Wednesday 18 May 2011

Day 60...we arrive in the mountains...

...to this view from the balcony of the chalet.


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Saturday 14 May 2011

Day 59...we arrive in France...

...very early!!  I drive for the first hour and moan about missing all the gorgeous mist shots.

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Day 58 is the start of our holiday...

...to the French Alps.  We travel down to Portsmouth to catch a ferry and travel overnight to Caen.

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I took a few pictures through the window in our cabin, but the window was very dirty.

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Day 57...is a star magnolia...

...taken a couple of days earlier.  I only took pictures of my daughter's school play on this day.

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Day 56...anemone's in the wood...

...were beautiful.  Shame they don't last very long.

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Day 55 was of Malmesbury Abbey...

...taken before the daffodils finished.

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Day 54...back to London...

...to visit my father in law who is now out of hospital.  I went for a walk in his road and the next one to take pictures of the magnolias and blossom. 
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Also a few more images I took from the car on the way to London.

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Day 53 are graffiti...

...images from an underpass in Cirencester.  They were mostly painted by the local high school as a project, with some later work by someone else.
I created these hdr images for a grunge challenge.

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Day 52...was a gorgeous dog...

...called Henry who was sat outside the supermarket waiting for his owners.
He was a HUGE Newfoundland dog who was very patient and put up with being stroked by lots of people who fell in love with him (including us).
The light was awful as it was in the doorway of the shop.

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Day 51...an unwelcome visitor...

...to my garden.  A sparrow hawk was sat in the trees watching the bird feeders waiting for a meal of its own!!
They tend to scare the small birds away for a while when they've been around.

Friday 13 May 2011

Day 50...on our walk...

...I took some pictures of my daughter.  As I don't put her face on the internet, here is one from behind.

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Day 49...we find kingcups...

on our walk which are just starting to open their flowers.

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Day 48...I visit Malmesbury Abbey to light candles...

...for my father in law and some family and friends...

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A few more...

...these were mostly taken from the car as we drove through London.

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Day 47...in London overnight...

...where I took hundreds of photos while travelling to the hospital and when we went for a walk to give my father in law time to rest. 

This image was of bricks in a wall we drove past and I liked.

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Day 46...we have to go to London...

...as my father-in-law is in hospital.

Taken from the car as we drive past, it is in front of the Library.

Day 45...I take a walk across the road...

...to my neighbour's house and take pictures of their tree.

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Day 44...takes me to Westonbirt Arboretum...

...where I walk down to the far end of the Old Arboretum.

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Day 43...takes me to Westonbirt Arboretum...

...where the Japanese Cherry Blossom is beautiful...

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Day 42...I'm visiting Abbey House Gardens today too....

...where I take picture of the steps which take you down to the first terrace...

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Day 41...Abbey House Gardens again...

...down by the river.  Bamboo surrounds the bridge which crosses the river.

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Day 40...a visit to Abbey House Gardens...

...where the tulips are just starting to show through and there are lots of blossom trees.

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