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The Weekend in Black and White... and Out and About at Chatsworth

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Horse sculpture at Chatsworth.

Yesterday I went to Chatsworth again (no this isn't going to turn into a rip-off of Rebecca).  For those of you not aware of what or where it is, it's a beautiful stately home in the equally beautiful Peak District of Derbyshire, and has been home to the Dukes of Devonshire since 1549.  There was a Christmas market on near the house so it was packed with visitors, but the gardens were empty enough to content me and my camera.  As for the gardens, well you know how Elizabeth Bennett fell in love with Mr Darcy after seeing the grounds at Pemberley?  Visit Chatsworth and you'll understand why.

Chatsworth with the Emperor Fountain in full flow...

The Cascade backed by autumn colour...

View from the top of The Cascade to the house and beyond...

The bridge you drive over to get into Chatsworth...

The Emperor Fountain again...

The Grotto...

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This week the challenge is Yellow or Light...

Here's David with some nice yellow trees at Batsford Garden Centre

(damn fine light that day too...).

...and some yellow leaves with autumnal mist and trees.

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St Eadelburgha's Church at Broadway in The Cotswolds...

Plus some headstones...

... and some cobwebby angels taken in the fog last weekend.

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Hardly had time to pick up my camera for the last week or so, so I made the effort to go into Leicester today to get some shots of the Cathedral.  There has been much excitement in and around the area because of the discovery of the remains of what could be Richard III just across the road, and an ensuing increase in visitors which can only be a good thing.  It's a fascinating building that only became a Cathedral in 1927 but the original church was begun by the Normans 900 years ago.

Interior shot

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Poplars - taken in Tanworth in Arden, Warwickshire.

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A bit early just in cast I don't get time tomorrow!  Posky again in monotone - giving someone the evil eye by the look of it...

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Elmesthorpe Church, Leicestershire

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The Weekend in Black and White - Feathers...

I have to credit Rosie with the idea for this.  Her beautiful abstract macros of feathers inspired me to collect a few of my own and have a go.

Taken with a macro filter - processed in LightRoom (converted to b&w, took the clarity right down and the brightness up, and added a white vignette).

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Spookiness this week - and why not?  Have been obsessing with infra red treatments in LightRoom after seeing a) the cover of a Phil Rickman book, and b) reading about infra red in a photography magazine.  I'm not about to get my camera converted so post processing will have to suffice.

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Posky...
He's almost 18...
A vet once called him 'a big hairy guy'...
Beautiful, friendly and a great companion...
He's now on medication for his kidneys and suffers from arthritis...
We love him to bits.

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"These paper boats of mine are meant to dance on the ripples of hours, and not reach any destination"...  Rabindranath Tagore

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We took advantage of the long Bank Holiday Weekend to go out for breakfast... my camera went too (as if it wouldn't).

David adding sugar to his coffee... 

He adds milk too which I am aghast at...

Have I mentioned how fussy I am about coffee?  And tea?

I'll shut up now.

Nomming implements...

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Not taken part in this for ages but decided to give it a go this week as I've been playing around with the image of the yellow flower that I took the other day.

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Two for the price of one this week.  I took these on an early morning walk when the sun was just coming up.

Sunlight and leaves... 

Early morning dandelion...

If you'd like to see the colour version of this it's on my Flickr page at

http://www.flickr.com/photos/30131137@N06/6048143193/in/photostream

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Church at Batsford...

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Something else I haven't done for a while, The Weekend in Black and White!  These are a few I took this morning when I should have been getting ready for work.  The bottom two pretty things are from the fabulously named Marmalade Meringue shop!

Spices...

Heart Hanger...

Windmill against the sun...

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Inquisitive pony who came to see what I was up to

when I was out walking with my camera yesterday morning.

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'Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle,

and the life of the candle will not be shortened,

Happiness never decreases by being shared'.

Have a happy Friday!



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Precioussss things...

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Breaking News... and The Weekend in Black and White

Well the first piece of news is that after twenty-years, David has shaved off his moustache!  I've only ever known him with it so it's been a bit like having a new husband to look at.  Charlie looked a bit nonplussed when he saw him for the first time too... though it seems to have made him forget his fear of the table.  Oh yes, and we went to see The King's Speech last night - very good film.  I've never really warmed to Colin Firth before this but he was excellent, it was much funnier than I expected too.  Other news... Cath dropped her mobile phone down the toilet today.  I have no idea what she was doing at the time and probably don't want to.  The chap in The Carphone Warehouse said they had someone come in who had done the same thing, and who then tried to dry his phone off in the microwave... it didn't work :O)

Just a few of today's photos to finish with.

 Meditation...

Posky... 

The road less travelled...