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It always leaves me with a sense of wonder. This is a tiny piece of a rotting gatepost. Look at how much life is crammed in and look at the colours. It almost looks like an Ariel view over woodland in autumn. This is why I love macro.
St Oswald's church Ashbourne, Derbyshire; the gateposts (a fairly typical style for the time) are early 18th century and designed by Robert Bakewell, who also did the iron gates at Derby Cathedral.
View of gatepost with stone lion atop at the south aspect of Pollok House in Pollok Park, Glasgow, Scotland.
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Gatepost.
Walking on Oxford Street last Thursday with the Studio 678 crew.
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One of the gateposts at Holy Trinity Church, opened in 1860. There are no foundry marks, but my money would be on WA Baker of Newport.
Walking along the upper lawns of the Italian Gardens you will come across a shady little "secret" garden. It is flanked by two tall bluestone columns topped with finials which act as gateposts for a set of elegant Victorian wrought-iron gates. Elegantly carved with sweeping curls, they would not look out of place in a garden in England.
The Forest Glade Gardens are well established European inspired landscaped gardens of six hectares that are to be found on the Mount Macedon Road in the hill station town of Mount Macedon.
The Forest Glade Gardens are just shy of one hundred years old. The gardens were originally two adjoining properties that comprised orchards and lush grazing paddocks. In 1941 local family the Newtons purchased and extended the property and set about creating one of Mount Macedon's most stunning gardens.
In 1971 the Forest Glade Gardens were acquired by Melbourne property developer Mr. Cyril Stokes who together with his partner Trevor Neil Bell, developed the gardens even further. Cyril was a great collector of European antiques, and his love of European antiquity is reflected in the gardens, particularly in the many classical marble and bronze statues dotted about the grounds.
Unfortunately the Forest Glade Gardens were partly destroyed by the tragic Ash Wednesday bushfires of 1983. However, after many years of hard labour put in by Cyril and Trevor, The Forest Glade Gardens were reborn from the ashes. The gardens are built on a sloping block and consist of a range of terraces all of which offer wonderful vistas. A garden designed to give pleasure all year round, the Forest Glad Gardens contain several heritage listed trees and are made up of smaller themed gardens including; the Italian Garden, the Japanese Garden, the Daffodil Meadow, the Peony Walk, Hydrangea Hill, the Topiary Gardens, the Bluebell Meadow, the Fern Gully and the Laburnum Arch.
In 2011 the property was gifted to a registered charity - The Stokes Collection Limited - with the intention of keeping the Forest Glade Gardens maintained and open to the public.
I spent a delightful Saturday with the Famous Flickr Five+ Group in Mount Macedon, where I have never been before. Now I have, I would very much like to go back to such a picturesque place again.
The Mount Macedon township is located east of the Mount Macedon summit, which is approximately 60 km north-west of Melbourne.
The name of Mount Macedon is apparently derived from Philip II, who ruled Macedon between 359 and 336BC. The mountain was named by Thomas Mitchell, the New South Wales Surveyor General.
Settled in the 1850s by gold miners and timber cutters, the railway arrived at the Mount Macedon township in 1861, providing a vital connection to Melbourne, and sealing the town's future as a 'hill station' resort for wealthy Melburnians escaping the summer heat in the 1870s. With the land deforested, large blocks were sold and beautiful and extensive gardens were planted around the newly built homes. The rich soil and good rainfall also made the area suitable for large orchards and plant nurseries who could send fruit and flowers back to Melbourne. Newspaper owner, David Syme, built a house, "Rosenheim" in 1869. It was acquired in 1886 for Victorian Governors to use as a country retreat, making Mount Macedon an attractive destination for the well heeled of Melbourne society. A primary school was built in Mount Macedon in 1874, and as the decades progressed, hotels, guest houses, shops, a Presbyterian Church and Church of England were built. In 1983, Mount Macedon was devastated by the Ash Wednesday Bush Fires. A large portion of the town was raised, and a number of lives were lost. However, like a phoenix from the ashes, Mount Macedon has risen and rebuilt. Today it is still a popular holiday destination, particularly during spring time when the well established gardens flourish with flowers and in autumn when the exotic trees explode in a riot of reds and yellows.
Looking through a window reflection again. The light was pretty blue to start with, so I went with that. Early spring, no leaves yet.
A common lizard resting on a gatepost at one of the entrances to the Bill Smyllie field at Prestbury Hill nature reserve in Gloucestershire. This one was taken back in August 2010 with my old Canon Powershot A400 camera
Related 6/1 ridden by Richard Kingscote pulls away from the field with just over a furlong left in the Turf Club Stakes at Glorious Goodwood.
Left-hand post of two. Inscription reads "Welfare Park.... ..... 1923"
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I am growing to like my recently and cheaply acquired, slightly faulty (VR not working, AF hunting) Tamron 'walkabout' lens.
Given the right circumstances, it does come up with some sweet images.
The old fashioned way to keep someone off your property. Put a cable across the road and a simple fence. Taken at Caesar Creek Lake near the boater's beach.
There are a number of these 'orphaned' gateposts in the dale, where the hedges have been ripped out or the associated walls robbed for their stone. These are near the old mining hamlet of High Gill, East Mines.