It's been a beautiful day here all day and I finished the day with a little glass of the sparkly stuff. Difficult sitting in my empty Tearoom, but I've taken pleasure in the view. Below is our church and our mairie's office. Lovely sunset, camera doesn't really do it justice.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
Lovely @D0rdogne_Damsel I was reading an article recently about how taking photos is a good way for people to distract themselves from the daily gloom and doom. The concentration, focusing on a subject etc. I've always found it quite therapeutic, even though I can't get to any hills just now for my usual dose of therapy
It's particularly good for youngsters with learning difficulties/autism etc.
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I had a quick walk and litter pick down by the river today. It's another abused part of our country but watching the natural recovery taking over the man-made mess is really lovely to see. You'd be forgiven for thinking it's a natural piece of Welsh rainforest at first but the landscape is 100% man-made. The river was walled on both sides with brick pillars mid-stream carrying a compressed air pipeline up the valley to the mines above. The valley bed is an old quarry road leading to some amazing cliffs that are dripping with ferns and moss now but would have been blasted out of the hillside at one point. The steep valley side is too regular and was graded to form a base for the old railway above. There are mysterious mounds and pits hiding all sorts of secrets and all the walls are now crumbling away as the river is fighting back into its natural shape again. At various times the river has run black or red as they rinsed coal or dumped abattoir waste in there. Today though it is crystal clear with dippers hunting the shallows. I found this clay pipe on one of the beaches, it looks like it dates back to about 1860 and must have recently eroded out of the bank to be so intact. I sat there trying to imagine how the place would have looked back then and who would have smoked it.
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
We did a family photo contest (with both a random list of topics, and a photo required that represented each month) a couple of years ago and it was surprising how good the kids' (aged from 5 to 14) photos were - and how much they enjoyed doing it. If I still had young kids, I think I would have them documenting covid/lockdown with odd subject photos.
I love those pictures @steveTu the donkey and the pond, gorgeous.
I have had a busy week this week Christmas baking for Takeaway Orders. It means, despite the lovely weather I have been stuck in the kitchen from dawn until dusk. I did however manage to get a couple of nice sunset and sunrise photos on the way to the car to go to work.
Sunrise ..... the two leaves hanging on for dear life made me smile.
Sunset - a bit sneaky, the pond is not actually in my garden, but in winter we can see it it through the bare boundary hedge.
“Coffee. Garden. Coffee. Does a good morning need anything else?” —Betsy Cañas Garmon
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Been delving in your travel archives @punkdoc? Love those colours.
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It's been a beautiful day here all day and I finished the day with a little glass of the sparkly stuff. Difficult sitting in my empty Tearoom, but I've taken pleasure in the view. Below is our church and our mairie's office. Lovely sunset, camera doesn't really do it justice.
I was reading an article recently about how taking photos is a good way for people to distract themselves from the daily gloom and doom. The concentration, focusing on a subject etc. I've always found it quite therapeutic, even though I can't get to any hills just now for my usual dose of therapy
It's particularly good for youngsters with learning difficulties/autism etc.
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I have had a busy week this week Christmas baking for Takeaway Orders. It means, despite the lovely weather I have been stuck in the kitchen from dawn until dusk. I did however manage to get a couple of nice sunset and sunrise photos on the way to the car to go to work.
Sunrise ..... the two leaves hanging on for dear life made me smile.
Sunset - a bit sneaky, the pond is not actually in my garden, but in winter we can see it it through the bare boundary hedge.