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- Coal Transport: Originally, barges were vital for moving coal from Derbyshire’s pits to the River Trent for onward trade to Nottingham and Leicester.

- Industrial Goods: They also carried pottery, textiles, iron, and even bombshells during WWII from Stanton Ironworks.

- Commercial Decline: With the rise of railways in the 19th century, barge traffic dwindled. By 1952, the last commercial narrowboat operation ended.

🏡 Sandiacre’s Canal Scene Today

- Sandiacre Lock Cottages: These restored lock keeper’s cottages and stables are a charming nod to the canal’s working past.

- Padmore Moorings: A popular spot for pleasure craft and narrowboats, offering moorings and access to local amenities.

- Preservation Efforts: The Erewash Canal Preservation & Development Association (ECP&DA) was formed in 1968 to save the canal from closure. Their work led to its upgrade to ‘cruiseway’ status in the 1980s.

🌿 Leisure and Wildlife

- Boating: While commercial barges are long gone, leisure boating thrives. The canal is quieter than others, making it ideal for peaceful cruising.

- Fishing & Nature: Anglers enjoy catching roach, bream, chub, and perch. The surrounding area is rich in wildlife, with kingfishers, herons, and even water voles spotted nearby.

📏 Barge Dimensions

- Max Length: 80 ft 4 in

- Max Width: 13 ft 5 in

- Draught: 4 ft

- Headroom: 7 ft 4 in

These specs allow for broad-beam barges, though most modern traffic is narrowboats.

Peony Trio by Deb's Artography

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Created with Dream by Wombo.

Prompts: Huge pink and white peony rose hybrid

Style: Abstract Fluid

Wombo does a really beautiful job creating Peonies and Roses. These hybrids look more like Peonies, but I was pleased anyway.

These were used as the input images for the Peony Squirrel images.

Thank you all for taking some time to look closer and for your faves, comments and invitations!

Kingfisher by Beth Rosengard

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Created for Vivid Imagination's Extreme Color Creations challenge.

Kingfisher photo by Challiyan via Wikimedia Commons. All else is mine.

little house in the valley by klsanderson

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Created for Textures for Layers Challenge #17: Victorian Doghouse

come on by and check out the fun!

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cheek to cheek by Nora Caracci fotomie2009

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created for

TMI CHALLENGE: Those Amazing Animals ... It Takes 2 to Tango

And for Sliders Sunday !

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an old chinese worker with his grandson by Andy Kobel

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Created by artificial intelligence

244. Autumn down at the lagoon by Ken Barker

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Created for Art week gallery on the theme "creative autumn"

Soul by ░S░i░l░a░n░d░i░ ☮

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∎ Created with Stable Diffusion, further edited with Topaz Photo AI 2.4.2

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When the soul lies down in that grass, the world is too full to talk about!

Rumi

Splish Splash by Beth Rosengard

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Created for Spotlight Your Best's "Our Amazing World of Water" contest.

Löwenberger Land - Großer Lankesee by michael_jeddah

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created by dji camera

Seaside Living by Jobet101

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Glamping by Jobet101

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Long way home by ROn

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Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodachrome Generic v.4 Muted Faded'

no yesterdays on the road by klsanderson

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Created for Textures for Layers Challenge #16: Classic Chevy

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easier to read viewed large, here

winter morning in the forest 🌲 by Jos Mecklenfeld

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Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodachrome HC'

Watching the Sunset Together by Lemon~art

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Created for The Shock of the New Contest "Heart Art" and for The Award Tree Contest "Shimmering Silhouettes"

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

All photos and textures used are my own.

und noch ein Blick - and another view by ArtundUnart

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Created for Kreative People TT135

www.flickr.com/groups/1752359@N21/discuss/72157666640405404/

Thanks to brillianthues

for the source image

www.flickr.com/photos/brillianthues/27342329741/in/dateta...

