For my delectation

Togetherness

Tue, 06 Oct 2009 13:31:52 +0200

Two examples of togetherness taken on the same day at the same location (Newmillerdam, Wakefield)

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hats, a pint and musical instruments

Thu, 21 May 2009 20:33:15 +0200

Just left lying around

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More Yorkshire sculpture park pics

Sun, 10 May 2009 20:59:22 +0200

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Sculpture at Bretton

Sun, 03 May 2009 19:37:43 +0200

Today I visited The Yorkshire Sculpture Park in Bretton West Yorkshire.
I haven't been for a while and was delighted to see some sculptures which I hadn't seen before.

here's a selection

The last two pics are of work by artist Sophie Ryder
They feature stunning bronze and galvanised wire sculpture in the open air around the Camellia House.
Ryder’s work draws on human, animal and mythological forms, melding the attitudes and instincts of each to create a series of hybrids. Ryder has developed a narrative around the Lady-Hare; a creature with a hare’s head and the artist’s own female body. Through this character the artist examines the human condition and plays out her own emotions.

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Sitting pretty

Sat, 14 Feb 2009 21:24:26 +0100

The now defunct Elizabethan Gallery, Wakefield still has its uses as resting place for numerous pigeons.

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Chucks

Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:57:54 +0100

There's some chucks under there somewhere!

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Early this morning

Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:02:45 +0100

View from my back bedroom window

View from the upstairs landing window

Views from the down the street

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On a wing and a prayer

Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:03:34 +0100

Statue in homage to Antonio Ferrandis near Valencia's harbour.

Front view of bird with man looking through.

Rear view showing full length of man

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In front of the Shipyard

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:45:02 +0100

GDANSK

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By the River Vistula

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 11:54:47 +0100

A cold December day in 2007, Gdansk Poland

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Still in mourning

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:51:58 +0100

I Spy

I move a little closer

By the glass door

Through the smear stained window

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Trespassing

Sun, 18 Jan 2009 18:50:16 +0100

I live in a nice neighbourhood.. There are green fields and woodland on the opposite side of the lane and around the corner are many large properties with long drives.

Every day I walk down the hill and pass this wall.
I'd nod in passing to the elderly gentleman who would spend hours tending his landscaped garden and the rose beds at the front.

Then one day, about six years ago he informed us that he had sold up and was moving to retire in Cornwall.
We heard that property developers had bought the property at substantial cost and right enough, in time, an application to develop the site and knock the bungalow down in order to build seven luxury homes was submitted...and rejected.
It was rented out for about a year but since then it has been uninhabited.
I took a walk down the drive the other day in order to take photos for the dereliction challenge, not really knowing what was up there as you can only see the roof-top from the road.

The gardens have been left to to seed, that much I did know!

..and I could see that the roof has had some of its tiles removed

I walked around the back and it confirmed my suspicion that it had not been visited in a long while. The tiles on the roof have been missing for the best part of a year but there they were stacked in the back garden!

The garden furniture has not been used last summer that much one can see.

I wonder what will happen eventually, in these difficult economic times.
Every other property around nearby seems to be extending but this is completely neglected. I suppose the developers are just sitting on it and will eventually get to build their mini estate ...only time will tell

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Emley Moor mast

Sun, 11 Jan 2009 21:50:24 +0100

A view of Emley Moor TV mast from Shepley.

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Lisbon's coast

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 15:10:45 +0100

In an effort to brighten myself up and after seeing some lovely summer pics of Lisbon's seaside on Kiki's blog yesterday, it reminded me of the photos I took at Lisbon's coast when I visited there in June 2007.

If you look real close on the beach in the first pic..i'm sure it's Kiki herself sunbathing there

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Through the Alhambra windows

Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:56:42 +0100

GRANADA OCTOBER 2006

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'twas on a cold and frosty morning

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:20:48 +0100

one day last last...a week last sunday to be exact. Day was breaking and the plants and ground was frosted over.

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Parrot food

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 21:49:19 +0200

After reading one of LaSpice's posts where she wrote and posted pics about the sunflower crop in France it reminded me of a couple of photos I took in the market place in Valladolid, Spain.
They were huge, much bigger than the biggest human face.
They would keep a parrot in food for quite a long while

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Constructive graffitti

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:21:15 +0200

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A city's Cathedral and its doors

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:21:55 +0200

It was begun by Juan de Herrera in 1580 on an ambitious scale and his design for Valladolid Cathedral provided a model followed by many churches in Spain and its South American colonies. It was continued by Alberto Churriguera from 1730 onwards but never completed. its plain and massive architecture marking a break with the elaborate ornament of the Plateresque style. Of the four corner towers which were planned only the south tower was built (restored in 1885 after its collapse in 1841)

These are photos I took of the Cathedral and its doors in Valladolid.

The Cathedral is being restored once more , this time the wonderful great doors are the object of the restoration

When you look at the side doors, a different picture is displayed...modern day graffitti? or maybe we should call it ancient grafitti .....hieroglyphics has a lot to answer for

Click on photos as usual for big pic.

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Men at work

Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:39:41 +0200

Snapshots taken whilst on a break in Valladolid Spain.

I have a thing about snapping 'men at work'.
here are some (men) putting the finishing touches to a carpet of flower petals

The last one above is of the completed carpet..it took days to create and the following day a civic and religious procession was held where they walked solemnly upon and through the carpet.

Individual emblems

ps
It wasn't easy getting these snaps as I had to 'battle' with a lot of other photographers who were trying to take pictures of the petal carpet before it was dishevelled..

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A stroppy bird

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:52:12 +0200

On my walk today I spotted some children throwing food for the geese, here they are foraging around...one of the geese was a proper stroppy bird.

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Fowl I saw today

Sat, 27 Sep 2008 21:32:04 +0200

Whilst out walking today I took a few pics of the Canada geese that were foraging near the lake...but first I spied the neighbour's new hen

Under the trees near the lake there were shadows and sunlight on the autumn leaves...the duck was in there somewhere..it did a good job of blending in

There were scores of Canada geese and they were all around me

....and here they all are on the lake

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Trying to go large

Sat, 20 Sep 2008 11:41:45 +0200

CLICK TO ENLARGE

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playing with shades

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:01:55 +0200

A back view of Leeds Town Hall

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How not to take a photo!

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:22:46 +0200

Oops..he's got eight legs!

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The Grand old Duke of York was 'ere

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:08 +0200

It was a nice morning this morning so t'old man and myself took the opportunity to savour the outdoors.
We decided to visit Pugneys water Park and then walk through the fields to reach Sandal Castle.
Some-one else was out for a stroll too it seems

Sandal Castle is the site where Richard Plantagenet(Grand old Duke of York) fell in the battle of Wakefield in 1460. It is a ruin now but it is still a nice place to wander around.

The approach to the site from the direction where the battle is purported to have taken place.

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Sugar cane anyone?

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 15:33:56 +0200

Plenty of sales for this unusual product at The Leeds West Indian carnival

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A nice touch

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 20:32:08 +0200

The Egyptians give a nice touch..they decorate the bed with flowers

I collected them up and made a posy

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daily life in Egypt

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 11:49:19 +0200

Having been reminded of my holiday in Egypt in January 2007 here are a few snapshots, the quality is not so good but I hope you get the atmosphere of the place.

Downtown Cairo

Workman at the resort of Sharm El Sheik
See how straight their legs are

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I spied a dragonfly

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:44 +0200

I've been out in my garden today inbetween the showers

I spied with my little eye,
a flying thing called a dragonfly
his colours though were not very bright
but he was perfectly formed alright!

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