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Lindau / Lake Constance / Bavaria / Germany
[EXPLORE - 2020-12-20]
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Shillingham’s south-facing fields roll their way to the historic tidal shores of the River Lynher, just a few miles from the sea. This creates a unique micro-climate with little frost and a very early Spring. Ideal for a vineyard.
Shillingham has been a working farm for four centuries. In the 1960s and 1970s, it was a dairy farm and in more recent years a beef, arable and lamb business.
However, Shillingham’s micro-climate has often made traditional farming practices challenging. Winter can be wild, Spring comes early, Autumn can linger and Summer can be very hot.
Shillingham is home to a stretch of Brunel’s original London-Penzance railway, which wound its way across the creeks and inlets of South Cornwall. After its construction, Shillingham became a major producer of vegetables, such as, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, kale, broccoli, turnips, and cauliflower. which could be in London within 24 hours of harvest.
Shillingham’s proximity to the river meant that it was also at the centre of the busy marine trade. Vessels carrying stone destined for Plymouth and London passed East by its foreshores, and those returning West stopped to off-load their “dock-dung”. This was the manure from the naval dockyard at Royal William Yard and later Devonport.
The dock dung contained a wealth of broken pottery and old, thick glass, much of which was uncovered during the vineyard’s soil preparation. It is now being transformed into a mosaic map of the vineyard.
The idea of a vineyard at Shillingham was first conceived in 1604 when Richard Carew of Antony published “A Survey of Cornwall”. Having previously travelled across Europe on an anthropological tour of discovery, he returned home and mused why nobody had tried to grow vines on the shores of the Lynher as its climate and soil seemed perfectly suited. 500 years later, in Spring 2021 preparation of the land and planting of the vines began.
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A Lensbaby photo of a beautiful little Dahlia captured early in the morning.
Lensbaby Sweet 50 optic, set at F2.5
Composer Pro II with a Canon EF mount
No bend or extension tube used
The wind is still very strong in the Netherlands. So perfect weather to photograph at sea. Yesterday I was treated with this epic sunset. The color of the water was also amazing. Love the drama! :-)
Read my new blog about photography and bad weather. Do they go together? (Dutch)
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Thanks to brother Michel Mintaka for the Yoda statue
Thanks to Jean Marc for the ancient stone structure
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An Oriental Pied-Hornbill fledgling fearfully looking out of its nest at Changi Village.
Read the full story in my blog: Story of a Baby Oriental Pied Hornbill
*Note: More pics of Birds in my Wild Avian Friends Album.
Santa Cruz Mountains, California
An almost lone tree catches the light from the setting sun. The backdrop is a high, forested ridge of douglas-fir trees.
I made that up, since I can't remember whether it was windy or not. But why else would they all be lined up in the same direction?
[Seen on Explore, highest position #350
Quite a rare event to have a locomotive facing into Keighley but at the Match 2023 gala , 1054 Coal Tank was turned for just one run to face that way on a shuttle from Ingrow
Facing a very busy few weeks. I wish I had time to get back out to the mountains to watch the sunrise.
She faced the cathedral
and opened herself to the space it kept.
Centuries behind the walls.
One small moment in front of them.
Both allowed to exist
without explanation.
When I left home and headed toward Worthington, I was hoping that this patched SP GP60 was still working the local that runs south of town in Iowa. I had seen it as the south facing unit a few weeks ago on a trip to Nebraska for Thanksgiving. Unfortunately, on this day they had gone on duty earlier in the morning than I anticipated. They were long gone by the time I completed the side quest of seeing the Conrail heritage unit at Brewster. I had resigned myself to hoping to take a backlit shot of them trailing on the return trip north and intercepted them just south of Worthington around noon. My fortune turned, however, as they were asked to continue north to Elk Creek to finish up some work that the previous night's shift had left undone. So while I didn't really get anything more of the unexpected Conrail heritage unit than the picture I already posted, I did end up seeing the locomotive I'd gone looking for leading a train in prime light. They're seen here pulling out of the south side of Elk Creek to take a little headroom before finishing their work and heading back to Worthington to tie down for the evening.