Merry Christmas

Santa's Grotto

Couple of weeks ago we visited a Garden centre and while looking around the Christmas fair noticed Santa's Grotto

 He was there outside waiting for you to go in

 The place looked magical with lights and animals

 In the corner Santa's Grotto

But the man himself was not at home

 We left the place waiting for the children eagerly going to see Santa

With that I will leave you for year, I'm taking a break till the new year

Merry Christmas Everyone

Happy Snowman

Various skys

Last month I purchased a filter for my camera and went out to try it at the local churchyard

It was graduated filter and I took this photo across the fields near the old railway

The North side of the church was next as this always vexes me with the light

Looking East you saw the clouds on the horizon

 I liked the way I could get photo's with the sun in the picture

 The clouds with blue sky above

 This headstone made a good subject

I walked off home across the field taking this photo back towards the church with puffy clouds behind. Think some more experiments are needed with the filter but I was pleased with it.

Taking Part in Skywatch Friday

Ring the Bells

The Yard

So the other week I went for a walk around our village and passed by an old builders yard which had gone bust a few years ago, they were in the process of placing hording around the property, on side was still assessable to rather than pass off the opportunity I went in for a  few photo because no doubt this time next year it will be full of new houses.

So above the gated entrance used to be the main entrance to the yard.
You passed by these building in the left picture, they used to be the woodworking shop

the road went further into the yard

I could not say what all the buildings were used for

though this one looked like it had been converted for office use

the other buildings looked like storage

 This I have no doubt used to be the builder home when it first opened  them made into office space

The storage barns, some look like they were converted for use by small businesses 

The builders had been in business for over one hundred years 

The family buried in the local churchyard. It seems a shame all this will go in the near future. I wonder what they would think of what happened

Taking Part in Our World Tuesday