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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
        • 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 Doors
      • Thursday Trios
  • About me
    • Contact me
    • ‘Always Write’ interview
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  • England,  Flowers,  Lens-Artists,  Themed galleries

    Gallery: some favourite English flowers

    October 17, 2022 / 35 Comments
    Narrow path between flower beds

    In the last few years, with the batterings the world has taken – Covid, war in Ukraine, prices spiralling – flowers have been among the constants that have kept many people’s spirits up. The pandemic in particular reminded many of us to value the little pleasures of life, and what gives more pleasure for its size than a flower?

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    Ruins of a castle

    Kippers and castles: a walk from Craster to Dunstanburgh

    April 13, 2021
    Large castle on a rocky outcrop

    The great fort of Bebbanburg

    May 28, 2022
    Landscape with old wall on hillside

    Outpost of the Roman Empire, Housesteads

    December 5, 2020
  • 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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    Three bright red flowers

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022
    Italianate garden with statues and a fountain

    Around the world in ten photos: day eight

    December 24, 2020
    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
  • 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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    Landscape with old wall on hillside

    Outpost of the Roman Empire, Housesteads

    December 5, 2020
    Green valley with blue sky above

    Those blue remembered hills: Cardingmill Valley

    July 8, 2021
    Mist hanging over a lake

    Gallery: Morning mists over Matthew’s Linn

    January 26, 2021
  • Architecture,  Latvia

    Rundāle, the Baltic Versailles?

    August 18, 2022 / 29 Comments
    Large yellow building with white window details and ornamentation

    If you like a palace to be somewhat grandiose, testament to the rich family it once housed, come with me to Rundāle Palace in the Latvian countryside. Its 18th century splendour has been painstakingly restored and is in places almost overwhelming in its extravagance.

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    Terraced fields, shadowy buildings and mountains tinged with pink

    In Bandipur, an ancient hilltop town

    December 20, 2022
    Yellow Victorian house

    Gallery: the Painted Ladies of Cape May

    October 10, 2020
    Jumble of flat roofed buildings with distant castle and glimpse of sea

    Gallery: looking back at buildings

    January 15, 2023
  • 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 in front of an old house

    Gallery: the White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle

    June 23, 2021
    Gardens with flower beds, lawns and statues

    Gallery: a sunny afternoon in the Jardins du Luxembourg

    September 30, 2022
    Purple flower on a long stem

    Gallery: roses are red, violets are blue …

    April 19, 2021
  • 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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    Wall painting of a blue hummingbird

    Gallery: spotting street art in Sant Elena

    February 26, 2022
    Looking over tree tops to a cloud covered mountain

    Hanging bridges and butterflies

    March 15, 2022
    Large red bird with white face and beak

    Gallery: a February selection

    March 1, 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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    Landscape with church and autumn trees

    Signs of autumn at Emmetts Garden

    September 27, 2021
    Dark pink flower head

    Gallery: in the garden, Costa Rican style

    March 12, 2022
    Group of deer with antlers

    Studley Royal, a very English country garden

    September 13, 2022
  • 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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    Large stone in a field

    A stroll around Avebury’s stone circle

    June 28, 2022
    Wooden hut painted in candy stripes

    Gallery: colourful beach huts in Whitstable and Broadstairs

    November 20, 2020
    Ducks landing on a lake

    Summer in East Anglia

    August 10, 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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    Golden temple reflected in a lake

    Exploring the temple gardens of Kyoto

    May 9, 2021
    Three bright red flowers

    Gallery: three flowers, three fruits

    June 16, 2022
    White flowers in front of an old house

    Gallery: the White Garden at Sissinghurst Castle

    June 23, 2021
  • Architecture,  England,  Gardens,  History

    A misty morning visit to Stokesay Castle

    July 14, 2021 / 18 Comments
    Half-timbered building seen above a hedge

    When I first saw Stokesay Castle I thought that a house had been built on to an older stone castle, but in fact it is an exceptional example of a crenelated manor house from the late 13th century. This is how the better-off lived in the later Middle Ages.

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    Blue tiles with religious painting

    Gallery: tiles, tiles and yet more tiles!

    April 30, 2022
    Row of old shops and cafes

    A stroll around Las Vegas

    October 19, 2021
    Stone church and blue sky

    The wonders of Bulgaria’s Bachkovo Monastery

    February 10, 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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