Category: Photography
The Intricacies of nature and man
The Bear Hut at National Trust Killerton was reputedly created to house a real live bear in the grounds of the property. I’m really not convinced, I think it was more likely a great playhouse for the children of the family. Either way it’s a cute little place with some interesting decorative features, including this pretty ceiling studded with natural pine cones arranged by man in a pattern on something like hessian.
This well nibbled leaf has been made into an intricate design by one of nature’s creatures.
Some human has used delicate silk to create an intricate design on these hats.
When I got my current mobile phone a couple of year ago I was experimenting with photographing a fast running stream. What I didn’t realise at the time was that I had it on a setting called Harris Shutter that does weird things to images, I nearly deleted it, but kept it because I like the intricate mix of colours!
This carved and painted arch is inside Exeter Cathedral, it’s one of many intricate and ornate features there.
When I started thinking about this challenge and looking at some photos, I concluded that and awful lot of my photos fit the bill, because I like to focus on little details. How about you?
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LAZY POETS THURSDAY HAIKU
Elemental scene
humans, estuary, sky
perfect blue fusion
Another bench with a view
Late April and there is still a little time for another bench for Jude. This one was taken in April but several years ago. It’s Forde Abbey in Somerset, a lovely garden worth visiting in any season, and there are several benches with pretty good views. 
Now, everyone has photos of benches so why not join in over at Jude’s place. There is a different them every month, May is ‘At the Beach’, in case you can’t make this month.
Motion and light
You probably haven’t noticed my absence, but I’ve been missing for a few days. When I learnt last night that this weeks photo challenge was motion, I was quite pleased because I was on my way out to see the Font màgica de Montjuïc. Yes, I was in Barcelona!
I haven’t had time to sort out my photos yet, but here are some that I hope you like. The fountain was magical indeed, an atmosphere of happiness and joy as its colours played along to the music.
To see how other people have interpreted the challenge, visit Jen and you might like to join in.
Lazy Poet’s Thursday Haiku
Lingering long enough
In Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood
for Gypsy’s capture
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Wordless Wednesday
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A Morning Challenge in Heavitree
This morning person has no problem getting up, but finds it harder to get out the door. Today I was awake at 4.45, stressing about all the things I have to do and up at 5.20!I love the quiet hours around dawn, so yesterday partly because of the photo challenge, and partly because I was going east 125 miles to visit my daughter and family, I made special effort to walk the dogs early so I took them out at 7am, they were shocked!
Stepping into the front garden the sun bleached the colour from the pesky Spanish bluebells
When I saw this photo I couldn’t think what shrub this was, then realised it’s Gilliae Shadownia plant!
A view up from the path, spot the bindweed invading from next doors garden.
Dido is trying to smell the camellia.
Up around the block is a window I’ve always admired, in the shade this morning though. Discovery is a nursery.
This tiny council border always has a little colour.
if you look through the window of St Clares Chapel you can see the morning light on the window on the other side of the building.
Here is St Clare’s, glowing in the morning light. It’s built from Heavitree stone, I think they still have a service here occasionally.
These pods are left from autumn, anyone know what the tree is? Jude maybe?
These are the Livery Dole Almshouses, next to St Clare’s, built by Lady Louisa Rolle in 1849, to replace earlier ones dating back to 1594. Livery Dole, from the old English Leofhere – the man who owned to land, and Dole meaning a piece of land, is a small triangle dividing Heavitree road from Magdalen road. Until 1531 heretics were burned at the stake at the junction nearby, hence the name lots of history here!
This is a very difficult challenge for me, dawn is before 6am at present and I would need to drive a few miles to photograph anything interesting, so this is the best I could do, phone photos on a dog walk!
Lazy Poet’s Thursday Haiku
Last rays at sunset
sailboat lazes in the glow
while tide turns again
Wordless Wednesday
Lucid Gypsy 