For the month of August I’m looking for a colourful bench
(This month I want to see photos of a bench that is painted or stained or otherwise coloured in some way. Not the plain wooden variety unless there is some colour detail)
If you would like to join in with the Bench photo challenge then please take a look at my Bench Series page. No complicated rules, just a bench and a camera required 🙂
- Create your own post and title it Bench Series: August
- Include a link to this page in your post so others can find it too
- Add the tag ‘bench series’ so everyone can find the benches easily in the WP Reader
- Get your post in by the end of the month, as the new bench theme comes out on the first Sunday in September.
My Picks of the Week:
Violetsky has an unusual colourful bench this week and Tgeriatrix has more mosaics from Spain. Colline is all hot-pink in Toronto and staying in Canada Amy takes us on a delightful stroll with a bright blue bench at the end. Ruth finds some comfy ‘benches’ over in Tasmania that you might not want to sit in at the moment.
As always there are so many delightful benches to view, I hope you will check out the other links within the comment section.
TRAVEL WORDS 
That’s a great bench, although I might just look at it rather than sit on it. I’d be a bit scared of knocking a tile or two off by mistake.
I think they were pretty firmly stuck down, can’t comment on the comfort factor though as I didn’t try it out.
That’s a good point! I imagine it’s probably not outstandingly comfortable. Part of the problem for me is it is just so consciously a work of art. If I actually used it, I feel I might be constantly looking around for some curator to scold me. It’d be like sitting on a Rembrandt! It’s certainly lovely to look at, though.
You do have a guilty conscience 😀
It wasn’t actually in the best location for sitting, as I recall, and you have to bear with me as this was last year and my memory is not what it was, but it was on the way out of the car park and there was no view from it, which is a shame because it is an exceptionally pretty village (click on the Cranbrook link beneath the first image)
Ooooh, what a lovely bench, and so detailed.
A beautiful work of art and so detailed. My bench this week comes from Tasmania. https://memoriesaremadeofthisblog.wordpress.com/2015/08/17/bench-series-august-coloured-benches-3/
These are fabulous Jude. A bit too pretty to sit on I think. I would be worried a tile or two might stick to me on departure.
I think they were well stuck down, I didn’t spot any loose ones, I can’t vouch for the comfort though, so you might want to take a cushion.
What a beaut, especially the sunflower, it would be a delight to linger there for a while 🙂
I like the bean-bag seating, but I am not sure I would find it that easy to get back out of them. I have to go with your mosaic bench, as it has a windmill! (For obvious reasons…)
Regards as always, Pete. x
My days of sitting in a bean bag ended about 40 years ago! They were useful for very small babies as they couldn’t roll out of them.
This mosaic bench is stunning Jude.
This is very lovely, Jude. I’d like to see this in person. I’m sorry but I’m struggling bigtime to catch up this week and doubt if I’ll get to post coloured benches, though thinking back I do have a few. And then I see Draco’s left a link too! Will have to find time to visit him later. I’m only halfway through my comments let alone the return visits!
What was that mother said about devil making work for idle hands? I should be saintly! 🙂
Not to worry Jo. If you have time then fine, if not well there is always another month. I guess you are preparing for Portugal now. Not long before you have days of blue skies!
Not so much preparing for Portugal as catching up from Bristol. It’s surprising the difference a couple of days offline can make. I took over 700 photos so it’s a good job I don’t edit. I only post the ones I like but I’ll still have a lot to fit in before I go. 🙂