Back in 2015 I used to participate in a monthly photo challenge “The Changing Seasons” then hosted by the Cardinal. The idea was to capture all the changes: the seasons, the weather, different times of the day, some night photography perhaps? I decided to take the same route around my town of Ludlow to record the changes.
Midsummer: Why midsummer? Here in the northern hemisphere summer has only just begun (1 June according to meteorological terms, 21 June in astronomical) so midsummer should surely be mid to late July? However, it actually refers to the summer solstice and is regarded as a very important holiday in the Scandinavian countries – 24 June this year in case you are interested. [26 June in 2021]
Tourists have arrived now in their hundreds. Usually during this month the Ludlow Arts Festival is held, but due to economic reasons there isn’t one this year, a shame as I always enjoy the outdoor Shakespearian play. However there is a Fringe Festival so all sorts of odd things are going on around town.
The lime trees are fully in leaf now and you will notice that the benches are quite crowded today.
Date: June 14 2015
Weather: sunshine, cloud, thundery
Temperature: Warm (18°C)
Time: 13:30 – 18:00 PM
We’re going on a slightly different ‘walk’ today as it is the Secret Gardens opening and, as many of you will already know, I crave a garden so how can I resist a nosey into the backyards of my fellow Ludlovians? You may recognise parts of previous posts as the route covered some of the same ground, just not around the river.
Millennium Green is very busy. Children paddling in the water (on Ludlow Beach) many others sprawled on the lawn where some arty thing is going on. I couldn’t quite make out what was being built, but it was sure colourful.
And I can show you a different view of the river as I am in a garden which backs onto it. A bit too close for comfort in my opinion as this river does flood on occasions.
Some of the lovely summer blooms I encountered.
My final stretch is along Mill Street this time where I find an interesting statue and more evidence of the love of flowers people living here seem to have, as more containers line the front of their houses.
This post is a contribution to Fandango’s Flashback Friday. Have you got a post you wrote in the past on this particular day? The world might be glad to see it – either for the first time – or again if they’re long-time loyal readers.
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Hi Jude Changing Seasons has changed hands again. Ju-Lyn from Touring my Backyard https://touringmybackyard.wordpress.com/blog/ and I are co-hosting Changing Seasons starting this month if you want to join in again
This is a great flashback post 🙂 🙂
I didn’t know that so thanks for letting me know. I know Su was wanting to offload it, good that you two have taken over the reins. I enjoyed the original idea of looking at one particular place through the seasons and did that with the lanes and one specific garden here.
In the picture captioned “Garden lights” I imagine a large creature that has lowered its blue head to eat a spike of yellow flowers.
You have a vivid imagination!
Lovely garden photos.
Thank you!
Beautiful photos. I enjoyed them. Looks like a lovely place!
It is a delightful market town.
Do you ever miss Ludlow, Jude? Or did you ‘do it all’?
Best wishes, Pete. x
I do miss the market and the independent shops and being able to walk to them instead of having to use the car all the time. We’d have stayed if we could have found a house with a garden, but nothing suitable ever came on the market that we could afford. I do like being near the sea though.
I thoroughly enjoyed that walk, Jude, especially the garden shots. Are those Dr. Seussian trees lime trees? That garden light is beautiful.
I don’t think so! (the limes)
I remember those lime trees! What a beautiful walk on a lovely day, although in my Australian mind 18 degrees isn’t really what we’d call warm. 🙂 It’s all relative.
Haha… yes it is. I am very comfortable at around 20 degrees.
Lovely set of images, Jude!
Thanks Sue. Seems like another life!
I know what you mean!
Seems another lifetime 2015!
Quite.