A Friday Photo and Limitlessness

Today's Friday photo is from April 2013 and it's from another trip to Avebury. I've been to or through Avebury a lot over the years that I've been here. It's one of my favorite places to visit because you can enjoy just wandering around the fields around there.

This is a photo of the church there, St. James. I took this from across the road and through some trees as you can see. I was just getting ready to cross the street, but I thought that the church looked beautiful peeking out of the trees like that. I took the photo in black and white on purpose because I loved the contrast of the dark tree branches punctuating the sky. It looks as if there's no top to the photo. When I look at this photo, it makes me think of limitlessness. There's no lid on things so you can go as high as you care to go. I like that idea.

That's my photo for today. I'll be back next Friday with another one. If you've missed any you can see some of them here, here, here, and here.

Also, I'll be back a couple of times next week before my Friday post with more stuff to share. I hope that you'll visit me again.

Have a great weekend! 

A Friday Photo and Stone Circles

Today's Friday photo is another one from the archives. I took this picture in April 2013. As you can see, the trees hadn't started sprouting out with their new leaves yet, but they were on their way. I love the little stream there along the path. This is out near Avebury, in one of the many fields there. If you're ever in Wiltshire, England you should definitely visit Avebury and the surrounding area. It has its own stones like Stonehenge, but in Avebury they are more spread out. There's one section of the stones that to me looks like a landing strip of some kind. Hmm.

Here's another tidbit, Wiltshire has had its share of crop circles over the years, so....I'm just sayin' (cue the Twilight Zone music)  ;-)  Seriously though, it's a very interesting area in Wiltshire and I highly recommend it if you're ever visiting. It's a fantastic place. By the way, the location of this photo isn't where the stones are, but it's very close by.

I love being out in nature, so whenever I get the chance to walk around this area or in some of the beautiful forests, it always feels like home :-) I mean that figuratively and truthfully. I come from a lovely place back in Georgia, so when I'm out in nature I feel connected to the natural world all over our planet.

I hope that you enjoyed looking at my photo. Have a great Friday and a wonderful weekend! :-)

Until next time...

Walking Around Avebury and Silbury Hill

Hello! :) I wanted to wish everyone a happy Friday! I'm still slugging it out with schoolwork, but the light at the end of the tunnel is slowly approaching. Since I can't write a decent post right now, I hope that you'll enjoy these few pictures that I took a few days ago when Brit Boy and I went for a day out and a nice walk. It was a glorious day and we were able to visit one of my favorite places in all of England...Avebury. We also walked past Silbury Hill which is quite nearby the Avebury stones. It was a long walk, but it was so exhilarating and reminded me of the long walks that I used to take back home.

 

Avebury sign

Silbury Hill

Some of the Avebury stones




I hope that you'll visit me again when I'm able to blog like I want to in about a month and then I'll have lots of photos to share along with a few stories. I definitely want to share more about Avebury...it's a fantastic place. I have so much to blog about when I return. Thank you for your patience and for visiting me!

Have a great weekend!

Some Wiltshire Scenery

Hello all! I hope that everyone had a good weekend. Mine was good. It was more of a quiet weekend than the one before, which is good sometimes. Today I wanted to share some of the photos that I promised to share from our previous weekend. These are photos from May 12th that I took when we went for our outing in the woods that Saturday. I thought that I'd start out with some photos of the drive down there. I love taking pictures of clouds and that day the weather was beautiful and we had these fluffy clouds just gliding by. Also I thought it would be fun to share what it looks like on the drive further south in Wiltshire. I'll share the photos of the very pretty woods in another post. 

The first two photos are just a bit of what it looks like as you drive further out into the countryside. I love driving down there and away from all the hustle and bustle of town life. 

These next two were taken on the edge of Avebury...home of an arrangement of stones, similar to Stonehenge. The first one is the view driving into Avebury and the second one is on the other side as you're driving out of the village. The yellow field that is visible in the distance in the second photo is a field of rapeseed. 

And this last photo really needs no description...it's a field of sheep. They graze around Avebury and they are a tranquil sight to see :-) I'll be back with more photos from that fun day out and I hope that you all have a great day!

Two Trips To the Water

I'm happy to report that our shower was finally fixed this past Friday and I'm keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn't break down again. We can only hope ;-) Anyhoo, here are the photos that I promised. They are from our trip to Bournemouth and a local lake a few weeks ago. Both places were relaxing and it was great to get out into nature. I was in a black and white photography mood on some of these. I didn't take a lot of photos because I forgot about it most of the time and just had fun ;-) I'll write a few words about each photo, so I hope you enjoy them!

Above: This is a picture of an interesting historical display on the pier in Bournemouth. I thought it was intriguing to read some background on the region.

Above: This is the view from the pier on the other side. I liked looking off into the distance. You can see a bit of the shoreline in this shot, but I just loved being near the water.

Above: This is the view over the side of the pier along a perch of some sort. This is a really random shot, but I thought I'd throw it in ;-)

Above: This is a shot of the village of Avebury, when we were on our way back home. Avebury's main claim to fame is its stones, which are similar to the ones at Stonehenge. The building in this shot is a pub.


Above: This is a view over the side of the bridge along a stream at the lake. It was really quiet out there that day.

Above: Here's a a view of the lake with a few ducks swimming by.

Above: And lastly, here's a view of the bridge on our return from our walk.

As I said before, both places were great. The lake was just peaceful and very quiet since it was in the middle of the week. It was really good to get back out in nature like that. And the trip to Bournemouth was extra special because getting to the beach is always a treat and we don't get to go often. It had been about three years since we had driven down there last. We had a really good lunch and then went walking along the shore as I ate my cotton candy. I tell you, every time I eat cotton candy, it instantly takes me back in time to being at the county fair back home. That's one of my big memory triggers...cotton candy! :-)

Well that's all for today. Next time I'll be doing a food post. I've been making up or improvising recipes a lot lately. So I'd love to share what I've been cooking. Until next time...

Snow in the Countryside

I wanted to share some photos that I took on Thursday on the way to Salisbury. Brit Boy and I were heading down there for a meeting. As I wrote about on Wednesday, we have been having some very frosty mornings. So when we headed out on Thursday morning, it was icy again. As we drove further out into the countryside towards Salisbury, we saw that it had snowed a tiny bit. We had heard on the radio that some areas got snow, but we didn’t. So it was a wonderful sight to see the dusting of snow across the fields. I just love being out where I can see the land and enjoy the beauty of nature.

All of these photos were taken from the car, so they have a cool blurry quality. I like to see how they will come out, so I just snap away as Brit Boy drives along. I love having a chance to share some of them with you all.

The first one is of a lone black bird sitting in the middle of the snowy field. I love the contrast :-)




This next one is the view across a field. On either side of the road, there’s a wonderful panoramic view.



I love this spot. You drive down the hill and off to the left there’s a drop off into a valley.




Here’s a view of Salisbury Cathedral’s spire in the distance as we drove into Salisbury. This spire is the tallest one in the United Kingdom. It is a beautiful building and is a beautiful sanctuary.



On our way back from Salisbury, I took a couple of more photos of the surroundings. By then, the thin layer of snow had melted. We came back through Avebury. Here is a line of some of the huge stones. It is reminiscent of Stonehenge, but these at Avebury are more spread out.



This last photo is of one of the larger stones that is placed very close to the road. It almost looks as if we are headed right for it, but we weren’t. It just came out weird like that. I saw the stone coming and I turned around in my seat a bit and just kind of snapped it as we passed by. I didn't know if I would get it or not.




It was a fun ride! :-)