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Laurette
@laurette1.bsky.social
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Love Art, Music, Photography and follow politics closely.
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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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Gulls coming in to land on the River Wey in Godalming illuminated by the sun.
(I for illuminated.)
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowel
#BirdoftheDay
#MorningLight
#Flyday
#Birds
#Photography
November 28, 2025 at 7:20 AM
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Urn,17th century stone, on a hill at Petworth.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Scape
#Landscape
#WestSussex
#Photography
The SouthDowns are in the distance which the urn on the plinth is silhouetted against. To the right is a glimpse of the lake. Autumnal trees are in the foreground. A young tree on the left is protected from the many fallow deer and there is a rather nice shadow of the fencing on the ground.
November 28, 2025 at 6:57 AM
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Beech trees and one silver birch.
#ForestFriday
#Scale
#Treescape
#SurreyHills
#Photography
#Autumn
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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The tide is out and people are walking along the causeway to St Michael’s Mount in Marazion, Cornwall.
#PalacesandGardens
#People
#HumansofBlueSky
#Cornwall
#Coastal
#Photography
#Castles
St Michael’s Mount in Cornwall is a place I really love and so do many others as you can see by the people walking along the causeway. It is an island topped with a castle which can only be reached by boat except when the tide is out. The castle is surrounded by beautiful botanical gardens.
November 27, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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#BirdoftheDay
#HeadShots
#Swans
November 27, 2025 at 1:28 PM
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ABOVE Kettlewell you will be ENVIOUS of the view even though the conditions were ICY OVERLOOKING the U shaped valley of Wharfedale. (AEIOU)
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#YorkshireDales
#Thursgate
#Snow
#Landscape
#Photography
On a walk a few years ago the views were glorious in the snow which got ever deeper the higher we went. We started off in Kettlewell where there was no snow. Looking back along the valley through a wooden gate with dry stone walls on both sides. The sky is dark with the occasional breakthrough of sun. 🥾
November 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
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Yellow rose in Godalming last week.
#ColorADay
#YellowThu
#Roses
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Blue door in Godalming
(A for adorable)
#AdoorableThursday
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Photography
November 27, 2025 at 7:22 AM
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Two people on a bench at Winkworth Arboretum with a beautiful early autumn view.
#PalacesandGardens
#People
#Autumn
#Landscape
#Photography
#Trees
Also…. A for Arboretum
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
A great seat for admiring the view, eating lunch or checking your phone. Two people on a bench surrounded by colourful trees and patches of shade.
November 27, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Overlooking Oaks at Orrest Head with views of Windermere.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Autumn
#Landscape
#Photography
#LakeDistrict
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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This oak tree looks rather angry with eyes, a nose, a mouth open showing his teeth and with an arm held high.
#NightmareNov
#Scary
and O for Oak
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Photography
Oak tree at the grounds of Petworth House.
November 26, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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Unusual sunset yesterday.
#Sunsets
#ColorADay
#RedWed
#Autumn
#Photography
#Skies
November 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Egyptian goose on the edge at Frensham Pond.🤔
#BirdOfTheDay
#OnTheEdge
#photography
November 26, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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I for Indigo.
I used Indigo watercolour for the edges of the leaves on my watercolour painting.
#Art
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#WatercolourPainting
#ArtYear
The method I used for this painting was wet on wet so the colours would blend with each other. I masked the leaf veins first. It is based on a real plant but using more vibrant colours.
November 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Autumn at the Vine, Hampshire.
#Autumn
#ColorADay
#RedWed
#Reflections
#Trees
#Landscape
#Photography
Horse Chestnut trees frame my photo of beautiful reflections on the lake.
November 26, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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Roses in Godalming on Friday.
#ColorADay
#RedWed
#RoseWednesday
#Roses
#Flowers
#Bloomscrolling
#Photography
November 26, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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A for arch.
Looking through the arch in the gatehouse at Charlecote House. Warwickshire at the main house.
#HistoricBuildings
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Photography
November 25, 2025 at 4:18 PM
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A view today from a hill in the grounds of Petworth House across the lake to the South Downs.
#Autumn
#HistoricHouses
#Landscape
#WestSussex
#Photography
#ColorADay
#BlueTue
November 25, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Lovely sunrise this morning.
#Sunrise #Photography
#SurreyHills
November 25, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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Chapel Stile in the Langdales with the Holy Trinity Church on the side of the rocky fell and the top of a roof with chimney pots.
#LakeDistrict
#Autumn
#RockinTuesday
#Landscape
#Photography
The fell is covered in autumnal bracken with rocky outcrops. On the left are some branches of silver birch tree. The church is almost in camouflage against the rocks and the chimney pots fit in rather nicely with the backdrop of the bracken.
November 25, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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The Fowey Estuary, Cornwall.
#TidesoutTuesday
#RockinTuesday
#ColorADay
#BlueTue
#Coastal
#Cornwall
#Photography
E for Estuary
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
I took this photo from the balcony of a holiday apartment in Fowey. Opposite is the rocky coastline of Polruan. Yachts and a motor boat are on the water. A seagull is in the top right of the photo.
November 25, 2025 at 6:39 AM
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Beech tree in the SurreyHills two days ago.
#ThickTrunkTuesday
#Trees
#Autumn
#Photography
On my way home from doing a food shop I had to take a photo of this tree with its beautifully coloured leaves. The sun was shining, the sky was bright blue and the ground full of fallen leaves.
November 25, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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Bamboo and willows at the River Wey at Godalming.
#Reflections
#BlueSkyMonday
#Autumn
#Landscape
#Photography
Reflections on the blue water on a sunny day last week.
November 24, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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Arbutus trees at Petworth on a frosty day.
#AlphabetChallenge
#WeekVforVowels
#Trees
#Photography
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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Beech leaves next to a dark blue stream.
#BlueSkyMonday
#Autumn
#Trees
#Photography
November 24, 2025 at 11:35 AM