ABC Wednesday - F

ABC Wednesday this week is the letter F so I start with a Foxglove from my garden last year

..... A Fossil I collected when I was studying Geology

The weather give me two F's ...... Fog

..... and Frost

and Andreas Feininger (1906-1999) who was an architectural and industrial photographer in Stockholm before moving to New York. He used a purpose-built telephoto lens to photograph the city from miles away.

Photograph pasted from Artnet.com

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Free gift

On 15 February the photohunt theme was free; Imac offered a free gift of a greeting card of the Austrian Alps. I was lucky enough to win and received my free gift – not one card but three. I am thrilled to bits. Thank you so much Imac for your generosity. Here are the cards:

Photohunt -Wooden

The theme this week is wooden

The bench where I eat my lunch on good weather days

I love the different shapes of this tree stump.

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ABC Wednesday

Not much time this week and I am a day late! E is for EGGS

and EXIT sign

Countryside walk

As my latest assignment is Landscape I have been out and about taking photographs. These were taken on the Mendip Hills in Somerset. If you want to find out more about the Mendips visit this site. These photographs were taken at the top of Burrington Coombe. On a clear day (which it was not) there are views across to the hills in Wales.

This little Robin kept me company for a while

Photohunter - Free

This week on Photohunter the theme is FREE

It is important to me to buy FREE range eggs

Library books are FREE, as I read a lot I go the the library often.

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ABC Wednesday

This week's letter is D


D is for Daisys - one of my favourite flowers.





......Ducks at the park


........ Decay - this old shed left to decay in the field


......Dog

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Award!!

I’ve been given an award from Dragonstar, of Dragon Days I am so thrilled that my blog is considered excellent. That’s very kind, many thanks Dragonstar!

I would like to pass this award on to:

The Green Fingered Photographer, Rob’s blog is full of wonderful photographs and interesting articles about environmental concerns and nature.

Pear Tree Cottage – Lee-ann’s blog is always interesting to read, she blogs about her family, the thrift shop where she works and all sorts, well worth a read.

Carvers Sight or is that Site – I have recently discovered Carver’s site, her posts are always fascinating and worth reading.

Do visit these sites.

Tower

These photos are of King Alfred’s Tower, also known as Stourton Tower, it is at the north western edge of the Stourhead Estate in Wiltshire, UK. It is a folly and was completed in 1772 at an estimated cost of £5,000-£6,000. Built of brick, the tower is 160 ft high and is triangular in shape, inside is a spiral staircase of 205 steps leading to a viewing platform. This was closed for the winter when I visited.

The tower was designed in 1765 by Henry Flitcroft, a notable 18th century

Palladian architect, St Mark’s tower in Venice being his inspiration.

Above the door on the south east side is a statue of King Alfred

just below is a stone panel with this inscription:

ALFRED THE GREAT

AD 879 on this Summit
Erected his Standard
Against Danish Invaders
To him We owe The Origin of Juries
The Establishment of a Militia
The Creation of a Naval Force
ALFRED The Light of a Benighted Age
Was a Philosopher and a Christian
The Father of his People
The Founder of the English
MONARCHY and LIBERTY

Surrounding the tower are miles of woodland, mostly part of the Stourhead Estate.

Photohunter - Heavy

This weeks theme is HEAVY. I saw this crane when I was visiting Cambridge last year.

It was very heavy !!!

ABC Wednesday

I have decided to participate in Mrs Nesbitt’s ABC Wednesday and the letter this week is C.

C ... is for Calf

for Cards – this card was made especially for me

and for Cat

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Green Thumb Sunday

Hellebore – new life in the garden starting to grow

Photohunt - Narrow

Narrow bridge at the Bishops Palace, Wells

Narrowboat, near Bath

Rain!

Following on from my last post I have been reading a superb photography book called Spirit of the Place, by Jennifer Roberts, the photographs are excellent, all in black and white. Many of the photographs were taken on dull, rainy days, the appearance of the photographs show the mood and atmosphere of the place and, as the title says, the spirit. Which is what a good landscape should do. I have decided I am getting too fixated with the weather conditions before going out to take photographs, so from now on I will try not to let the weather bother me. So this weekend as rain is forecast I will go out anyway and see what I can do.