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One of my favourite walks starts here, with the stone and wrought iron gates into the loch-side path at Fyvie Castle. Then, 3 years ago the wonderful beech trees were cut back and the ornamental gates removed. Since then they (and these stone gate posts) have been restored and replaced. But it has taken the full 3 years for the wonderful, colourful beech leaves to grow back and once again offer me the magical compositions that it had before. There's a link to the last shot I took, in July 2015, in the first comment field ;o)
This shot was taken with the Lensbaby, as part of my series of articles.
Part 4: 2017 and The Edge 80 is: Here with most of the shots taken from the Fyvie Castle walk. I hope you can take a look and enjoy the stroll ;o)
Links to my articles on photography: here
Lensbaby Edge 80: LB Edge 80
My Fyvie Castle set: Here
1st August 2017:
Holy cow bells, what did I get?
As the weather was gorgeous I was out as soon as possible. I decided to go on one of my favourite walks and was so glad I did.
I found this Moth, on the top of some Begonias in a pot on a gatepost.
Sadly it was a bit too high up and however hard I tried I couldn't get a photo from above.
I do hope someone can tell me what it is. I've added a second photo in comments to help get an ID.
I saw what I think was a Swallowtail Butterfly the other day right in front of my nose and missed getting a photo - doh!
It's also definitely another first for me, yippee.
Thank you to Lana Pahl / Country Star Photography for the ID:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euplagia_quadripunctaria
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
This is one of my favorite places around here. The other gatepost falled down a long time ago and lies in the grass to the right.
Not to long ago, there where fences and gates in large numbers at the main roads. When the kids in a village saw a carriage coming, they ran and opened the gates hoping to get a coin for it.
There is a famous Swedish painting of an incident at a gate: "Grindslanten" . This painting was sold as a print in the last century and very common in rural households. I remember how I as a kid spent much time fantasizing in front of that painting at my grandparents. Might actually explain why I often make images of roads and such. Maybe.
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It’s a glorious, cloudless day in early spring, and this is the entrance to the vegetable and herb garden at Osterley Park and House, the National Trust estate in Isleworth, west London.
This is one of the farms that borders Tunstall Reservoir, situated just above Wolsingham. It features a beautiful circular walk around the reservoir and across the dam wall.
Growing on a ground floor balcony. The balcony/terrace is tiny and very dark. The owners probably never use it, but the wall is always covered in pots of flowers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pieris_japonica
I was surprised at first that they didn't get stolen, but since I've seen all sorts of things on garden walls and gateposts and none of them get taken.
Thank you for your favourites. :O)
The crops into the original pictures show the Watchstone in closer detail and the two holes in the gatepost towards Odin. The demolished Odin Stone famously and religiously had a hole through which bargains and bonds were made. The tale of the Orkney Pirate involves a divorce through the stone. The light here makes evident that holes are still to be found even if only for light and wind making near silent mouths except for in the imagination and maybe also in the reverence given to them.
In betwixt the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness Circles stands a tall, commanding, proud, orienting, way making, shadow avenue casting and processional marking stone. There used to be more, one with a whole within it. The remaining tall stone stands as your companion when you cross the Brig O’Brodgar and it stays outside the the two large circles that were once stoned, henged and kept ready for the Sun to bring along the days of praise and for the set stones to cast the ways standing within the haze.
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
Orkney's Stones of Stenness. Yes, they are older than Stonehenge!
www.orkneyology.com/stones-of-stenness.html
The Watchstone
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/watching-the-watchstone/
The Watchstone, Stenness
orkneyjar.com/history/monoliths/watchst.htm
Ring of Brodgar Circle henge
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/388/ring_of_brodgar.html
The Ring of Brogar
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=139
Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, Mainland Orkney
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/ring-of...
Ring Of Brodgar
canmore.org.uk/site/1696/ring-of-brodgar
The Standing Stones of Stenness Circle henge
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/389/standing_stones_of_...
Stenness - Stone Circle in Scotland in Orkney
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=158
Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stones-...
Stones Of Stenness
Enroute to Bracklinn waterfall in Callander, Scotland, you pass through some stunning woodlands which most simply pass-by. I came across these trees which seemed to stand as guardians or gateposts to the forest.
LECK in Lancashire looking towards Leck Fell House Farm (not visible) you can just see the large stone cairns. Although marked on the map as the Three Men of Gragareth, there actually seem to be 6 of them in two groups of three. Their history is unknown. A memory of a lovely day with a blue sky.
I have taken these pots as separate photos so often, but not uploaded them onto Flickr, or maybe not many.
Yesterday as I walked home I noticed them for the first time from this angle and they looked so much better as a pair, or I thought they did.
