Come away with the raggle taggle gypsy-o
Today is my birthday and I’ve had a three day weekend of fun with family and friends. On friday I went to Cockington Court and Dartington and I thought I’d show you some of the flowers I saw, enjoy!
Perhaps you can help name the mystery flowers?
A few weeks ago I did a series of posts about Buckland Abbey , but I left out it’s most famous owner, Sir Francis Drake.
Buckland was paid for with Drake’s earnings – or plundering on his early voyages. The treasures he brought home to Queen Elizabeth 1 provided him with wealth and his title. Even though he had no children his heirs lived at Buckland for eight generations, until the 1940’s.
The most famous anecdote is of how he supposedly continued a game of bowls on Plymouth Hoe, saying that their was plenty of time to deal with the approaching Spanish Armada afterwards.
Artifacts relating to his journeys can be seen at Buckland, the most important being a late 16th century drum, decorated with Drake’s coat of arms, one of the oldest surviving in Europe, and possibly one of thirteen bought in 1595 for his last voyage. The drum is said to beat if England is in danger, most recently during the Second World War just before Dunkirk was evacuated, spooky eh?
In 1596, as he lay dying of dysentery, he is reputed to have asked to be dressed in his full armor. He was buried at sea in a lead coffin, near Portobelo. Here are a few of Bucklands Drake treasures.
Sir Francis is the knight in this chess set.
Plotting his course.
Across the oceans.
A beautiful golden miniature.
The drum, lets hope it doesn’t sound.
A scaled replica. 
The man himself.
Drakes Coat of Arms.
I’m just choosing one photo for Ailsa’s challenge of Costume because I think this guy deserves it for wearing armour that weighs a ton and still being able to stand up!
Check some more entries and post yours at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/05/31/travel-theme-costume/
Funny, poignant, symbolic, incorrect, informative, foreshadowing…there are so many signs in the world.
That’s what Sara Rosso has to say about signs, the theme for this weeks Photo Challenge.
This is a sign on a waymarked path through the New Forest.
Still in the New Forest, this sign tells us that the Queen planted an oak tree in April 1979 to mark the 9th centenary of the forest founded by William 1 in 1079.
Keeping to a royal theme, this one should be clear enough to read if you click on it. Taken in my local area, Heavitree, Exeter.
Now look, you must go to the regatta, church, and an art exhibition at Salcombe. But, don’t even think about drinking there or cleaning your fish!
Let’s sing and play for World Peace!
As usual join in at http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/weekly-photo-challenge-the-sign-says/
A wonderful share from Cedric, think carefully what you do with your seconds!
I found this video and thought it would be worthwhile sharing.
Since many may think very different from what I could, let’s say these are my own statements alone, and if perhaps they sound familiar to you or not it is okay, but if you find the conclusions reasonable, apply them .
Life should be lived in the present, nor the past or the future.
And so life is on a “go” mode. it doesn’t wait for anyone.
And as such, I have many choices weather see it pass in front of my eyes or grab one or two things from it.
Unfortunately or fortunately, there is more.
How about all those things that are broken, lets say relationships as in friends, brothers, sisters, parents, ,grandparents, bosses… or unfulfilled desires as in wanting to learn a new hobby or skill, or wanting to do that for what I long to do and can’t find…
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Rippling down south
growing wide at estuary
wild nature of Exe
peaceful, a balm to my soul
to wash away all my tears
…there’s always a sting in the tail….
This is Julia’s prompt for the 100 WCGU this week. Join in at http://jfb57.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/100-word-challenge-week91/ and here is my attempt.
A tale of Tinks tail.
Faerie folk aren’t what they seem you know. Did you think that Tink was Miss Goody Two Shoes? Nah, she didn’t mend pots and pans out of the goodness of her heart. He motive was banging us on the head with them. If we managed to duck in time, then the noise would perforate our dainty little eardrums instead. Those wings made her look like a flutterby; but she was a hornet with a sting in her tail. There’s always a sting in the tale, hers gave us sweet witchypoos a bad name, blaming us for her naughtiness. Into the cauldron with her!
This is what Jake has to say about perspective.
The way in which objects appear to the eye, Representing the effects of visual perspective in graphic arts,
Perspective photography distortion is determined by the relative distances at which the image is captured and viewed, and is due to the angle
of view of the image (as captured) being either wider or narrower than the angle of view at which the image is viewed, hence the apparent
relative distances differing from what is expected. Related to this concept is axial magnification the perceived depth of objects at a given magnification.
And this is my photo.
To join in visit http://jakesprinters.wordpress.com/2013/05/27/sunday-post-perspective/
On Exeter quay yesterday I watched these people being taught what to do when a canoe capsized. It was very entertaining but I felt for the young woman – unlike the guy who did it on purpose, she fell unexpectedly and the water was very cold!
Lucid Gypsy 