St Mary Abbey Cwmhir

 

 

 This week the Church Explorer visits St Mary Abbey Cwmhir a church that has ties back to the old abbey that was nearby

Red Sky in the Morning

 

Taken  in October one morning when the dog went out, could not resist it

 

Ran in to get my phone when I saw this, the sun was starting to rise

 

Looking to the left  bit the clouds refected the sunrise.

Happy Skywatch

Happy Halloween

 

I'm taking a break for a  few days, back Friday

St Anno's Church Llananno

 

This week the Church Explorer  visits St Anno's Church Llananno which is the first one I visited in Wales for a long time, the amazing Rood Screen was worth the visit just to see alone

Happy Halloween

SkyWatch in two Countries

 

Yes in England and Wales. The sunrise was first thing when I got up at our house and the sunset later when we went to our caravan in Wales, sort of start and end to a beautiful day. If there is overkill on the photos you know I'm a sucker for sunrises & sunsets

First thing in the morning I let the dog out and noticed this sky

A beautiful pink culour

The sky and clouds waiting for the sunrise to happen

About 11 hours later while walking the dog in Wales where we stay I noticed these clouds reflecting the sun going down

The sky was glowing

Further on looking back north east

and east towards the Radnor hills

Firther up the hill I stopped to see the last sky of the sunset

The sky still glowed from the colour

The clouds seemed reluctant to gather while the sun gave off it's last rays 

Happy Skywatch

Abbey Cwmhir

 

Normally I would write about this in the church Explorer but I thought I would do a shorter version for this blog. A few weeks ago I visited a church at Abbey Cwmhir nearby an this old sign pointing directions to places in the village

One finger pointed to the Abbey Ruins

If you follow it you come to this farm follow the directions show there

and after going past the back door of the far you come to this field where you can see the ruined walls of the old abbey

Looking down it the place must have been huge

The pillars that held the roof up must have been imminence

Near the end of the abbey you will find this memorial stone of Llywelyn ap Gruffudd the last native Prince of Wales

There is a small museum you can visit in one of the farm buildings

where you will see information boards and a photo frame

Which commemorates King Charles III visiting when he was Prince of Wales. Makes you feel humbled to know who's footsteps you folowed

Take Care

St Matthew Llanewedd

 

This week the Church explorer visits  St Matthew Llanewedd a church that has defied me for years to see inside, This time I noticed an angel and wondered if I would be in luck this time, I was and saw angels everywhere

Ist October

 

Back to some clearer skys (Apart form the cloud) for this weeks SkyWatch taken on the 1st of October in Wales

The aim to take the dog for a walk which is around the lake

Clouds were coming in to cover the blue sky

Towards the Radnorshire hills

The clouds threaten rain

 But the sun did shine on one of the hills

Happy SkyWatch

Some of our Trees

 

I'm begging to get behind on what to post Tuesday so I may well cut down on the photos in the future and only stick to a couple. Today I thought I'd show a few of our trees in the garden

This acer has a long history with us. It was bought at a local supermarket or should I say imposed on us. The supervisor was trying to get rid of some plants that were the last left in the store. The acer was nothing more than a small shoot no one wanted and rather than throw it away she handed it to us for 50p. We took it home and grew it in a pot, planted it out where it nearly died, put it back in a pot and grew it on finally planting it out here a few years ago where it grew to the size you see

This time of year the leaves take on a beautiful colour

Going from green to red

This silver Birch tree was bought earlier this year for this bed we made

The leaves are now turning yellow and I hope it will grow on next year

 Last our little Oak tree, this was a small shoot we noticed growing in one of the flower beds, I dug it up and planted it in a pot where it will stay fro a while longer before I plant it in a bigger one. We have a few more tree which are taller and I'll show them another time

Take care

St Bartholomew's Chapel

 

 

This week the church explorer visits  St Bartholomew's Chapel Chapel  a peaceful little sanctuary which is hidden off the busy Cowley Road in Oxford