Thursday Doors – 17-08-17

Here’s my contribution to the excellent  “Thursday Doors” blog over at Norm 2.0

Met up with my photowalk buddies this Tuesday, and the weather was really good for once. We walked over to the St Margaret’s area of the city and the parish church.

St Margaret’s Church

Main Entrance

Nice Gargoyle

A Tucked Away Side Door

I have always admired the architecture of this church but it wasn’t until I read up about it’s history (on Wikipedia – Click Through) how far back it dates, parts of it to the 12th and 13th century. I would like to have a look at the interior sometime.

Just around the corner is this lovely old factory building, slowly declining into disrepair.

It has some art deco features, but I can’t find any historical information about the building. A visit to the reference library is needed.

I Couldn’t Resist This One

Not strictly a door in the true sense, but I like the colours.

Nikon f801s & Sigma 28-80mm

I’ve used the Nikon a few times this year, love the large viewfinder, and the camera has a good feel to it. The Sigma lens has a macro function and from the one roll of film (8 or so years ago) was surprisingly good. So I thought it was about time the lens had another outing.

Fungi In My Garden

This is straight out of the scanner, no adjustments.

Mimi

Just as I pressed the shutter she moved, she’s a lively cat, but I like the expression on her face, leave me alone !

Fruits Of Summer

Spotted these on a walk to town.

What A Difference A Day Makes

After the awful weather over the last few days it was great to wake up to a warm sunny morning. I needed to go into town to stock up on essentials, have a film developed, and donate a box of kitten food to my neighbour who’s feeding the feral cats that have camped out in her garden. Managed to take a few photographs on the walk in.

Sunshine & Leaves

Tranquility Seats

A Bit Of Colour

A Bit Of Texture

Renovations In The Market Place

Took this as a 2 shot vertical panorama

Building On The Circle

There’s a lot of building going on in the city at the moment, unfortunately most of it is bland apartment blocks, no doubt this will be the same !

Awful Weather

It’s been just like late autumn here in my part of the UK, wet, windy and cold. The cats have been bored, getting me to open doors to rooms they normally don’t bother with, and demanding feeding every hour. Hopefully the weather will pick up in the next few days and I’ll be able to get out and take some photographs, and the cats will be able to go and explore in the garden.

Bored

Seagulls, Clouds, & Chairs

I had a quick walk to town this morning, the weather wasn’t bad and the clouds looked good.

Seagulls & Clouds

There had been a carnival at the weekend on the park so I guess there were some tasty leftovers for the gulls.

Chairs

These caught my eye as I walked through the market.

Thursday Doors – 03-08-17

A bit late posting, took all but one of these images yesterday (Thursday) for the excellent “Thursday Doors” over at  Norm 2.0  blog, do take take a look.

Met up with my PhotoWalk buddies in town, the weather was really unpredictable as it has been for most of the last few weeks, windy, rain, and a bit of sunshine.

This is one from a couple of weeks ago, spotted on a walk to town.

Pour me a cool one.

Mediterranean Style

This was at the back of some fairly derelict looking buildings.

A Lovely Gate

Couldn’t resist.

Notice Door

This building is empty, but it’s a good looking building. I hope they don’t demolish it and replace it with some bland corporate style apartment block. There’s something written on the second step down, but I can’t quite make it all out.

Buzz

One of my favourite subjects, electricity substation.

Sorry About This !

John on the left, me on the right sporting a fresh haircut that takes the barber all of 5 minutes !!!! The weather took a turn for the worse and we accidentally went into a pub to take shelter.

Cats, Cats & More Cats (update)

I called round to my neighbour this morning with two boxes of kitten food. I took my phone so I could get some pictures of the lovely cats.

Please Feed Me

Please

About Time

They all look well and are putting on weight. Apparently there’s another family of cats across the road !

Help With The Gardening ?

When I returned home I decided to start pruning the holly tree, within minutes my two helpers were supervising my efforts.