Dragonfly Sky

Spotted it sat on a branch & could not help not taking a photo of it, lucky I had my phone on me

 Little bit closer

& closer still

The Lake

Took this with my phone one morning of round lake at Fforest Fields the sky in  the background was a perfect blue

Campsite Bridges

My wife found this campsite 20 odd years ago and since then we have been coming back on a regular basis. When we first came there were a series of small bridges crossing the stream that filled the ponds on site. Over the years they deteriorated and this year I noticed they were replacing one 

This was the first one that was put in, it replaced a bridge over to the right of it

It was a couple of months before I returned and  I noticed the rest  had replaced  one which was a covered bridge

Another a small humped bridge 

This one had a Chinese feel 

 Another with a Chinese look to it, the old bridge was to the right

The next day I went for a walk to the small pond with my dog and came across this bridge

The small pond 

 right at the end was a bridge that was built back in 2009 and still going strong

One last thing before I go, I noticed a bird head on one bridge

Then on another bridge, I wonder how many more I can find.

Tanking Part in Our World Tuesday 

The Coach & Horses

The other Saturday I took my son to Oxford to a seminar in Cowley. I took the Watlinton Road which went past the Coach & Horses public house. On the wall was this sign of  a coach & horses.

Lucky I had my camera in my door pocket so I stopped and took a quick photo before heading off.

Taking Part in Monday Mural

Claerwen Reservior

The Claerwen Reservoir was opened by Queen Elizabeth II on the 23rd October 1952  and is one of the huge reservoirs in the Elan Valley. We go and visit a when we are in Wales so this time I took a couple of photos from the top of the Dam

Looking down from the dam slipway and along the river Elan

Which you can see heads off along the Valley to the next reservoir 

 Go over the other side and you look up the Claerwen Reservoir with fluffy clouds reflecting in the water

I'll leave you with the panoramic view of the Reservoir

Reflections

Garden at Nuffield Place

My wife & I visited it one day during the summer and while there I took a few photos round the Garden 

Along the side of the walled vegetable garden and garage is this border

Above walk through to the Vegetable garden
On the right an island flowerbed

Sweet peas were out in bloom perfuming the surrounding atmosphere

Red Sweet peas

Nuffield House with the garden border and lawn

Taking Part in Our World Tuesday

Yard through the Gate

A few weeks ago I posed a mural of a dragon on the wall on a building in Builth Wells, well I just happened to be walking past the building the other day when I noticed the door had been shut an on it was another mural showing the yard beyound and there you could see the back of the cat you saw in the window. It has to be on eof the best shop doors I have come across.

Taking Part in Monday Mural

Nightburn Balloons

Following on from my Skywatch Balloons I took during the day I went along in the evening to watch the night burns so enjoy some of the photos I took of the event.

 Above they were giving the kids a taste of a tethered balloon flight

Lighting up 

 

 Going up

Blowing it up

   

Three up

  

Three burns up

 Taking part in Sky Watch Friday

Skywatch Balloons Part 2

Last week I showed the Virgin Balloon flying over our house ,  this week you will see the Balloons which came past a few minuets later

First this very patriotic balloon flew past 

Next was this multicoloured one 

 

I managed to ge a good shot of the two balloons

Then Oxford Balloons went by 

Then this checked one 

This one was a one man balloon  

  By this time the first two had changed hights

By this time all tha ballons  had gone past and I got this shot of them at different hights before they landed over the other side of the River Thames

Taking Part in Skywatch Friday