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European/British/English Love Art, Music, Photography and follow politics closely. All photos I post are taken by me except reposts.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · Jul 11

I took a total break from BlueSky.
Back and hoping to reconnect with photographers/artists/lovers of churches/windows/postboxes/trees/flowers/music/beautiful things/those who run themes/challenges & those with a great sense of humour.
#Scape
#LandscapePhotography
#FlowersonFriday
#Churches
#Cornwall

Looking down on the spire of St Just in Roseland and towards the tidal creek that the 13th century church sits alongside.
To the left are acanthus flowers which grow well in Cornwall. The gardens are planted with semitropical shrubs and trees. There are boats alongside the creek and the hills of the Roseland Peninsular in the distance.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 58m

One October I took this photo in St Mary’s Church in Lower Slaughter, Cotswolds.
#31DaysofHalloween
#Cotswolds
#FlowersonFriday
#FloralFriday
#Bloomscrolling
#Autumn
#Photography

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 1h

Sorry didn’t see any of the filming.

Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you.
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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 3h

Thank you so much Sabine.🌿💐🌿

Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 3h

Signpost with added information on where to see ducks.🦆
(Actually a sign for a nature reserve.)
#FingerpostFriday
#Cotswolds
#Photography

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 4h

Great photo Sabine.

Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 5h

Hydrangeas in autumn retaining their charm. Photo taken yesterday in the garden.
#Flowers
#FloralFriday
#Bloomscrolling
#Autumn
#Photography
#Gardens

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 5h

October on the Surrey/Hampshire border.
#SurreyHills
#Autumn
#ForestFriday
#Trees
#Treescape
#Trees
#Photography

An earthy woodland path leads through golden and rust coloured bracken. Deciduous and coniferous trees surround the path some turning to autumn colours as it’s early October. In the distance the trees thin out and there is a patch of bright blue sky.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 5h

Posy in a little jar.
#FlowersonFriday
#FloralFriday
#Bloomscrolling
#31DaysofHalloween
#Autumn
#Photography

Autumn foliage, berries grasses and a few bright flowers from the garden.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 6h

Low cloud over the fells around Grasmere Village in October.
#Scape
#Landscape
#LakeDistrict
#Autumn
#Trees
#Photography

The top of a dry stone wall is in the foreground. Beyond that a green field where cattle often graze.
Autumnal trees are all around. On the right the village of Grasmere. In the distance the fells covered in bracken with low cloud and a grey sky.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 15h

Brilliant!

Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 16h

It is glorious.

Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 16h

Thank you for reposting
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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 16h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 17h

That’s gorgeous.
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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 17h

Here you are Sabine, you guessed I would have taken a photo of the staircase. It was shut off but I took a photo of it from above.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 19h

Sunset across Polecat Valley in the Surrey Hills yesterday evening.
#Sunsets
#SurreyHills
#Autumn
#Photography
#31DaysofHalloween
#Trees
#Skies

In the foreground is rust coloured bracken. A dark green conifer is on the left and an oak on the right. In the valley the tops of numerous trees can be seen some changing to their autumn colours and a line of trees is on the horizon. The sky is mottled with blue,white and pink as the sun is about to set.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 20h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 20h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 21h

Slept very well but had had a few nightcaps at the pub in Ravenglass which helped! 🦇🥃🦇
Thank you Sabine.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 21h

Some more photos of supposedly one of the most haunted buildings in the UK.
Below are 4 photos of Muncaster Castle with some of the ghostly tales in ALT text.
#PalacesandGardens
#Myth&Legend
#31DaysofHalloween
#Spooktober
#Creepy
#AltText
#Castles
#HistoricBuildings
#Photography

Muncaster Castle is situated on the western side of the Lake District. It is near to Ravenglass where I recently posted a photo of a sunset.
What a beautiful place to book a night in the Coach House…..or so I thought!

This was the area near the coach house where bats “hung out” and flew round our heads.

At night the castle is very atmospheric.There have been many strange occurrences which have not been able to be explained by science. The most haunted room is supposed to be the Tapestry Room, a small bedroom.

When I booked the night in the Coach House I knew nothing about the following but soon found out on a tour of the castle.
1.Tom Skelton/Tom Fool was a jester. He was also a spiteful person who if someone asked him directions and he didn’t like the look of them he directed them to quicksand! He died around 1600. A lot of strange happenings and paranormal activities are attributed to him.
2.The White Lady is often seen wandering the castle gardens and roads. Mary Bragg was a housekeeper at Ravenglass. She was murdered on her way to meet her lover, a footman at the castle.
3. There have been many reports of babies crying and soft singing in the Tapestry Room which used to be a nursery.
If you want you can spend a night there. 🦇
Did I experience anything strange there?
Well the castle grounds were certainly eerie at night and the bats added to the ghostly atmosphere and that’s all I’m prepared to say.😱 So why not go there and see for yourself.

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 23h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 23h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 23h

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Laurette @laurette1.bsky.social · 23h

Thank you for reposting
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