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  • Home
  • Destinations
    • England
      • London
      • Newcastle-upon-Tyne
    • Europe
      • Austria
      • Bulgaria
      • Estonia
      • France
        • Paris
      • Germany
      • Iceland
      • Italy
      • Jersey
      • Latvia
      • Norway
      • Portugal
      • Spain
        • Seville
      • Switzerland
      • Ukraine
    • Beyond
      • Africa
        • Botswana
        • Cape Verde
        • Gambia
        • Kenya
        • Morocco
        • Namibia
        • Senegal
        • Tanzania
        • Zimbabwe
      • Americas
        • Belize
        • Canada
        • Chile
          • Rapa Nui
        • Colombia
        • Costa Rica
        • Ecuador
          • Galapagos Islands
        • Guatemala
        • Jamaica
        • USA
          • New Mexico
          • New York City
          • Washington State
      • Asia
        • DPRK
        • India
          • Kerala
          • Rajasthan
        • Indochina
          • Cambodia
          • Laos
          • Vietnam
        • Japan
        • Nepal
        • Oman
        • Syria
        • United Arab Emirates
        • Uzbekistan
  • Themes
    • Architecture
    • Art
      • Crafts
      • Street art
    • Colour
    • Dark tourism
    • Eco-tourism
    • Food & drink
    • Gardens
    • History
      • Ruins
      • War
    • Landscape
      • Coast & seascapes
      • Deserts
      • Mountains
      • Rivers
    • Nature and wildlife
      • Animals
      • Birds
      • Plants
        • Flowers
        • Trees, forests and woodland
    • People
      • Culture & tradition
      • Street photography
    • Travel in general
  • Photo galleries
    • Themed galleries
    • Travel galleries
  • Postcards from the road
  • Challenges
    • Photography challenges
      • Just One Person
      • Lens-Artists
      • Mid-week Monochrome
      • Monochrome Madness
      • One Word Sunday
      • Photographing Public Art
      • Pick a Word
      • Squares
      • Sunday Stills
      • The Changing Seasons
      • Words of Wisdom
      • Cee’s challenges
        • CBWC
        • CFFC
        • CMMC
    • General challenges
      • Monday walks
      • Writers’ Quotes Wednesday
    • Challenges archive
      • Bird Weekly
      • Friendly Friday
        • The Friendly Friday Challenge: how to join in
      • Friday’s Foods of the World
      • Life in Colour
      • One-to-Three
      • Ten photos
      • Thursday Trios
      • Thursday Doors
  • About me
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  • Gardens,  Paris,  People,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: a sunny afternoon in the Jardins du Luxembourg

    September 30, 2022 / 36 Comments
    Gardens with flower beds, lawns and statues

    If you want to understand the people of a city a great place to start is in one of their parks. Seeing them relaxing, at play, you can appreciate not how different they are from you but how similar.

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    Close-up of pink blossom

    Gallery: beautiful blooms and bees in close-up

    March 9, 2021
    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021
    Group of deer with antlers

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022
  • England,  Gardens,  Monday walks

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022 / 20 Comments
    Group of deer with antlers

    The water gardens at Studley Royal are a striking example of the elegance of Georgian garden design. Here, in the style that was popular at the time, it is not flowers that steal the show, but water features and statuary. But what extensive water features these are!

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    Tree with dramatic sky

    Gallery: lone trees in the landscape

    July 22, 2021
    Mist hanging over a lake

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021
    Rocky foreshore and distant cliffs

    Gallery: not just any day!

    November 1, 2021
  • England,  Flowers,  Gardens,  The Changing Seasons

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022 / 45 Comments
    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    July may not be my favourite month (I prefer May or September). But there has been much to like about this past July, which was bookended with special celebrations.

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    Stone circle in a landscape with blue sky and white clouds

    A visit to Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain

    June 21, 2022
    Small round temple-style structure among trees

    King John was not a good man: Runnymede

    March 21, 2021
    Lake with heron in foreground and large house beyond

    Gallery: a Grey Heron at Osterley Park (and friends)

    July 4, 2021
  • Flowers,  Gardens,  Themed galleries,  Thursday Trios

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022 / 32 Comments
    Three bright red flowers

    There are always flowers, and for those of us in the northern hemisphere, especially at this time of year. Is there a photographer anywhere, I wonder, who doesn't want both to see them and to capture them forever?

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    PhotoSpiralysis effect on a deep purple flower

    Gallery: fabulous florals in a spin

    April 26, 2022
    Green valley with blue sky above

    Those blue remembered hills: Cardingmill Valley

    July 8, 2021
    Pink and white flowers against a deep blue sky

    Gallery: the magnificent magnolias of March

    March 23, 2022
  • Gardens,  Lens-Artists,  London,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: on our doorstep

    June 12, 2022 / 50 Comments
    River with boats and houses on the far bank

    Anyone who has spent even five minutes exploring my blog will know that I love to travel. The world is full of wonderful places to explore! But I have to admit that there are some pretty wonderful places right on my doorstep too.

