The rain water enlivens all living beings of the earth both movable (insects, animals, humans and so on), and immovable (plants, trees and so on), and then returns to the ocean, its value multiplied a millionfold.
Chanakya, India
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15 Comments CherryPie on Feb 28th 2010
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Attingham – The Snowdrop Walk
The walks around Attingham are lovely at this time of year. For the first time I have managed to catch the snowdrops when there were at their best. I had the added bonus of snow on the ground and the sun blazing away overhead. The perfect setting to get some inspirational photo ideas.
It was [...]
24 Comments CherryPie on Feb 27th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Daily
Apparently there has been a daily feeding of the deer at Attingham Park recently. I didn’t notice this activity when I visited last weekend, I did however still get to see the deer close up.
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For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
33 Comments CherryPie on Feb 26th 2010
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100 Photos 6 :: Clouds
There were some fantastic photo opportunities on my visit to Attingham yesterday. The changing sky being one of them.
22 Comments CherryPie on Feb 22nd 2010
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My Sunday
This morning I was surprised to wake up to a thick layer of snow. The sun was already shining brightly so it was beginning to thaw. I thought it would be lovely to stroll along the snowdrop walk at Attingham before the snow had completely gone. Despite a few delays including the Jehovah’s [...]
23 Comments CherryPie on Feb 21st 2010
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100 Photos 5 :: Sunsets
Whilst I was at work today, we had another of those wonderful sunsets which I just had to capture on my mobile phone. I seem to remember it being a bit more vivid than it appears in this photo, but maybe that was just me viewing the world through rose tinted spectacles.
I shall miss [...]
33 Comments CherryPie on Feb 15th 2010
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Chaos and Mayhem
Although it thawed yesterday the snow hadn’t quite finished with us after all. When I got up this morning the world was completely white again and the estate roads looked rather dodgy. I figured the main roads would be fine, they usually are but I was wrong, it seemed like they hadn’t been gritted even [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Feb 1st 2010
