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Our first daffodils to bloom on the farm.
Thank you all for your visits comments and faves much appreciated, have a nice day.
At Pashley Manor Gardens you will discover 11 acres of beautiful borders and vistas – the culmination of a lifetime of passion for gardening, an appetite for beauty and an admiration of the tradition of the English Country garden. These graceful gardens, on the border of Sussex and Kent, are family owned and maintained – visitors often express delight at the attention to detail displayed throughout and the intimate, peaceful atmosphere.
All the ingredients of the English Country Garden are present – sweeping herbaceous borders, ha-ha, well maintained lawns, box hedges, espaliered rose walk, historic walled garden, inspiring kitchen garden, venerable trees and the Grade I listed house as a backdrop. The gardens are a haven for wildlife – bees, butterflies and small birds as well as moor hens, ducks and a black swan. Then, of course, the plants! Borders overflowing with perennials and annuals – the look changing through the seasons, but always abundantly filled, and each garden ‘room’ planted in a different colour theme.
Pashley is also renowned for fantastic displays of tulips, roses and dahlias. Our annual Tulip Festival features more than 48,000 tulips this year! During Special Rose Week over a hundred varieties of rose swathe the walls, climb obelisks and bloom in flower beds. Then in late summer our Dahlia Days event transforms the gardens once more with bountiful, brightly coloured dahlias in every border and pot.
Add to all this a Café and Terrace with excellent garden views, serving delicious homemade lunches, scones and cakes; Sculpture and Art Exhibitions; a Gift Shop with Plant Sales; and a friendly, knowledgeable team waiting to welcome you, and the recipe for a wonderful day out is complete.
For more information please visit www.pashleymanorgardens.com/
"Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty."
Albert Einstein
We all have our demons
Our most inner thoughts
We try to keep our reasons
And hold on to our hopes
We can take our chances
Reveal our true selves
Dwell on what has passed
Analyse and think too much
But I like being human with you and I hope you know it
I like being human and all of the good that comes with it
We overgrow our worries
Sing our sorrows too loud
Forget to look around us
Lose sight of what we have
But I like being human with you and I hope you know it
I like being human and all of the good that comes with it
approximately 2 miles east of Valley of Dreams in New Mexico is a small area with very interesting locations for milky way photography
"Where is the end of our shadows
Where are we?...
What's the answer? I ask myself
But I can't find it alone
We can do it together, yeah...
When our lights shine
When the day we dreamed of opens up
Shine on you, shine on me
In this one world we live in"
from Victon "Light" (eng. translation)
The goldfish (Carassius auratus) is a freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae of order Cypriniformes. It is one of the most commonly kept aquarium fish. A relatively small member of the carp family (which also includes the Prussian carp and the crucian carp), the goldfish is native to East Asia. It was first selectively bred in ancient China more than 1,000 years ago, and several distinct breeds have since been developed. Goldfish breeds vary greatly in size, body shape, fin configuration and coloration (various combinations of white, yellow, orange, red, brown, and black are known). Goldfish have strong associative learning abilities, as well as social learning skills. Goldfish are gregarious, displaying schooling behavior, as well as displaying the same types of feeding behaviors. 2109
The Guardian
Family detention still exists': immigration groups warn the fight is far from over
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/01/family-detention-...
If this does not make a difference to you, put yourself in these people's shoes. They are fleeing from violence trying to start a new life for themselves and their families. Giving their children a better start to life and then they are separated and their children place behind bars! Can you imagine this happening to you, your children, or grandchildren? These people are not bad, they fell into desperate and unfortunate circumstances and they need our help! We must find a way to reunite these families and never allow families to be separated again!
Thank you for your kind visit. Have a wonderful and beautiful day! ❤️❤️❤️
Sharpening his claws on the Lilac bush in our back garden - with ferocious madness in his eyes...
Bastian (mixed breed), 31.07.2019.
Olympus OMD EM5 Digital Camera
It is our responsibility to care for and protect our wildlife. We are surrounded by the beauty of animal families who belong in our world too. We must learn to share and care.
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In our sleep as we speak
Listen to the drums beat
As we speak
In our sleep as we speak
Listen to the drums beat
In our sleep
In our sleep where we meet
In our sleep where we meet.
In Our Sleep · Laurie Anderson feat Lou Reed
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Thanks for stopping by, everything is always very appreciated
Day 208 of the 365 days of photography project.
Happy Fence Friday Folks!
I’m giving a nod to Fence Friday, and adding some Lancashire blue sky along with our lush countryside, and a touch of alliteration.
HFF!
Discovered in Stacksteads, Lancashire
iPhone XS max
Thanks for all your visits, faves, and comments. Much appreciated.
Our autumn leaf season got truncated by high winds and heavy rains knocking the colorful leaves off the trees, but I did manage a few shots showing off autumn colors.
My son made me very proud. First time we rode into the hills together and he bravely mastered all the climbs on the bike. First climb is the hardest, so we enjoyed the views onto the vineyards and the valley below on our first summit together.
Day 63 of the 365 days of photography project.
Our Sam enjoying the beautiful clear sea at Saint Ola, on the mainland of the Orkney Islands.
Discovered at Kirkwall, Orkney Islands.
Today it is he who drives Bronseplassen.
Bronseplassen is a reconstructed farm from the Bronze Age located along county road 401 in Høvåg in Lillesand municipality in Agder. The farm shows how our ancestors lived around 3,500 years ago. The 25-metre-long and 8-metre-wide longhouse is furnished as people lived at that time, with space for cooking, food storage, sleeping places and room for the livestock. The longhouse's building materials are cow dung, clay, twigs and peat. In addition to the longhouse, there are barges, a labyrinth, a sacrificial place and a burial ground on the site. archery and archery are also demonstrated, and a separate fertility maze. Bronseplassen has a herb garden with plants that have been used for food and medicine since the Bronze Age until our time.
The site has its own section from the Viking Age (700 - 1000 AD) with reconstructions from the Oseberg find. Here, a large Viking tent, dragon bed, items of use from the Viking Age and Grindehus forge have been set up. Bronseplassen serves food related to the Bronze Age, and is open in the summer months May-September.
This curious squirrel is a regular visitor at our new appartement. My closest wildlife encounter to home so far ;-)...Munich, Germany
This is another work for Working Towards a Better World. If we open our eyes we can appreciate the beauty surrounding us, even when there is much ugliness in our midst. Together we can make our lives throughout the world more beautiful by sharing, caring and loving.
Have a wonderful day my Flickr friends!
This was a challenge issued by my new friend BloodSparda! He told us: "Do something kawaii!" So this is what my partner Vin and I came up with.
This is our cute. This is us being sweet and having cute moments together. Snuggling up with stuffed animals and enjoying the amazing view.
When we first laid eyes on our puppy (a little over a year before this image of her was taken), the color told us immediately that her name must be Sedona. So, when we had a chance to take her there, of course she had to have multiple photo shoots in the region. This is one of the images from along the Oak Creek, after enduring a long 4x4 adventure that she didn't particularly enjoy, she was pleased to relax and take in the view from a stable seated position.
Congrats on Explore!
#399 ⭐ April 13, 2022
Recognition:
Accepted for Display - MAR 2022 Darkroomers Photographic Club, and can be found in the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego.