Yesterday was lovely ! Tony (Guy@Fawkes) and I had a few hours around the site of the battle of Edgehill. I hope the following info is interesting for you.
The battle of Edgehill, on Sunday 23rd October 1642, saw the army of the Earl of Essex, the parliamentarian Lord General, and King Charles' (Charles 1) army clash in the first major action of the Civil War in England. It was fought in the open fields between the villages of Radway and Kineton in Warwickshire. It was intended to be the one great battle to decide the war.
It turned out to be a bloody draw, but the king gained an important advantage. The Earl of Essex failed to break through and had to retreat northward, to the security of the parliamentarian garrisons at Warwick and Coventry. This left the royalists in command of the road to London, and control of the capital of England was the key to the war.
The battlefield is largely agricultural land and appears at first sight to be well preserved. In reality it has been extensively disturbed and several key public Rights of Way closed by the construction, in the late 1940s, of a military depot. We came across a sign saying 'You are being watched - Ministry of Defence - Private'. But we were lucky it wasn't 375 years ago in the midst of a horrible bloodbath !
My geotag is 'approximate' - sorry ! Edited using Topaz Studio - one of the 'landscape' settings which I toned down a bit ! I have two laptops, and each shows the colours differently, so I've no idea how you'll see it !
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The moon was full. It flooded the fields and spilled light into the windows of upper rooms. And all over the country, moon gardeners were planting by it -- corn, beans, sweet peas -- because they know that a full moon will make corn grow tall and pull a vining bean right up the pole.
Moon planters believe that the same gravitational force that pulls the tides, the same cosmic rhythms that draw a horsehoe crab ashore to mate, also cause crops, especially those that bear above ground, to leap right out of the earth. And conversely, when the moon is on the wane and its light and gravitational pull are on the decrease, the earth's gravity kicks in again, and roots burrow happily into the ground.
Now, I don't know if all this is true ... but I liked the idea, so I hope you do too !
Taken a week ago today and processed with a combination of Topaz Impression and two textures by Lenabem-Anna. Thank you Anna !
Thanks as always for any faves, comments or invites - I so appreciate your friendship and support.
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Morning at Aberdyfi pier. The boats tethered, waiting for their chance to sail, while the gulls wheel around looking just as graceful as they always do.
Put me in mind of this song ... I'm pretty sure you know it ! I couldn't find a good 'live' version of this song, showing the magnificent Freddie Mercury 'doing his stuff' on stage (he was always so magnetic) so this is the official video when it was first released.
I Want to Break Free - Queen
THANK YOU to my Partner in all our groups, Tony (Guy@Fawkes) for obliterating a great big mast inadvertently caught on my photo which I hadn't even realised was there until I began to process this !! See his photostream here:
Tony's photostream
~ Processed in PicMonkey with one texture of my own applied ~
Thank YOU, all my great Flickr friends, for every fave, comment and all your support over the years... you are all really appreciated. Thank you for everything.
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A lone cormorant indulges in a little meditation as the other water birds prepare for another night on the lake. I took this at Wyndley Pool in Sutton Park, on Christmas Day, at the end of our walk with Zak. I do hope you like it, together with the music I've chosen to accompany my photograph.
Valentina Lisitsa - Moonlight Sonata Op.27 No.2 by Beethoven
Processed using Topaz Impression 2, one texture of my own and the moon from Lenabem-Anna.
Lenabem-Anna
Thank you Anna !
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Just have to keep coming back to this little country lane in the heart of England. It's a lovely little place, and just perfect for showing the changes in the seasons.... hope you're not all fed up with it by now! Here it is in early May - so different from only 5 months ago, when I took my first picture from exactly the same place! I must admit, I've done a little 'Jan-type' processing on this - you'll either like it or you'll hate it! I know I'm taking a chance!
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