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Tag Archives: Calke Abbey
12 Images of 2023…
I have had a love/hate relationship with my iPhone this year. Be that as it may – these are my selection of images captured with my iPhone in 2023. Are they the best images? Probably not as I tried to spread things out … Continue reading
On the Border…
Strange old day patrolling the borders between Leicestershire and Derbyshire. After a brisk walk a cup of tea and bangers and mash in the Calke Abbey canteen. It’s a hard life but what can I say? After lunch we visited Breedon – … Continue reading
Posted in iphone, Photography, Winter
Tagged Breedon on the Hill, Calke Abbey, church, iphoneography, National Trust, winter
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The Last Month of Summer….
I know I was bemoaning July in my last post but then I found a few more images from the month that changed my mind a little. But time and tides wait for no man so Geoffrey Chaucer would have … Continue reading
Posted in Jubilee Park, Photography, Summer
Tagged Butterfly, Calke Abbey, Collared Dove, Flowers, garden, Hoverfly, Jubilee Park, River Soar, Summer, Tree, Wood Pigeon
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Autumn comes but once a year….
Up until last week autumn hadn’t really happened. Yes some of the trees were turning but not as many as there should be by now. (My measure of this is personal experience so not very scientific I know.) Now, oh … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Gardens, Photography
Tagged autumn, autumn Leaves, Calke Abbey, Flowers, garden, National Trust, winter
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Time is a funny old thing…
So that was 2019 and of course the second decade of the 21st century. We should all go out and celebrate and rejoice – hurrah! Of course as I write this on New Years’ Eve over half of the … Continue reading
Posted in christmas, Four Horsemen, Photography, Street Photography, Winter
Tagged Calke Abbey, City of Leicester, climate change, Cow, Dawn, Global Warming, Highland Cattle, Lunar, Moon, New Years' Eve, Shopping, sunrise, sunset, wind farm, Wind Turbine
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Another Crazy Winter’s Day
Beyond the difficulty of shooting in bright sunshine it was another crazy winter’s day – at least if you consider nearly 18 degrees and brilliant sunshine a winter’s day! The nature at Calke Abbey today looked completely baffled as this … Continue reading
Posted in Photography, Winter
Tagged Brexit, Calke Abbey, National Trust, photography, trees, winter
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The declining ebb before the plunge…
So it is finally here, perhaps over a month late but Autumn has finally arrived. I don’t think we’ve had a frost at all yet, although that is promised for the weekend, but fall is happening. We still haven’t had … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Photography
Tagged autumn, Calke Abbey, Dawn, Fall, Farming, Fog, Mist, photography, River Soar, sunrise, trees, Woodlands
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So much for great plans…
The golden hour, oh how we photographers bang on about it. The golden hour – the time around dawn and dusk when the light is at its best! That is of course when the weather forecast is correct. A … Continue reading
Clearing up…
For a series of complicated interconnected reasons I have been wading through my back catalogue over the past few days. As I did that I have found a few images that I thought worth giving a breath of freash … Continue reading
Posted in autumn, Jubilee Park, Photography
Tagged Archive, autumn, autumn Leaves, Calke Abbey, Derbyshire, Flooding, Jubilee Park, Peak District, photography, Stanage Edge
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Creative unconformity….
A few days work.
Posted in Art, drawing, Photography, Winter
Tagged Calke Abbey, Coal Tit, Long Tailed Tit, nude, Nude Woman, Nuthatch, photography, sketch, winter, woman
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