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All the butterflies at the Butterfly Farm are so tame! This little beauty stayed on my hand for a good 3 mins whilst I slowly walked around the huge green house.
Location: Butterfly Farm, Stratford Upon Avon.
Taken with: Lumix- DMC-G2
Edited with: Photoshop CS2
"Are you sure about this, Charlotte?" Jason asked nervously.
Charlotte threw her arm around his shoulder and gave him a smile. "Of course, Jason."
"What's with all of the equiptment?"
"Nothing, nothing," Charlotte said quickly, widening her eyes inoccently. "Just lie still and it'll all be over soon."
"Is this going to hurt?"
"I've got everything under control."
"That's what I'm afraid of."
Charlotte laughed. "Don't worry."
"Will this kill me?"
"No, silly, why would you think that?" Charlotte asked with sugary sweetness in her voice.
"There's a coffin over there."
"That's to hold my, ah, chemicals."
"Chemicals?!"
Charlotte laughed and stood up. "Trust me."
"Wait, what's that needle for?"
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No, this is NOT an excerpt of SunRaze. But I'm sure Charlotte wished it would be.
This is just something fun I did when playing around shooting for SRz2.1
Me caught in a light rain shower waiting for the light to change at Middle Hope, Sand Bay near Weston Super Mare.
Taken at a photography day at the Cat Survival Trust near Welwyn. The weather wasn't the best. It rained most of the day, but luckily not hard enough to stop us! Beautiful cats, and friendly and helpful advice with the photography. Oh, and a delicious lunch.
I am not sure but there is something re-assuring in the way this man looks. Or in the way he is. Something tender and wise.
Felbrigg Hall, Norfolk.
The National Trust.
Grade l listed.
The Great Hall - South Bay Window - detail.
Glass amassed in the mid 19th century by William Howe Windham (1802-1854).
William Howe Windham had the four windows of the Great Hall of the south wing fitted out in 1840 with a collection of medieval, Renaissance and nineteenth-century glass which was installed by John Dixon of Norwich.
One of the finest 17th-century houses in Norfolk, Felbrigg Hall was the home of the Windham family and its successors for 300 years. The house itself has a distinguished and varied pedigree. The Jacobean entrance front, built mainly in 1620, is attributed to Robert Lyminge (d1628). A west wing was added in 1674-86 to the designs of William Samwell (1628-1676), with interior plasterwork by Edward Goudge. In 1751-56 the Palladian architect James Paine (1717-1789) designed a service wing, Gothic library, staircase and several rooms, with interior decoration by Joseph Rose (1745-1799). In 1840, the great hall was remodelled in a neo-Jacobean style by John Chessell Buckler (1793-1884) and George Buckler (1811-1886).
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire.
The National Trust.
Grade l listed.
Butler's Pantry.
Fireplace by Longden & Co, Sheffield.
Detail.
With peeling paintwork and overgrown courtyards, Calke Abbey tells the story of the dramatic decline of a country house estate. The house and stables are little restored, with many abandoned areas vividly portraying a period in the 20th century when numerous country houses did not survive to tell their story.
The site was an Augustinian priory from the 12th century until its dissolution by Henry VIII. The present building, named Calke Abbey in 1808, was never actually an abbey, but is a Baroque mansion built between 1701 and 1704.
The house was owned by the Harpur family for nearly 300 years until it was passed to the National Trust in 1985 in lieu of death duties. Today, the house is open to the public and many of its rooms are deliberately displayed in the state of decline in which the house was handed to the Trust.