I took Phil and my iphone with me on my daily stay alive walk, and used the hipstamatic app, which is about the only photography thingy I have on my phone other than it’s inbuilt camera. Can’t wait for Sophie to get back and us to start up our outings again!
Here we go then!
Just outside our house on the drive
at the end of our drive are some unruly rose bushes, at least I think they’re roses,
round the corner and back on ourselves, up the pedestrian path and we found blackberry bushes growing amongst the trees by our fence.
The path that leads to the common has really grown over since last I was here, in summer last year. I used to be able to see to the end of this bit of path.
Not sure what little flowers these are, they were all over the wilderness part of the common.
The common is actually marshland, and half of it has been left to go wild, and the other bit has a nicely mown large lawn about the size of a tennis court, maybe a bit bigger, where kids can play footy, and people train their dogs to fetch. In the marshy bit there are 2 ponds which serve the wildlife and birds, but even though we’ve had 2 days of heavy rain last week, the ponds have gone down the road of drought.
the oak that a few of you might remember, well Pete will anyway 😊, is still going strong, all alone in the ridge between the ponds-that-were.
after the common we got to a path that used to be a road
and then we walked back home through the estate. The buildings here are a small busness kind of estate, mostly car fixers and pimpers.
This is the long road that cuts through the middle of this estate, from the metro station and out towards the A1 or A19. The trees are lovely.
This is one of the houses we walk past on the way back and I love the giant cactus in the porch, it’s been there a long time, and whoever lives there decorates it at christmas 🤣.
A random flower poking out of someone’s fence, think it’s a honeysuckle but could be wrong.
I like the shared creeper here, I’m thinking it’s liking No.32 best.
this is the last one, just before we turn into our bit, beyond the trees.
So that’s it, stay tooned in case I do something interesting for next time!
Ah yes the oak, captured at various times of the year if I remember correctly. I am in the same boat as you with other things taking the place of photo expeditions for a little while. Back to it soon I hope!
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Yes Sophie is back in September and here for 3 months so will be out and about again! Cheers Steve.
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That app+i-phone gives lovely pictures, FR.
I well remember the tree when it was hardly a twig. 🙂
One day in the distant future, it will be as big as the one in my back garden.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Cheers Pete 😊
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Lovely local walk and lush colour for those blackberries…..
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Cheers Rich!
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So does the hipster app give that keyhole effect? The pics look really neat.
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Yes it gives you lots of different lens and film combinations (digitally of course) to choose from or you can randomise it and let the app choose. Cheers Alex!
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I remember picking blackberries as a kid. One of those chores I always hated. We’d go over to a neighbor’s from church and spend an afternoon picking blackberries and raspberries so mom could make pies and jams. Thankfully, we were always set a limit (you have to fill this container) so we could eat as much as we wanted after we’d fulfilled our quota 😀
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Haha good ol’ days!
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I can go about my day now that I have seen Lord Vincent reclining.
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He is so motivating.
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A proper little Mr Motivator!
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What a pretty area to go walking in! Lord Vincent looks very relaxed 😌. You have reminded me to go on a Hipstamatic hike soon! Have a good week! 👋🏻🥰
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Thanks Connie! You too! 😘
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A beautiful walk, FR. I love the flowers and the mighty oak.
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Thanks Jennie. 😊
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You’re welcome!
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You do very fine work with your phone and photography thingy, Fraggle
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Thanks Don 😘
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Lord Vincent set the stage for what was a lovely, relaxing walk. Thanks for the tour, Fraggle!
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Cheers!
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Very beautiful. There are smartphones with bigger sensors and so but I always feel that iPhone cameras look more natural. What is proper seeing the richness of plants there : )
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It’s very lush here at the moment in spite of the drought affecting the rest of the land! Cheers Francis.
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Despite quite a bit of rain down here, the ground is still as dry as a bone and the grass is white. I enjoyed your walk.
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Think they’re forecasting rain down your way at the weekend. Fingers crossed!
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Definitely
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Well, you learan something every day – – thank you for introducing me to hipstamatic, an app i’d never heard of – – got it now, though
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Enjoy!
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What a wonderful stroll, Fraggle. Thanks for bringing us along. The colors are so vivid and beautiful, and always a delight to see Lord Vincent. Hugs on the wing.
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Cheers Teagan 😊
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Aw, this made me happy…having this little stroll with you and Phil! ❤️
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Cool, 😊 thanks for visiting!
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You have such a great eye CJ…and I love Lord Vincent!
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Thanks Missis!
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Such a beautiful and lush area! Love the lens in which you view life! Hugs, C
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Cheers Cheryl hugs back x
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