Today’s dog walk was cold (7C) but beautifully sunny.
I took the camera out with me, hoping to capture Beetley Meadows in low winter light.
(The photos are on Flickr, and if you click on them you can enlarge them there)
Ollie sniffing around under a tree. Its leaves have finally changed.
Most of the berries on the Holly have been eaten by birds already, but these ones by the gate to the woods are on the lowest branches.
The river was hardly flowing today, making the surface very still. I was able to get some reflections of the trees as a result.
If this good weather continues, I may well take the camera out again soon.
You are living in a wonderful area, Pete! xx Michael
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That is just across the road from our house, Michael. I can see the trees from my living room.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely, Pete.
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It was a special weather day. Dull and wet since. 😦
Best wishes, Pete.
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Shucks!
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A beautiful late fall day to embrace!
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It was indeed. Thanks, John.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Kudos. Warmest regards, Theo
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Thanks, Theo. I was very lucky with some excellent light.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Add some swans to the trees, and you’ll get reflections of elephants in the water! Just ask Salvador Dalí.
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I just checked with Salvador, and he says you are crazy! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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What a good idea! Warmest regards, Ed
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beautiful pictures, Pete. you should take your camera often. 🙂 🙂
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I try for the best light, Wilma. It was awful today, dark all day, and raining too.
Best wishes, Pete.
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What a beautiful walk this must have been with Ollie.
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It is our usual walk in Beetley Meadows, Laura, but the light was beautiful yesterday and made it special. (Dark and raining all day today)
Best wishes, Pete.
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what a lovely walk –
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Thanks, Beth. We are very lucky to have that just across the road from our house.
(And it was one of the main reasons we bought the house too.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Great pictures, Pete.
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Thanks, Robbie. We are lucky to have this just across the road from our house.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nothing like taking a brisk walk on a cool Fall day—stopping along the way to take the occasional photograph. Very nice, Pete!
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Thanks very much, Pete. I suspected the light would be good for photos yesterday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely images especially the reflections of the trees in the water 🙂 x
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I was lucky with those, as the river was so still. Thanks, Carol.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Lovely photos, Pete. Look forward to seeing more.
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Thanks, Mary. It was very good light for photos yesterday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely autumn scenes, Pete! Hope you take that camera out again
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I try to take it when I think the light will be good. Thanks, Sue.
Best wishes, Pete.
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😊😊
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Great pictures, Pete: thanks for sharing. 🙂
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Thanks, Pit. Glad you liked them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Excellent photos, Pete 👍😃
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Thanks, Chris. The light was very good yesterday.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks for sharing these beautiful and sunny images, Pete. Here it’s been raining most of the day, it is cold, and it’s looking pretty bad for the rest of the week, so we shall see. At least your post has brightened up my day. I hope the weather stays good for you.
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Thanks, Olga. The forecast is ‘showers’, but we should get some more sun in between.
Best wishes, Pete.
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It must be nippy, Pete. I guess I’m not used to the cool weather (we’re at 18* C), but I sure am enjoying it! Be sure to remember your camera tomorrow too!
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If we have the same weather tomorrow, I will be sure to take the camera, GP.
(We have our heating set to 20C, but 18 is acceptable. It is currently just 3C in Beetley and not even 7pm.)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Brrr 🥶
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Lovely! I miss our Craigie Street Hawthorne, the one here has never flowered. I am not sure why. I would love to have it bloom before I sell, Beautiful photos! May I save them to use as reference photos, I would love to do paintings of them.
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Feel free to save them with my blessing, Pejj. I would be happy for you to paint them.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Oh thank you! Been a while sense I have painting I keep itching though to do it.
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Paint them when you feel ready, save them for as long as you want. 🙂
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At Craigie Street in town Portland, the one there was beautiful! I loved the transformation it went through, the blooms would be this pale green at first, then they would turn velvety white with red centers, and the next phase the green berries turning orange, red, and deep red. The birds would come, I loved watching them from the bathroom window.
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Back to work after getting something to eat! LOL catch you later one!
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It is dinnertime over here, Pejj. 🙂
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What did you have nice to eat?
