. She writes prolifically of romance and passion. A real treat.

Next is Marina a very talented artist. Her work is vibrant, I’ve never seen such bright watercolours. Check out her Christmas trees, Dreamscapes, and Marwax, the most beautiful candles.

 

Holidays are Coming, the Coke truck was here!

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The Coca Cola truck is touring the UK and arrived in Exeter yesterday. It’s most likely a one off so it had to be done,  and after work, in the dark was the best time. There was a real buzz, with long queues to have your photo taken in the best position and to get free cans of Coke.

Has the truck been to your town?

 

One Hundred Steps

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Myfanway aka Chittle Chattle  has begun a regular 100 step search for inspiration for her wonderful creative embroidery and textile work. The first time I set out to find something interesting I failed miserably, but today was better.

Along the road in one direction is a green square or park, it’s been here as long as the oldest houses – at least two hundred years. Sadly it’s locked and fenced to be used by a few select houses. I have never seen anyone there or heard a single voice, isn’t that sad?

Luckily in the other direction is a similar green, open and with beautiful mature trees. It’s never crowded but it’s used daily all year  and in summer is very popular. So this is the green today, for http://chittlechattle.com/2012/12/02/todays-100-5/.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Reflections

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Cheri Lucas over at the Daily Post says ‘This challenge is about using reflections in the composition of a shot. Reflections are all around us, whether they’re in a window, a puddle, a mirror, or another surface. They can dramatically affect the feeling and mood of a shot by creating a surreal sense of duality.’ Visit http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/11/30/reflections/  to join in. Here is my interpretation. Alder reflection

Photographer included

Butts Ferry and Exeter quay

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It was a gorgeous afternoon for a stroll so I took the border terrorists and the camera down to the quay. The two don’t go together too well so the photos aren’t the best but you’ll get the idea. I did a circle down to the weir, across the suspension bridge – the dogs don’t like it because it bounces – then back over the blue bridge to where I began.

If you don’t want to walk up to the bridge, or if you just want a minute on the water, you can catch the ferry. If you do though you might just miss Fifi! I saw her gliding along with the gang, the odd one out of course, but looking good. In fact not only is she well, she’s getting rather stroppy, putting a much larger Mute in its place. Not too worry,by the time they emerged on the other side of the bridge it was peaceful again and off they went in search of the next bread throwing child.

Jakes Sunday Post: Surroundings

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About a year ago I was procrastinating over some study on a dull Saturday afternoon, so I decided to take my phone camera and see what I could find within five minutes from home. I always intended to post it, now I know why I waited, thanks Jake! To join in visit Jake here Here are my Heavitree surroundings.

In reply to http://traveller2006.wordpress.com/ here are the words around the tree guard in the photo below.

‘up tree up

sky remains sky earth remains earth

here we are human betwixt and between

sing pretty maids all in a row in a row

and pretty maids all in a row

the droves of kine and wide herds of goats

and flocks of fleecy sheep if she will she

increases from a few or makes many of less

what the hand to write?

what the ear to hear?

what proclaims the red sandstone of Heavitree?

The words sleep within rock to be brought to life

in yew deep rooted oak where stunned

horizons branch out

to meadow copse and housing estate

Oh Heavitree!

Weekly Photo Challenge: Renewal

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For this weeks challenge I have chosen a photo taken on Exeter Quay. It is a railway turntable that has been ‘renewed’ to make a seating area. It’s actually full of history,  a rare example of Isambard Brunel’s broad gauge branch line built in 1867. It carried both broad and narrow guage track along the canal basin. Isn’t it great that it has been preserved and renewed?

 

For more renewals visit http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2012/11/08/weekly-photo-challenge-renewal/