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a little solo mushroom. sits on top of this old lichen covered larch gatepost, surrounded by a sea - of a type of green moss. on a late september day. along the becks. langholm, dumfriesshire, scotland.
Guilty as charged I think! Backlit by the early morning rising sun.
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This is the light on top of the entrance gate post for Aston Hall in Aston-cum-Aughton. Hall was built 1772 by architect John Carr for owner Henry Verest, a former Governor of Bengal after "Clive of India". Aston Hall is now a Best Western Plus hotel.
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English History- Manor House and Gatehouse. Ashby St. Ledgers, England.
The gatepost are built with "beggars seats". A person needing to visit the rich mans house might have to wait here and would sit in the small alcove built into the gate pillars.
The gatehouse at the Manor at Ashby St. Ledgers, Northamptonshire. It was here, in the room above the Gatehouse, with its privacy from the main house and clear view of the surrounding area, that Robert Catesby, his servant Thomas Bates and the other conspirators planned a great deal of the Gunpowder Plot in 1605. Catesby's plan involved blowing up the Houses of Parliament on 5th November. This date was chosen because the King was due to open Parliament on that day. At first the group tried to tunnel under Parliament. This plan changed when Thomas Percy was able to hire a cellar under the House of Lords. The plotters then filled the cellar with barrels of gunpowder. Guy Fawkes, because of his munitions experience in the Netherlands, was given the task of creating the explosion. Catesby was killed at Holbeche House whereas his servant was executed in the following January. The church is dedicated to Saint Leodegarius and has wall paintings showing the Passion of Christ c1500.
The stone former gate post along the track over Gun Moor, Swythamley, Staffordshire Moorlands.
Shutlingsloe Hill is on the skyline.
Found this little chap on our gatepost this afternoon so moved him onto our flower beds so that he wouldn't get eaten by one of our rather hungry feathered friends.
A large brownish-grey moth with a pink and black striped body. This large immigrant from Africa has a wingspan of 8-12cms. Some adults fly to Europe from June to August and breed there; the offspring are those most commonly seen in Britain and Ireland. It flies low (only a few metres) over the sea.
The male has heavier markings than the female and sometimes has a broad central cross-band. The male also has thicker, longer antennae than the females.
It usually holds its wings close to the body whilst resting, like the Privet and Pine Hawk-moths.
It flies from June to December, but is most commonly seen from late August to late November, when other migrant species are often in the UK.
It is nocturnal and rests by day, when it can often be seen on walls, rocks and tree trunks. It comes to light and can be seen from dusk to dawn. As it has an unusually long proboscis, it is able to feed on tubular flowers e.g. tobacco plant (Nicotiana), petunia, lilies and phlox, that many other moths cannot feed on. Pupates underground.
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The lake provided a nice backdrop :) Sometimes I feel a bit crestfallen if I don't get a robin shot.
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Tarnagulla. Population 130.
Gold was discovered here at Sandy Creek in 1852. Many New Zealanders went to the gold rush here and the second main mining area was called Poverty Gully after Poverty Bay in New Zealand. In 1860 Sandy Creek was changed to Tarnagulla. The Victoria Hotel and theatre and some other buildings in the town date from the early 1860s when it was founded as a town. It must have been a religious place as between 1864-69 Anglican, Wesleyan, Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Welsh and Primitive Methodist churches were opened in the town! But as the diggers left the churches were demolished or transported elsewhere and only four remained by the end of the 19th century. The town had a Mechanics Institute from 1858 and the Victoria Hotel and Theatre from 1861. The Victoria Hotel is now the public hall for Tarnagulla. Gold mining ceased around 1912 at Tarnagulla and not much has happened there since. But the beautiful Gothic Wesleyan Methodist church with polychromatic Flemish bond brick work was burnt down in 2000. The churches are now private residences including the Presbyterian 1864; the Catholic 1912; the Anglican 1864. The 1863 built Courthouse and the 1856 Gold Warden’s Office, later Post Office are residences.
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A male Sparrow sits on my gatepost looking inquisitively upwards.
Sparrows are a firm favourite of mine, and are in decline in the UK. We are quite lucky as we still have regular small groups bickering and shouting!
Unusually they tend to congregate in our front garden together with the wood pigeons and goldfinches. The back garden is the haunt of Dunnocks.
NOT FOR THE FAINT HEARTED!
NATURE - RED IN TOOTH AND CLAW.
I wondered how owls dealt with prey that is too big to swallow whole.
This Barn Owl held a large rat in it's talons and tore it apart in no time, swallowing it one piece at a time.
Nifty gateposts leading to the 18th Century Palmse Manor. The building now functions as a museum and offers tours through the restored mansion.
There is also a wooded park, swan lake and garden within the manor complex.
Sometimes the mudane can be the most interesting. A small yard off a small street in Castleton, Derbyshire.The gateposts are quite substantial for a 'nothing' place, maybe it was grander in years gone by.
The building at the end is too good to be a shed yet too small to be a house. Its nicely kept though with a modern window so still performs some use.
Black & White emphasised the loneliness of the place and the textures on all sides.
Of all the shots I took that day, this is my favourite.
Tarnagulla. Population 130.
Gold was discovered here at Sandy Creek in 1852. Many New Zealanders went to the gold rush here and the second main mining area was called Poverty Gully after Poverty Bay in New Zealand. In 1860 Sandy Creek was changed to Tarnagulla. The Victoria Hotel and theatre and some other buildings in the town date from the early 1860s when it was founded as a town. It must have been a religious place as between 1864-69 Anglican, Wesleyan, Catholic, Presbyterian, Baptist, Welsh and Primitive Methodist churches were opened in the town! But as the diggers left the churches were demolished or transported elsewhere and only four remained by the end of the 19th century. The town had a Mechanics Institute from 1858 and the Victoria Hotel and Theatre from 1861. The Victoria Hotel is now the public hall for Tarnagulla. Gold mining ceased around 1912 at Tarnagulla and not much has happened there since. But the beautiful Gothic Wesleyan Methodist church with polychromatic Flemish bond brick work was burnt down in 2000. The churches are now private residences including the Presbyterian 1864; the Catholic 1912; the Anglican 1864. The 1863 built Courthouse and the 1856 Gold Warden’s Office, later Post Office are residences.