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    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Gardens with flower beds, lawns and statues

    Gallery: a sunny afternoon in the Jardins du Luxembourg

    September 30, 2022
    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
  • Costa Rica,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday,  Gardens,  Travel galleries

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022 / 42 Comments
    Dark pink flower head

    We stayed in some wonderful hotels in Costa Rica, and all of them had gorgeous gardens. The planting was true to the environment, with native trees and bushes and a real forest vibe. When we weren’t out exploring the national parks and reserves I spent much of my time photographing the colourful flowers, remarkable trees and beautiful birds.

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    Rocky beach and palm trees

    On the Pacific coast in Drake Bay

    February 28, 2022
    Sun setting over the sea

    Gallery: enjoying serene views in Costa Rica

    February 19, 2022
    Rough wooden sign on the edge of a beach

    A short (hot) walk around Guiones

    March 31, 2022
  • Gardens,  Monday walks,  Seville

    A walk in the gardens of Seville’s Real Alcázar

    December 22, 2021 / 33 Comments
    Garden with orange and palm trees

    The most intriguing gardens to explore often feel like a series of rooms, each with a distinctive style of decoration. We wander from area to area, never knowing what might be around the next corner. We get glimpses through trees and over hedges, and sometimes wider views that draw us on, ever eager to see more. Such are the gardens of the Real Alcázar of Seville.

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    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
    Landscape with church and autumn trees

    Signs of autumn at Emmetts Garden

    September 27, 2021
    Statue of winged horse and horseman

    Gallery: the Jardins des Tuileries in the rain

    May 17, 2021
  • England,  Gardens,  Lens-Artists,  Sunday Stills

    Signs of autumn at Emmetts Garden

    September 27, 2021 / 59 Comments
    Landscape with church and autumn trees

    Autumn comes stealthily. A touch of orange on a leaf. A few berries on a tree or bush. Late summer flowers starting to dominate our gardens. Conkers falling and squirrels out foraging in our local parks. It's my favourite season, although I'd like it even more if it weren't followed by winter, my least favourite!

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    Waterfall cascading over rocks

    Gallery: the waterfalls of Wensleydale

    October 1, 2020
    Large flying horse made of disjointed metal parts

    Radical Horizons: the Art of Burning Man at Chatsworth

    August 27, 2022
    Ruined stone church

    A stroll around Fountains Abbey

    August 29, 2022
  • Gardens,  London,  Sunday Stills

    In for a penny: a visit to Kew Gardens

    August 24, 2021 / 30 Comments
    Large glass conservatory with lawns and flower beds

    The Gardens at Kew in west London date back to the mid 18th century, when they were founded by George III’s mother Princess Augusta. Today the gardens’ plant collections are the most diverse of any botanic garden in the world.

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    White flowers with dark purple centre patches

    Gallery: a July selection

    August 2, 2022
    Statue of winged horse and horseman

    Gallery: the Jardins des Tuileries in the rain

    May 17, 2021
    Group of deer with antlers

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022
  • Colour,  Flowers,  Friendly Friday,  Gardens,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: a bouquet of purple flowers

    August 11, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Small purple blossoms

    According to Alice Walker, 'it annoys God if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it.' Purple is my favourite colour so there is little risk of my annoying God in that manner at least!

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    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Row of impala drinking from a river

    Monochrome in colour: creating an impact

    November 1, 2020
    Dried fruit and nuts displayed with price tags

    Gallery: tenderly love the apricots

    September 15, 2022
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Some favourite photos

Man in a turban with fishing nets
Fisherman in Fort Kochi, Kerala
Two elephants in long grass
Okavango elephants
Blue glacier edge
Glacier Grey, Torres del Paine, Chile
Elderly woman in black hat and sunglasses
In Santiago, Chile
Very large statues of North Korean Leaders
Statues of the Great Leaders on Mansudae Hill, Pyongyang
Water reflecting the sky with clouds and low sun
Approaching sunset in the Okavango Delta
Feet of huge metal sculpture, with man standing beside
The feet of the Angel
Large moai with row of more behind
The ‘travelling moai’ and Ahu Tongariki
Man in knitted hat by water, black and white photo
Waiting for the ferry, Banjul
Mountain reflected in a lake
On the road to Dyrholaey
Sunset at Wahiba Sands, Oman
Squirrel with a conker in his mouth
In Walpole Park, Ealing
Silhouette of a man in a gateway
Looking out from Bundi Palace
Blue and pink bird on a dead tree
Lilac-breasted Roller, Chobe NP, Botswana
Buddhist monk in orange robes with mobile phone
Monk at Wat Nong Sikhounmuang, Luang Prabang
Man sleeping in a tuk tuk by a carved stone wall
Tuk tuk driver by the Terrace of the Leper King
Close up of flamingo with head tucked under
Flamingo (Jersey Zoo)
Lady with baskets of fruit sitting by a canal
In Hoi An, Vietnam
Small fishing boat with a man in it, on a large lake
Lake Atitlan
Wet street and two people with bright pink umbrella
Street in Lucca, rainy day – edited

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