What else did we see?

Yesterday I shared all the gates and openings, but what else did we see?

All sorts of dfferent things!

3 ducklings sheltering under their mother.

 A signpost in Chard to places we've never heard of!

 A sign about 'Kiss me Hardy'

 Giant thistles

The Strode, at Barrington Court

 Barrington Court

Two very large houses built next door to each other.  The one on the left was originally the stables.

A giant clothes peg

A cupboard in the wall

 The Manor House we stayed in on Wednesday.

An oversized Kingfisher that looks more like a Puffin

Lytes Cary Manor

A metal sculpture at Glastonbury Abbey

A metal cockerel, also at Glastonbury Abbey.

And lastly, a door, in a cemetery.

A selection of things that caught my eye!

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Doors, Gates and Openings

If you read yesterday's post you know we had 3 days away in Somerset.  I wanted to go to Montacute House.  We also managed to go to Barrington Court, Tintinhull Garden and Lytes Cary Manor.

I love to take photos of patterns and flowers.  But this time I seemd to be drawn to gates and gateways, and openings in hedges.  There are a lot of photos in this post!

Chard in Somerset

 Barrington Court, Somerset

Interestingly (well to me anyway!) the one place I didn't take photos of gates and opening is Montacute.

Tintinhull Garden

 Lytes Carey Manor

Glastonbury Abbey

Glastonbury Tor

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Scavenger Hunt

Each summer Rinda sets a Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt which people all over the world take part in.

I decided I would take part and my first post was here.

And then I lost interest.  So much on and I thought I needed to give up something and the Scavenger Hunt went by the wayside.  However we went away for 3 days this week and I thought I would take photos and if any of them fitted the hunt then great.  I hadn't got the list with me but as soon as I saw some birds on a wire the list started coming back to me.  And I did look it up on the internet at the end of day 2.  Here are more photos for the list.

3 Birds on a wire

4 A group of tourists

 And here they are closer up.

 5 A rack of postcards.  I had this one already but this is a better version.

 And a close up.

 6 An urban street scene.  This is Ilminster in Somerset.

8 A tattoo on a person.  I didn't think I would be able to find a photo for this category so took this photo instead.

However when we got home from our few days away the guy at the checkout in Sainsbury's had this so I was really cheeky and asked if I could take a photo.

9 A bakery

10 A photo bomb (someone found lurking in the background of photo; the lurker may have intended to disrupt the picture or may be doing it unintentionally, but the background lurker is a surprise to the photographer).  I try desperately hard not to have people in my photos but the lady on the left walked into my photo as I was taking it.  I knew she had done it but knew I could crop her out of the photo.

However, this woman was a total surprise to me - only realising she was there when I downloaded my photos.

17 A lamp post

18 A water fall.  In my mind waterfalls are large affairs with cascades of water but this is the only falling water I've seen - apart from the rain!

19 A public garden.  I could have gone to the local park but decided a garden that is open to the paying public would meet the brief.

21 A photograph of you with something representing the season.  This is me with some end of Summer/beginning of Autumn flowers.  And of course needing to wear a waterproof jacket.

Since it's extremely unlikely that I will get up early enough to take a photo of a sunrise (#13) I have substituted Alternative A: A kite, hot air balloon or blimp.   This is a kite in the shape of a hot air balloon.

I might see a juggler (#15) before the hunt ends on September 23rd but in case I don't I have substituted this for  a bird house.   I took this photo of a bird house:

But then realised this was a much better bird house - the dovecote at Lytes Cary in Somerset.

The only ones I need now are #1 a sign welcoming people to your home town, #2 a garden gnome, #11 a horn, #12 a mascot and #14 a parade.

I just might manage it.

Thanks for stopping by.

Bernice