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It was cold, so I made chicken and garlic soup and we ate that with fresh French bread. 🙂
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I have some home made bread to bake today. Because what I had was a ham sandwich made with home made bread yesterday. Twice! Once with Stephen’s Mint Hot Chocolate. Alas the last of the can. I will need to get some more! Today it is tea. I did buy some frozen vegetables to make a nice meal. As the farm wife I ran a restaurant with tons of cooking, I don’t do that anymore. Not like that anyway. I am trying to cook a bit more for Alexander and self. Things like muffins. I should make him a layer cake with boiled frosting one day. But if he likes it…..LOL! Well anyway as the kids would say! Have a great day!
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They make me want to get out and walk! Take my camera along!
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I could see that the afternoon light was good, Pejj. That’s why I took the camera yesterday.
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May you have more perfect days! I have a sunny day today! My new panama hat came! It is bright blue, and yellow on the inside. It will match my blue and yellow vest! There is a scar and gloves to match! LOL It will be fun to wear when out and about!
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No doubt you will look stunning in your new hat, dear Pejj. I don’t have the face for hats, so rarely wear one. No camera on my walk today, as it has been dark all day, with light rain. It is now completely pitch black outside, and only 4:20 pm. Winter in England…
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I have a pen pal Carol and Peter Curtis from Tamworth England, from the early 80s. She talked about the weather. It gets dark here around that same time our time zone. It is 11:30 here. I like hats. I like fun clothes. If I could I would enjoy clothes from 1920’s LOL Those flapper dresses____ they seem to be coming back!
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The 1920s clothing is my favourite style. I have long been obsessed with the divine Louise Brooks. Tamworth is in Staffordshire, 150 miles west of where I live. It is famous for a special breed of red-coloured pig. 🙂
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tamworth_pig
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I love learning about the red pigs Carol has not told me of them. I have seen red ones, they hair can be just like that of a red headed human, with gold in it. Oh! yes! Louise Brooks. Beautiful lady. I came to realize the flapper era would have been when my grandmother was a young lady. In an early photo she has that kind of hair cut. I am not sure if she ever got to be a flapper___I think her parents might not approved. I decided to look at time lines to see what she would have known about, it was revealing. I thought about what I recalled of her. She watched the Olympics. I learned she played soft ball, and was a friend to Delphia Louis “Del” Bissonette. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6955829/delphia-louis-bissonette . She played in the Portland Symphony Orchestra. Went to Westbook Seminary and was a teacher. However when she married she was not allowed to teach.
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We are enjoying a very similar day. I am always drawn to take pictures of water and especially love reflections. Hope you have a few more to come.
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Thanks, Carolyn. I photograph that river bend quite often, and was lucky to get reflections today.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely snaps Pete. Especially like the beautiful ones of the river.
Looks like a nice spot to cast a line, and relax.
Cheers,
CT
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People do fish around there. They catch Perch, Tench, and Trout mainly. I’m not a fisherman, but I see some regulars that I talk to. It is literally on the other side of the street to our house, so we are lucky to have that area so close.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Lovely. Overcast, grey & dull here today 😦 I needed the SAD lamp on all morning! Cheers, Jon.
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We were lucky with the sun this morning and afternoon. A result of clear skies and an early frost, Jon.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Your reflection photos turned out beautifully!
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Thank you, Liz. It hasn’t rained that much for a few days, so the river was calm and shallow today.
Best wishes, Pete.
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You’re welcome, Pete.
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Beautiful, Pete! I love the trees reflecting in the river.
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Thanks, Susanne. I was lucky with that today, as the river is usually moving too quickly for reflections.
(They were taken at 24mm, f/8)
Best wishes, Pete.
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I enjoyed looking at your pictures. It sounds like you had a great walk.
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Thanks, Molly. It was very nice, and Ollie got to chase a deer too. 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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What lovely photos…….Autumn is a special time. chua
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Thanks, chuq. Dry and cold here at the moment, so the light was very good, and behind me! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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Very nice scenes.
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Thanks, FR. I often photograph the same places, but it’s good to see them in different lights.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Nice photos, Pete.
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Thanks, Stevie. The light was good this afternoon. I took these just after 1 pm.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Beautiful scenery!😍
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Thanks, Devangi. That is just across the road from our house.
Best wishes, Pete.
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