H ave a good Halloween weekend,we have plenty of treats in to stave off the tricks,so feel free to call.!!!
Thursday, October 28, 2010
A NEW PLANET ?
No not really,just an anomaly that showed up by not having the right camera settings.I did have some fun trying to convince the family that I actually did photograph this as you see it-as what appears to be a green planet,but they did not believe me,what a shame.The photo's are not in focus but interesting non the less.
I wish I had got the right settings on the camera,then it would have shown all the craters on the moon.
H ave a good Halloween weekend,we have plenty of treats in to stave off the tricks,so feel free to call.!!!
H ave a good Halloween weekend,we have plenty of treats in to stave off the tricks,so feel free to call.!!!
Saturday, October 23, 2010
THE VAN
Where have all the Hippies gone.???
There are over 14 acres of garden,woods and scrub land that belong to the castle,some of it is over grown and not easily accessible.I was exploring part of the garden that I have not been to for a long time (years ) when I came to this long abandoned old van.I had forgotten about it and was surprised that it was still there.
It was owned by Pam ,who did a lot of traveling in it for many many years,it was equipped with every thing you could imagine.There was a small kitchen,two beds,toilet,table,cupboards,lights and pretty curtains that matched the seat covers and cushions.
Her Grandsons used it when they came here on holiday ,one of their stories about the van was sleeping in it on a beach,they forgot about the tide coming in and had to get a tractor to winch it out of the sea.It was also used to entertain their girlfriends and what ever else young people get up to,that they do not want their parents to know about.!!!
It then passed to my youngest son,who also got great use out of it until he wrote it off by nearly colliding with a herd of run-a-way cows.To avoid the stampede he swerved into a ditch and rolled the van thankfully he was unhurt but the poor old van was damaged beyond repair,so was his beloved guitar.
Pam did not want to get rid of the van so for my sons punishment,he had to build a shelter for it,so that the younger children could play in it,my daughter who was a young teenager at the time painted it with the snail-or is it a snake.?? On the other side there are flowers and other hippie symbols.
No one ever used it and it was forgotten until I came across it recently,the shelter has fallen down and the van is completely overgrown, and rusted,I had to remove ivy and briars from it to take the photo.
There is nothing that can be done to it,so the undergrowth will take over it again and eventually it will rust away until nothing is left along with all the memories.
So to the Hippie van,passion wagon ,teenagers party venue,Pam's faithful travel bus, play bus,MAY YOU RUST IN PEACE.!!!!
Thank you to every one for your kind words and wishes,whilst I was unwell.I am over the worst of it now and feeling much better,receiving get well messages from all over the world,is so heart warming and I appreciate each and every one. xxxx
It was owned by Pam ,who did a lot of traveling in it for many many years,it was equipped with every thing you could imagine.There was a small kitchen,two beds,toilet,table,cupboards,lights and pretty curtains that matched the seat covers and cushions.
Her Grandsons used it when they came here on holiday ,one of their stories about the van was sleeping in it on a beach,they forgot about the tide coming in and had to get a tractor to winch it out of the sea.It was also used to entertain their girlfriends and what ever else young people get up to,that they do not want their parents to know about.!!!
It then passed to my youngest son,who also got great use out of it until he wrote it off by nearly colliding with a herd of run-a-way cows.To avoid the stampede he swerved into a ditch and rolled the van thankfully he was unhurt but the poor old van was damaged beyond repair,so was his beloved guitar.
Pam did not want to get rid of the van so for my sons punishment,he had to build a shelter for it,so that the younger children could play in it,my daughter who was a young teenager at the time painted it with the snail-or is it a snake.?? On the other side there are flowers and other hippie symbols.
No one ever used it and it was forgotten until I came across it recently,the shelter has fallen down and the van is completely overgrown, and rusted,I had to remove ivy and briars from it to take the photo.
There is nothing that can be done to it,so the undergrowth will take over it again and eventually it will rust away until nothing is left along with all the memories.
So to the Hippie van,passion wagon ,teenagers party venue,Pam's faithful travel bus, play bus,MAY YOU RUST IN PEACE.!!!!
Thank you to every one for your kind words and wishes,whilst I was unwell.I am over the worst of it now and feeling much better,receiving get well messages from all over the world,is so heart warming and I appreciate each and every one. xxxx
Thursday, October 21, 2010
BED,TEA AND SYMPATHY.
Sorry I have been absent for a while,but I went down with a bug.
I am not sure if it was a bad cold or flu,whatever it was gave me a sore throat,sneezing,blocked nose and aches and pains that sent me crawling to my bed.Today I am up and about feeling much better but whatever it was has settled on my chest and I now have a cough to beat all coughs.!!
John bought me a lovely bunch of flowers to cheer me up and waited on me with constant cups of tea and medication,I think he is glad I am feeling better as he is not a cook and he is looking forward to a proper meal today after fending for himself for a week.
I will post again soon when I am fit enough to go out and take some photo's,I have not even seen anyone because I did not want to infect them with my germs,so I do not have anything to write about at the moment.
Have a good weekend,be back soon----Carolyn.
I am not sure if it was a bad cold or flu,whatever it was gave me a sore throat,sneezing,blocked nose and aches and pains that sent me crawling to my bed.Today I am up and about feeling much better but whatever it was has settled on my chest and I now have a cough to beat all coughs.!!
John bought me a lovely bunch of flowers to cheer me up and waited on me with constant cups of tea and medication,I think he is glad I am feeling better as he is not a cook and he is looking forward to a proper meal today after fending for himself for a week.
I will post again soon when I am fit enough to go out and take some photo's,I have not even seen anyone because I did not want to infect them with my germs,so I do not have anything to write about at the moment.
Have a good weekend,be back soon----Carolyn.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
DEER IN THE FIELD
I have spent many years,even before I was into photography,trying to get a picture of deer.Today I was rewarded with several of these beautiful animals,unfortunately they saw me before I could get the camera set up and took off up the field but with the zoom lens I was still able to get some shots as they grazed in the field behind our garden.
Now I know where to find them I can set up the tripod and the big lens so that I can get some closer shots.
Pictures will enlarge.
Now I know where to find them I can set up the tripod and the big lens so that I can get some closer shots.
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