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Take Five

Posted in Education, Family, History, Photography, Thoughts on November 29, 2009 | 6 Comments »

Joe had some homework to do, an art project, he had to produce five photographs of modern or contemporary architecture, which is a bit tricky around here, as things tend to look  rather vernacular in style; unless you count the ugly tin shed down by the canal that trades under the brand of Tescos;  I [...]

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And the Light Shineth in Darkness;

Posted in Away Days, Devon, Education, History, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, Villages, dyslexia on August 21, 2009 | 3 Comments »

This plaque on the door of Sherford  parish church, Sherford, Devon caught my eye

Maybe they didn’t think electricity was here to stay, or perhaps it was just for reasons of economy.
 
That they inserted the electric light bulb into the original oil lamps. Or just possibly it might have been, that having lived through [...]

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Links and Ties

Posted in Away Days, Devon, Education, History, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel on August 18, 2009 | 4 Comments »

The Cookworthy Museum in Kingsbridge, Devon like most  small market town museums is  some what eclectic, that is not intended as a criticism, it’s just they always feel like a bit of a root around in your grannies attic, you are never sure what you will find next.
My first surprise was the building its [...]

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Eden

Posted in Away Days, Education, Environment, Flora and Fauna, Insects, Landscape, Nature, Photography, Summer, Thoughts, Travel, Weather, Wildlife, World on August 14, 2009 | 14 Comments »

I’ve mentioned before, how I wanted to visit the Eden Project; well at last, I made it.
I loved it, it’s stunning; if you are not aware of the Eden Project it is an educational trust, that in a nut shell is  all about, people, plants and the planet

it’s theatrical

fun

Vivid

visionary.

Green

Creative

Growing

All in a disused china clay pit, [...]

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Something Special

Posted in Away Days, Derbyshire, Devon, Education, Environment, Field studies, Insects, Nature, Photography, Thoughts, Travel on August 11, 2009 | 19 Comments »

I’ve met some interesting people on this holiday, from the gentleman giving away lettuce, by the yard; to the fastidious Technicolor workman, so I was intrigued  to see a man just outside the door of our holiday let who appeared to be making a detailed drawing of a road cone, curious I had to take [...]

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Gone Chitting

Posted in Crack a Smile, Education, Family, Food, Garden, History, Humour, Thoughts on March 5, 2009 | 5 Comments »

 
My friend is growing lots of different seed potatoes, she grows all sorts of organic vegetables and she keeps bees (I’m hoping one day to pluck up courage and go and photograph them, truth be told I am rather nervous of bees and wasps, I don’t have a very good reaction to insect stings.)

Seeing [...]

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