For the month of March I’m looking for Wooden benches
A wooden bench at the tram stop in Plainpalais, Geneva – but someone got there first.
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: March
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 April
My Picks of the Week:
Another bench from Dawn, with a gorgeous barn in the background.
A bench with attitude from Sylvia
and Naomi joined us with a whole raft of benches (she is not the only one) Lumar1298 brought some more carved benches to join in Sherri joins us this month with wooden benches (in black and white) fulfilling two months in one! El Rolyat takes me back to a place I once knew very well and Issy has a bit of bother getting her post done this month!
Meanwhile the troublesome restless one hits us with a whole bucket-load of benches – there is sure to be one you fancy 🙂
Today is the March equinox – the spring (vernal) equinox in the northern hemisphere when the length of the daylight hours equal the length of the night hours (well almost…) and is the beginning of spring according to astrological belief. This year it is also a date for a total solar eclipse and a super moon and the International Day of Happiness! Let the good times begin…
Situated on a plateau above the gorge of the River Severn, this fine stone house has mullioned and transomed windows, a stunning interior with carved oak staircase and decorated plaster ceilings and oak panelling. National Trust
Benthall Hall – front view
Tall Chimneys
Pentagonal Bay Windows
Front
Decorative Carvings
It is always a good idea to look up at windows, you never know what you might see. Like the carved figure heads and hands.
The side view – from the beautiful terraced garden
The beginning of spring. March. Came in like a lion, roaring winds and sharp bursts of rain punctuated with an odd day of almost summer warmth. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to do my walk on that day and ever since it has been grey and gloomy although I did grab a few shots last Monday when it was sunshine and clouds.
Not a lot happening here on Dinham, except the skip has been moved. Bet you never even noticed that last month! One thing about Ludlow is that there are so many old houses the tradesmen always have work – new roofs, window repairs, renovation projects etc.
Date: March 15 2015 Weather: Cloudy Temperature: Cold (7°C but feels like 4º) Time: 2 – 3 pm
But there is life in the Castle gardens – lovely golden daffodils dancing in the chilly wind. And soon there will be blossom appearing too. And although people are walking around today on Mother’s Day, no-one is yet sitting on any of the benches.
Signs of spring
St John’s Chapel
Budding Magnolia Tree
Chimney Pots
Daffodils replace snowdrops
A cottage garden on Dinham
The thing I notice most on this walk, apart from all the dog-walkers, is the sound of birds singing. I wish I could capture that. A pair of courting ducks sit on the wall of Dinham bridge and watch over their friends swimming far below. The view is not so great today in the grey. The water looks cold.
Winter tree
Dinham Bridge (March)
Signs of greenery
Buds appearing
I search for signs of new life, but there is very little difference between now and last month. I was hoping there would be more greenery. And I can’t see my swans today. I hope they are safe. The trees on the top of Whitcliff are just the same as last month, only the sky is different.
A bench on the corner at Ludham catches my eye as it is surrounded by late flowering daffodils still in bud. I wonder if they will be open next month when I pass by this way.
Lower Broad Street is empty, though one elderly gentleman did a sweet dance for me in front of the camera. I was too embarrassed to photograph him then, but caught a shot from behind. He did at least make me smile in the cold. A few pots of early daffs, some vibrant primulas and a winter-flowering erica added some colour to the drabness of the day. The crocuses and blossom I found last week on a sunnier day.
Crocuses (March)
The Cardinal has decided to have a photo project going throughout 2015 – a blogging event, a monthly photo challenge. Find a location near your home, take somewhere between 5-20 photos and post them in a gallery in your blog. Continue to do this every month. The idea is to capture all the changes: the seasons, the weather, different times of the day, some night photography perhaps?
Hopefully there will be more dramatic changes next month, I’m certainly hoping so!
For the month of March I’m looking for Wooden benches
Bougainvillea and Benches at Carmel Mission
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: March
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 April
My Picks of the Week:
Head to Sue’s blog for a secluded bench in a walled garden Cathy takes us back to her favourite bench Elaine has a bench with a bite in Louisiana
another bench in a garden from Dawn whilst Ron joins in from the Pacific Northwest with an unusual style
that is very similar to this one in Glasgow from Anabel’s Travel blog
One from another mission that I have visited from a new entrant, Bebs and my final pick for this week is from Aletta.
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