A Lark Ascending Posted March 21, 2009 Report Posted March 21, 2009 (edited) You must believe in spring! First the real Boston, not the impostor: John Cotton was a minister here before he took ship for Massachusetts. Great church ('Boston Stump') that can be seen for miles around in this pancake flat landscape. Then some shots from the coast - hard to see any sea; mainly mudflats and reclaimed land: Lincolnshire can do 'big skies' too! This is an amazing time of year: The area is now a nature reserve. Absolutely teeming with birdlife today. I can't tell a chaffinch from a vulture but found the sheer volume of airborne things quite wondrous: Edited March 21, 2009 by Bev Stapleton Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 Gosh, Serioza. Not seen anything as well advanced as that here yet! The first leaves are just breaking forth in the bushes and trees. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted March 22, 2009 Report Posted March 22, 2009 Nice, Chris. I almost like this point now more than the full flood of spring. Everything seems in such a state of becoming (sorry if that sounds pretentious!!!). It always amazes me how quickly it all happens. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 4, 2009 Report Posted April 4, 2009 (edited) You are truly blessed with your view, Chris. I rather like the curve. Here's an anticipation from the early 19thC of that photographic effect: Casper David Friedrich - my favourite painter. Worth a trip to Berlin just to see his stuff. A place I drive past twice a day - finally got to get a photo of its wonderful spring display: The weather went overcast on me and then the sky went strange: Edited April 4, 2009 by Bev Stapleton Quote
kinuta Posted April 5, 2009 Report Posted April 5, 2009 You must believe in spring! First the real Boston, not the impostor: John Cotton was a minister here before he took ship for Massachusetts. Great church ('Boston Stump') that can be seen for miles around in this pancake flat landscape. Then some shots from the coast - hard to see any sea; mainly mudflats and reclaimed land: Lincolnshire can do 'big skies' too! This is an amazing time of year: The area is now a nature reserve. Absolutely teeming with birdlife today. I can't tell a chaffinch from a vulture but found the sheer volume of airborne things quite wondrous: Bev Is the Boston Gliderdrome still in existence ? I saw Otis Redding and his band there once, a memory indelibly burned into my mind. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 5, 2009 Report Posted April 5, 2009 Is the Boston Gliderdrome still in existence ? I saw Otis Redding and his band there once, a memory indelibly burned into my mind. I live acouple of hours from Boston so don't know the area at all. I did find this: http://www.bostonstandard.co.uk/news/When-...orld.3630877.jp There's even a book: "Goin' to the Dance: A Personal History of the Boston Gliderdrome" Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 My favourite place on earth...Cornwall, the furthest point west in England...over a glorious Easter weekend... Quote
Serioza Posted April 15, 2009 Report Posted April 15, 2009 (edited) beautiful photos Bev Edited May 27, 2009 by Serioza Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted April 16, 2009 Report Posted April 16, 2009 beautiful photos Bev thank you for sharing Thanks, Serioza. I just point the camera...nature does the rest! I hope this thread keeps going now that Chris has gone - I loved his shots of NY from his window! I really like looking at the views of the world from other posters' locations - the States, Japan, Russia. Very different from what you get in the papers/magazines! Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted April 29, 2009 Report Posted April 29, 2009 (edited) Edited April 29, 2009 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
Noj Posted May 10, 2009 Report Posted May 10, 2009 Had a Mothers' Day visitor this morning. Watch your step! Cute little devils, too bad the Animal Shelter folks just kill 'em. RIP. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 10, 2009 Report Posted May 10, 2009 Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire a couple of weeks back. A day that went from semi-sunny to a very heavy shower to a glorious late afternoon: Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted May 11, 2009 Report Posted May 11, 2009 (edited) the undefined union of vegetation and water and the subtle shadings remind me of the music we love, especially on sunny mornings when birds and the rest of nature's choraleers are in full accompaniment. the infinite order, detail, and symmetry of the most random, humble, and common of things never ceases to astound....... Edited May 11, 2009 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 26, 2009 Report Posted May 26, 2009 The glorious city of Bath this last weekend: Quote
Serioza Posted May 27, 2009 Report Posted May 27, 2009 (edited) old hotel ....... concert hall Edited May 27, 2009 by Serioza Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted May 27, 2009 Report Posted May 27, 2009 Wonderful shots, Serioza. And not a million miles in style from neo-classical Bath. Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 2, 2009 Report Posted June 2, 2009 (edited) Edited June 2, 2009 by alocispepraluger102 Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Five years working on my garden is at last paying off: Quote
Aggie87 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire a couple of weeks back. A day that went from semi-sunny to a very heavy shower to a glorious late afternoon: I love this picture, Bev! Quote
alocispepraluger102 Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 what beautiful photos we are seeing. thanks everyone. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 Fountains Abbey in North Yorkshire a couple of weeks back. A day that went from semi-sunny to a very heavy shower to a glorious late afternoon: I love this picture, Bev! It really is an amazing place! That's the medieval monastery - but in the 18thC the site was turned into a landscaped garden. You follow a river in a gorge from the ruins round a 45 degree bend, landscaped all the way with formal lakes and walks at different levels. About a mile of wonderful, ever changing scenery. Quote
A Lark Ascending Posted June 10, 2009 Report Posted June 10, 2009 what beautiful photos we are seeing. thanks everyone. Quite! I love your swamps...I keep expecting to see ghostly Confederate soldiers emerging. And Hardbopjazz' flower would make a great CD sleeve! Quote
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