PhotoHunt is a free for all this week so I shall use it as an excuse to show some last photos from Bruges. My description of the weekend is coming to a close and soon we will be on the ferry back home.
I love the fire in the reception area of the hotel that we [...]
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Filed under Bruges 2010, Holidays
PhotoHunt – Free Week
26 Comments CherryPie on Jan 8th 2011
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Just Me
I have been testing different effects in Corel Painter Essentials trying to get a softer feel to images. I tried the effects on some of my self portraits, this is one you haven’t seen before, it was taken a couple of years ago in the grounds of Stanton Manor.
14 Comments CherryPie on Aug 4th 2010
Filed under Gardens, Out & About
Bodnant – The Poem
This building is called ‘The Poem’ and it was built as a mausoleum by Henry Davis Ponchin, the founder of the gardens. It is the final resting place for Henry and his family, although it is not known why it is called ‘The Poem’.
The second photo shows a ‘camera’s lens’ view through the small [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Jun 8th 2010
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PhotoHunt – Memorial
For more of this weeks PhotoHunt pictures check out tnchick.
20 Comments CherryPie on May 28th 2010
Filed under Holidays, Kent February 2010
Dover
When we visited Dover Castle a strange plan for meeting up with other members of the family was set up. We were to meet up at a certain shopping center that was by the sea front. We arrived a bit early so I took the opportunity to take a stroll along the seafront and take [...]
6 Comments CherryPie on Mar 22nd 2010
Filed under Heritage, Holidays, Northumberland 2009
The Flodden Memorial
In 1910 the Flodden Monument was erected on Piper’s Hill to remember the fallen of both sides. The memorial cross is positioned approximately where the English formed their battle lines. A plaque on the north side of the monument states:
FLODDEN
1513
TO THE BRAVE OF BOTH NATIONS
ERECTED 1910
Ceremonies take place each year to commemorate the fallen:
Since 1951 [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Nov 5th 2009
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PhotoHunt – In Memory
Thiepval memorial stands in an isolated windswept position and is the largest memorial in the world and was opened on 31st July 1932 by the Prince of Wales. It contains over 72,000 names of British and Commonwealth men with no known graves, who fell on the Somme between July 1916 and March 1918. Most [...]
17 Comments CherryPie on May 8th 2009
