Pauline of Gypsy Life and Memories are made of this has invited me to join in with this challenge. If you don’t know Pauline (Pommepal) then you are missing a treat. Living in Australia Pauline is always on the move with her lovely Jack by her side.
There are only two rules for this challenge:
On 5 consecutive days, create a post using either a past or recent photo in B&W.
Each day invite another blog friend to join in the fun.
Today I would like to nominate Carol of Which Way Now 101 to join in. Of course this is only if you have the time and want to.
Carol has been searching for her home for nine years and in doing so has travelled all over the United States. Now she is giving the UK her attention.
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: February
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 March
My Picks of the Week:
Well there is always one who wants to break the rules (but then rules are always meant to be broken) – have a look at the gorgeous benches from Restlessjo in her tongue-in-cheek post. Elizabeth takes us to Sydney Opera House with some lovely night shots. Lumar1298 has some pretty benches and locations for us Aletta has some long benches this week, but are they the longest benches? Oddly shaped bench on Klara’s post this week and Pauline has some odd character on one of her benches 🙂
This is the last week for Black and White images so if you have any please enter them before next Sunday as then I shall be looking for Woodenbenches.
Time for month two – February. I have been waiting for over a week for a sunny day and today arrived with a blue sky. At least until I got out there and then the clouds returned.
Not much has changed around the castle grounds. Trees still bare. And no sign of life from the pollarded limes.
Date: February 17 2015 Weather: sunshine and cloud Temperature: Cold (4°C) Time: 10 – 11 am
I did spot something different on the way down to Dinham bridge; snowdrops on the lawn outside St John’s Chapel. And the catkins are shrinking and turning brown.
Cottages on Dinham
Snowdrops (Feb)
Catkins
Castle
View from Dinham Bridge
Walking over Dinham bridge I spotted a buzzard overhead, but I didn’t manage a photo as I was asked for directions by a couple of walkers. Back on to the Breadwalk and the path is muddy today, although there was an early frost. No sign of my swans yet, but the birds are singing loudly and the path is busy with dog-walkers and families on this Shrove Tuesday. A dead tree/branch has been swept downstream and is stuck on the Mill Weir.
Winter tree
Reflections
Sheep grazing (Feb)
Donkey Steps
Half term walkers
The Mill Weir
My Swans! (Feb)
The Teme at Ludham Bridge
Can you see the swans?
Trees on Whitcliffe Common
I caught up with ‘my’ swans at the Ludham bridge where the water level looks lower than this time last month. And where I lost the sun.
Not much is happening along Lower Broad Street. A few bulbs are popping up in the pots, the ‘cherries’ are shrinking and wrinkling and a beautiful kitty posed for a photo.
Lonesome Anemone (Feb)
Buds are beginning to burst
Hellebore
Hello Kitty
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?
I’m hoping that next month we might see some more greenery. See you then!
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: February
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 March
My Picks of the Week:
A bench swamped by students from Klara Daily Musings pays tribute to a friend Pauline is in Tasmania this week, which looks more like England than Oz An unusual background in old Amsterdam and a couple you really wouldn’t want to sit on at the moment in Norway from a new entrant, Amanda. and for a warmer photo Gilly has a lovely example of lines, patterns and contrasts.
Thanks to everyone who has joined in with this challenge so far.
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: February
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 March
My Picks of the Week:
The Wandering Poet – now isn’t that a great blog title? With an amazing perspective of a bench.
Some winter benches from Meg in Warsaw (and an explanation here) Something very odd in London from Debbie A lovely view over the Caloosahatchee River from Sylvia. Ladysighs has more poignant poems about benches for us to enjoy. A sweet spot to relax in from Issy this week aptly named ‘Rendezvous’
Thanks to everyone who has joined in with this challenge so far.
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