Travel Theme: Delicate

Posted on November 3, 2013December 5, 2013 Posted in England, Flowers, PhotographyTagged England, Flowers, Gardens, Killerton, Photography, Seed heads, the National Trust Estate at Killerton, travel, Travel Theme: Delicate16 Comments

Ailsa wants us to show some delicate images this week. Today I went to the National Trust Estate at Killerton and there was a surprising number of flowers to see for November. What struck me most of all were the seed heads, they look so delicate don’t they?
Of course the truth is they are little power houses. Light as air, brittle, dry, usually dull brown colours, but each one unique. They have perfect timing, just at the very best moment they will catch a breeze or a raindrop and then fall. Next years potential flowers will work their way into the soil and lie dormant until conditions are right and then the brown will send forth fresh green growth.

Join in at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/11/01/travel-theme-delicate/

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 30, 2013October 28, 2013 Posted in PhotographyTagged Bridal veil, Lace, Photography, The V & A, Vintage fashion, Wordless Wednesday21 Comments

John Foster’s Almshouses

Posted on October 27, 2013 Posted in England, PhotographyTagged Bristol, England, History, John Fosters Almshouses, Photography, Three Kings of Cologne Chapel9 Comments

So many of you were interested in yesterdays picture for ‘stone’ that I felt I had to show you a little more of the building.

Aren’t they pretty? And thanks to Nikki for adding this link to Facebook,
http://www.about-bristol.co.uk/out-03.asp

Travel Theme: Stone

Posted on October 26, 2013 Posted in England, Photography, TravelTagged Bristol, England, Gold frankincense and myrhh, Magi, Photography, stone carvings, travel, Travel Theme:Stone38 Comments

I was wandering through the streets in the old part of Bristol today with some friends and we came across some pretty almshouses. The were behind closed gates so it was difficult to get a good view but these stone carvings were set in the brick on the first floor. They are the Magi, carrying their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrhh.

I thought they were perfect for Ailsa’s challenge this week.
If you would like to join in or see some other interpretations visit her at http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/10/25/travel-theme-stone/

Weekly Photo Challenge: Horizon

Posted on October 25, 2013 Posted in England, Photography, Weekly Photo ChallengeTagged Church horizon, England, Photography, Suffolk, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge:Horizon31 Comments

It was difficult to avoid a sunset and sea photo for this weeks challenge but eventually I found this one. Over in Suffolk, if you walk south along the beach from Lowestoft you will find this church. It was something I’d never seen before, a church on a beach so even though the light was dull I snapped it for the memory.

I’m sure you can come up with a much better horizon, so why not post it at

http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/10/25/weekly-photo-challenge-horizon/

Lazy Poets Thursday Haiku

Posted on October 24, 2013October 23, 2013 Posted in Flowers, PhotographyTagged Flowers, Haiku, Lazy Poets Thursday Haiku, Photography, Red Hot pokers15 Comments

Red Hot Pokers

Celestial gems

glowing your way to heaven

October fireworks

Wordless Wednesday

Posted on October 23, 2013October 21, 2013 Posted in PhotographyTagged Halloween glove, Photography, Wordless Wednesday15 Comments

Knightshayes, a very English Garden

Posted on October 22, 2013 Posted in England, Photography, TravelTagged Devon, England, Knightshayes Court, Mid Devon Crafts Guild, Photography, The National Trust, travel, Walled Garden14 Comments

I followed last Saturday at Coleton Fishacre by spending Sunday at Knightshayes, but as I was there for a craft fair, I only had time to wander in the kitchen garden. Still, there was lots to see for October and it didn’t rain until I went back inside (after having a conversation with the geese).

Heading for the walled garden

One of the little turret corners

Mixed borders

They had beans for sale but I’m not a fan of runners!

Handsome rhubarb forcing pots

They make a rose wine with these and the green grapes they grow

Herbs, vines and hedges

Looking back towards the grounds

The stable blocks . . .

. . . that now house the main shop, restaurant, and second hand book room. Twice a year the Mid Devon Craft Guild have a fair in the room on the left for two weeks, thats where my friend and I spent the day.

Knightshayes Court is a Victorian Country house owned by the National Trust. The house is beautifully decorated, I don’t know if I will be able to take photos, but I’ll go back in spring to see it again as well as the main garden which has more than 1200 plant species.

After many years of visiting National Trust properties I have finally become a member so for the next year I’ll be featuring the places I enjoy.

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2013/04/12/bucklands-newest-old-treasure/

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/a-killerton-evening/

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/an-easter-day-out-saltram-house-devon/

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2013/09/04/a-killerton-evening/

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2013/04/21/bucklands-small-treasures/

https://lucidgypsy.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/agathas-greenway/

Travel Theme: Brown

Posted on October 21, 2013 Posted in Photography, Travel, TurkeyTagged Cappadocia, Fairy Chimneys, Photography, travel, Turkey14 Comments

Ailsa’s theme is brown, but that doesn’t mean it has to be dull! The most interesting brown place I’ve ever seen is Cappadocia in central Turkey. It’s landscape of Fairy Chimneys is astonishing, a real must see, add it to your bucket list!

Visit http://wheresmybackpack.com/2013/10/18/travel-theme-brown/ to join in.

Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of Me

Posted on October 18, 2013 Posted in Art and Design, Photography, TravelTagged Photography, travel, Weekly Photo Challenge, Weekly Photo Challenge: The Hue of Me36 Comments

For this challenge, we want to keep it simple: share a photograph with a prominent color (or assortment of colors) that reveals more about you. It could be a symbolic, meaningful shade; a color that expresses how you currently feel; or a combination of colors that excites you and tells a visual story, says Cherie Lucas Rowlands for this weeks photo challenge. Now this is interesting and will no doubt be interpreted in many different ways. I looked around my immediate space and saw rich, bright and earthy colours, things I’ve have collected on my travels and decided that they show quite well who I am. Or perhaps who I would like to be, a traveller, a seeker of encounters with other planet walkers. So these things are from Morocco, Turkey, India, Ghana and Malaysia.

Come away with the raggle-taggle-gypsy-o.