ABC Wednesday – C is for Church

I like to take photographs of churches the architecture is always fascinating. Information from Wikipedia:

A common architecture for churches is the shape of a cross (a long central rectangle, with side rectangles, and a rectangle in front for the altar space or sanctuary). These churches also often have a dome or other large vaulted space in the interior to represent or draw attention to the heavens. Other common shapes for churches include a circle, to represent eternity, or an octagon or similar star shape, to represent the church's bringing light to the world. Another common feature is the spire, a tall tower on the "west" end of the church or over the crossing.

This is the interior of St Cuthbert’s Church in Wells, Somerset.  It is quite a large parish church and often gets mistaken by tourists for the Cathedral.

St Cuthbert

The sun was shining through the stained glass windows causing reflections to ‘float in the air’.

ABC Wednesday – B is for Birds

I enjoy feeding birds in my garden, and love to see birds when I am out and about.  I would love to take beautiful close up photos like you see in magazines but I don’t have the equipment so I have to settle for what I can get.  Next weekend is the Big Garden Birdwatch organised by the RSPB, we are asked to spend an hour in the garden or in a park and record the number and breed of birds that we see. From the RSPB site:

• With results from so many gardens, we are able to create a 'snapshot' of bird numbers in each region. This is important because we've been able to see that some of our birds are disappearing in scary numbers.

• We've lost more than half our house sparrows and some three-quarters of our starlings. And your results have helped highlight these dramatic declines.

I have been taking part for 4 years now, last year was not a very good year as it rained all day and few birds came to my garden, I hope this year the weather will be better.  If you live in the UK and would like to read more about it or take part visit the link here.
 
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ABC - A

A is for Art

 

This is the Art department of my local college, I spent 3 years at this college doing my photography exams, I went back tonight to start a new course in mixed media.  I enjoyed being back in a familiar place but new challenges ahead!

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