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
As I parked the car, I noticed what I thought was a squirrel on the gatepost, and as it didn't move, I thought it might be ensnared in the barbed wire, and took a photo. (See below)Then I saw it was a GlisGlis (by its eyes and ears). I began to move closer, taking a picture at evey step. This was the last one before it took a great leap away into the hedge.
I'm so pleased the Ricoh was able to pick up the whiskers.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glis_Glis
Previous baby Glis Glis www.flickr.com/photos/algo/210961870/
With a building so magnificent in front of one, it's easy to take plenty of photos in a short space of time - one of these days I really must go inside and feast on the interior - there can hardly be a square foot that doesn't have something of note to photograph. This is a rather flamboyant pair of gateposts with urns above.
A snap from the archive, a bit of everything all in one shot. Rolling mist, a castle on a hill, a pair of trees, some crows and frosty grass.
The crops into the original pictures show the Watchstone in closer detail and the two holes in the gatepost towards Odin. The demolished Odin Stone famously and religiously had a hole through which bargains and bonds were made. The tale of the Orkney Pirate involves a divorce through the stone. The light here makes evident that holes are still to be found even if only for light and wind making near silent mouths except for in the imagination and maybe also in the reverence given to them.
In betwixt the Ring of Brodgar and the Standing Stones of Stenness Circles stands a tall, commanding, proud, orienting, way making, shadow avenue casting and processional marking stone. There used to be more, one with a whole within it. The remaining tall stone stands as your companion when you cross the Brig O’Brodgar and it stays outside the the two large circles that were once stoned, henged and kept ready for the Sun to bring along the days of praise and for the set stones to cast the ways standing within the haze.
© PHH Sykes 2023
phhsykes@gmail.com
Orkney's Stones of Stenness. Yes, they are older than Stonehenge!
www.orkneyology.com/stones-of-stenness.html
The Watchstone
www.nessofbrodgar.co.uk/watching-the-watchstone/
The Watchstone, Stenness
orkneyjar.com/history/monoliths/watchst.htm
Ring of Brodgar Circle henge
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/388/ring_of_brodgar.html
The Ring of Brogar
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=139
Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge, Mainland Orkney
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/ring-of...
Ring Of Brodgar
canmore.org.uk/site/1696/ring-of-brodgar
The Standing Stones of Stenness Circle henge
www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/389/standing_stones_of_...
Stenness - Stone Circle in Scotland in Orkney
www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=158
Stones of Stenness Circle and Henge
www.historicenvironment.scot/visit-a-place/places/stones-...
Stones Of Stenness
6th July 2018:
Rather overcast today so I took a backup photo this morning. Which I've used as the weather didn't really improve and we were busy doing things.
At least it isn't another butterfly, it's just another Sparrow. Not picture perfect, but better than nothing!
Better viewed large and thank you for your favourites. :O)
Dedicated or daft? You decide. One day last month I stood shivering (for ages) just inside Hesketh Park's gates, waiting for what I considered to be the right time to 'click'.
This short eared owl was posing perfectly for the camera on a roadside gatepost.Image taken from the car window on a December day a few years ago.
Seen on a wooden gatepost at Tyringham, Bucks, on a rainy day that brought out a small army of mini-beasts
Beetles are insects from the order Coleoptera
Macro image - this creature is no more than 8 mm long
It may be that the reddish part is a pollen bag
I finished the year with a Barn Owl and thought it might be a good omen to start the new year with one.
I was walking to my hide in the field opposite my house when it started to rain. I didn't feel confident that the Barn Owl would fly this evening so I made a quick change of plan.
I set up the camera in my shed with 2 flash guns next to the gate post. Within a few minutes this little fella flew in.
He rarely disappoints.
It's not the shot I planned, but I just feel very lucky to have 3 different species of owl on my door step.
A jumping spider tentatively identified as S. cingulatus dragging a dead fly up a gatepost at Minsmere Holidays. An impressive feat of strength! This spider is much lighter in colour than S. scenicus.
A very HFF (Happy Fence Friday) to you all and I hope that you have a restful weekend ........ that is full of Autumn sunshine :) :) :)
This is one of my favourite trees and I do think that this grand old Oak should have it's very own album showing the many changes through each season - so watch this space.
Happy Fence(d) Friday ;o))
We designed our garden with wildlife in mind, and firethorn berries are great for feeding the birds over winter. What we didn't know was that the bushes have wickedly vicious thorns, that can strip the skin off your arms when you try to prune them! Apparently it used to be a favourite on estates to grow up boundary walls to deter intruders! Now we wear gauntlets for the annual battle ;o)
Shot with the Sony NEX-7 using the 55-210mm telephoto lens
My Fence Friday photos set: Elisa Fence Friday
Now I've seen prancing horses, lions heads even a unicorn as gatepost toppers, but this is the most realistic I've seen :-)