Wooded Walk

Imagery of Light

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So Sweet Blog Award

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I want to thank Anca for nominating me to such a lovely and wonderful award.She really made my day sweeter and brighter.And that is a big thing considering that today was an absolutely awful day for me.

I understand that are no certain rules to follow in order to accept this award except the fact that you have to nominate other blogs that have under 200 followers.

My nominees in random order are:

1) Claudia

2) Mind Vibes

I’m so sorry if I forgot someone who might have been included on my list but from the blogs that I checked out some of them had over 200 followers and others do not show their number of followers (which is very frustrating because some of the blogs I had in mind did not have the number of followers displayed).

Thank you again Anca, and I wish you a wonderful evening!

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Ardwall Island

Life, Photography & Other Mistakes - is now dormant

Ardwall Island is one of three Islands of Fleet Bay. The other two are Barlocco and Murray’s Isles. All three lie only a short distance offshore and can be reached on foot at low tide. This section of the coast is quite rocky and attractive and a surfaced road reaches this point. All this is a part of the Knockbrex Estate which has some interesting architectural features, not least of which is the Model Dairy at Corseyard, known locally as the ‘Coo Palace’ for its imposing size and quirky style. Unfortunately it’s rapidly falling into a poor state of repair and the Autumn gales could easily put paid to the fine roof.

This part of the coast is known as Carrick, although Carrick Bay is just a small inlet further to the north. Dumfries & Galloway, Scotland.

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Deruta

The question is not what you look at, but what you see - Thoreau

In 1994 I went to an exhibition of ceramics from Deruta and was subsequently given a couple of pieces. Ever since then I had harboured the hope that we might one day visit the town and find out more about the ceramic production there. The town has a long history of producing the famous maiolica or majolica ware and indeed continues to be known for producing some of the finest ceramics in Italy.

Before visiting Deruta itself we went to visit the santuario della Madonna dei bagni (the sanctuary of the Madonna of the baths) a couple of miles outside the town, where more than 600 ceramic votive plaques are displayed, an exceptional display of faith and art of the people which spans more than three centuries.

The plaques on display and offered ex voto depict the miracles for which the votive is being offered, and many bear the initials…

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Autumn by the lake

Celebrating The International Day Of The Girl

Church In New Hampshire

Foggy Sunrise

Autumn colors

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Two Rivers Diverged into the Wildlife

North Wall

Life, Photography & Other Mistakes - is now dormant

Kenmure Castle has had a long and somewhat unfortunate history. It stands about a mile to the south of New Galloway overlooking the end of Loch Ken.

It was fought over by John Balliol and the Lords of Galloway in the late 1200s. Its owners, the Gordon family, supported Mary Queen of Scots after her flight to England and their castle was burned down by her opponents in 1568. Then in 1650 the family supported Charles I and it was Cromwell who burned down the castle. Kenmure was turned into something more like a palace than a castle in the 1800s. It burned down for the third and final time in 1950 and is now a ruinous shell.

 

 

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