Ich bedanke mich für das Interesse an meinen Bildern - Kommentare sind willkommen!

Thank you for your interest in my pictures - comments are welcome!

Variation of "Blick aus dem Küchenfenster" edit with Gmic and PS Elements

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An Android's Nightmare by Temari 09

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Created for MMM, 122nd challenge - Halloween.

(Winner - 2nd Place)

Entered in Vivid Art, Challenge 16 - Vivid Fright.

(Winner - 4th Place)

All images, purchased.

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Maggie aka Fauna in the Flora by Don Benny

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Created for Smile on Saturdays theme, combination of flora and fauna.

Her Passion for Nectar by Lemon~art

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Created for the Vivid Art Group Contest Vivid Nature

A honey bee feeding from the nectar at the base of the passion flower.

Thank you for taking the time to visit, comment, fave or invite. I really appreciate them all.

All photos and textures used are my own.

The Bard by Karen Kleis

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Created for The Hypothetical Awards Face It! Challenge: www.flickr.com/groups/1179479@N25/discuss/72157646472570887/

Based on another mosaic from the Orlando Shakespeare Theater, Loch Haven Park, Orlando, FL.

Broken-7857 by E B

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Created for Macro Mondays of 26 June 2017, theme 'Broken'

What a luck, daughter dropped an Ikea glass.

Me: 'Don't throw it away, I will take a picture of it"

Daughter: 'Are you crazy dad?'

Create us by Veronica Schlee

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Hitching a ride by boeckli

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Created for the Magnificent Manipulated Masterpieces

156th MMM UNDER THE SEA THEME Challenge

and

The Award Tree’s Challenge # 215.0 July 2022 ~ Wet Work ~

[Main image my own / koala with goggles from icon-library.com /

processed with DDG, framed in FilterForge]

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Promise of a new Dawn by Carlotta Ceawlin

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Created for Avenue Magazine January 2009 - Theme *Light*

Oi !! Who are you calling " tubby " ? by Guy@Fawkes

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Created for the Artistic Manipulation Group's MIXMASTER CHALLENGE #21.

Nightcap by Beth Rosengard

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Created for Award Tree's "Red and White Fudge" challenge.

the library by Suzanne's stream

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Created mit midjourney (KI)

Black & White & Grey - AIA August Challenge

Deconstructing Cinderella's Coach by Lemon~art

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Created for the Kreative People Contest "Wheels"

Thank you for your visit, comment or fave. All are much appreciated. Thank you also to all who invite my photos to their groups.

All photos, textures and brushes used are my own.

Kasteel Cannenburch by Jos Mecklenfeld

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Created with RNI Films app. Preset 'Kodak Portra 160 v.2'

Devas of the Midnight Garden by Temari 09

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Created for Kreative People TT239 challenge.

Entered to Explore Worthy, Challenge 122 - Your 2020 Favorite.

(Winner - 1st pl)

Source images 1 Here and 2 Here with thanks, from abstractartangel77.

Other images, my own. Purchased.

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Create Beautiful Bokeh - 1° - Click THE CONTEST by Malu D

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Cover picture - Click the CONTEST

Fear Not Though in Darkness Dwell by Richard S Warner

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Created for the "PANO-Vision" Group's first annual contest "Kick Out the Winter Blues".

www.flickr.com/groups/2892788@N23/discuss/72157689531935342/

Pano-Sabotage shots collaged with some straight "SOOC" imagery, then mirrored and layered in panels and edge treatments.

The iPhone 6 doesn't do night shots very well but in this case the lights on the trees and the reflections on the marble and in the windows provided just enough for this image to be useful.

Image created Jan 4, 2018

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A Penny for your Thoughts by Paul Cowie

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Created for Treat This # 234 ~ Kreative People

Thanks to Abstractartangel for starter fractal

the windmill by Suzanne's stream

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created with midjourney

The Art of Spiralling Thoughts by Lemon~art