A Day Out

Oh yes!  We had a day out.  We really haven't had many in the last 2 years.  We had been inivited to a get together for a friend's 40th birthday in Sheffield.  He and his family live in Munich so it was a great opportunity to catch up.

So we made a day of it.  Roger drove us to a pub in Derbyshire where we had an early lunch and then we visited Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet, an old industrial site which started in the early 1700s.  I have wanted to visit for years so this was great.

And as a bonus, there was lots and lots and lots of rust.

And then there were waterwheels and cogs.  Seventh heaven!

And even an old sewing machine

There were buildings too.  But I'll save those for another post.

Thanks for joining me today
Bernice

More Inspiration

 More photos taken for inspiration.  This time: Rust

Which of these inspires you?

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Bernice

Photos for Inspiration

While I was away I took lots of photos that those who do art or craft of any kind will understand.  They are of strange and wonderful things - not at all related to the holiday in terms of memories but inform your creativity.  I have whittled them down to 24!

A rusty roof

Unfolding

Rusty chain on a boat

 Lichen

 Decaying wood

Decay

Weathered rocks that look like rust

Kauri tree bark at the Kauri Museum

Weathered rock

Fountain and its reflection

Ice

Rust on old trains

I don't know that I will ever reproduce any of these photos exactly in my work but they will inform my thinking as I work on my projects.

If you would like any of these photos let me know.  You can download them directly from the blog or email me and I will send you the better quality versions.  Blogger insists you compress the photos for uploading so are not really print quality.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Rust & Decay

Later in the year I am attending a workshop called The Poetry of Decay at The Bramble Patch.  I have no idea what photographic inspiration I will need for that but during our trip to Suffolk and Essex I took the opportunity to take lots of photographs of rust and decay.  107 actually.  However rest assured I'm not sharing all of them here.

There were lots of chains and decaying boats - so here are a few of the photos without explanation.

Rust

Decay

 

And my favourite - can you guess why?

And if you want to indulge yourself in rust and decay here's my Pinterest board.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice