Friday, 21 January 2011
Friday, 14 January 2011
Along with the floods we also get the birds
This year the Canada Geese have arrived in unprecedented numbers, usually they congregate nearer the village of Gnosall, but this morning their first stop was most definitely the Common!
On my return from taking daughter up to the bus stop, I was met by this sight as I dropped down onto our track.
As you can see it was still quite dark so the pictures aren't great, the geese were gradually flying off to the flood beyond where they will spend the rest of the day, too far for me to capture with my camera.
So I had to make the most of the moment, and now my shoes are drying by the boiler and my long skirt is draped over a radiator drying, but it was worth it just to experience the moments
On my return from taking daughter up to the bus stop, I was met by this sight as I dropped down onto our track.
As you can see it was still quite dark so the pictures aren't great, the geese were gradually flying off to the flood beyond where they will spend the rest of the day, too far for me to capture with my camera.
So I had to make the most of the moment, and now my shoes are drying by the boiler and my long skirt is draped over a radiator drying, but it was worth it just to experience the moments
Tuesday, 11 January 2011
It's so very wet again:)
I wouldn't mind all this water but we really haven't had that much rain!
Not going to manage to get around all this, time to turn back!
Sunday, 2 January 2011
Another Place
We wanted to take the dog out for a walk but couldn't decide where to take her, finally we jumped into car and set off for our chosen destination.
to here .... any ideas?
The clue is in the title of the post, Another Place - By Antony Gormley....
So that's how the sign begins.
I have wanted to visit Crosby beach since these figures were first installed, but actually, I'm pleased we waited until now, as these sculptures have for several years now been subjected to the natural elements of the climate and the sea, so what initially was a series of iron men have now changed into living statues, or the ones that regularly get covered with sea have any way.
This was our first encounter; pretty much all still cast iron!
So we made our way down to these
See how the barnacles and muscles have claimed them, and if you stand up very close to them placing your ear next to them you can even hear the barnacles
hmm ... may be they should be dressed! So son place his hat on this one briefly
Further along the beach we then came across these two 'dressed' statues, I was actually thinking more dinner jacket and bow ties myself!
One word of warning to any one else planning to visit these amazing statues, please do not take to lightly the warning on the sign about the soft sand, as you can see from the photo of me standing next to one of the statues you do sink into the sand very easily, and shortly after taking this last picture my family had to come and pull me out of the sand, at this point I was not far from the top of the beach.
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