Amelia's photos

The subject is garbage or waste. Is there photographic beauty in it? I do not mean a garbage truck or a bin only, waste should be an essential part of the photo. I decided to have a look round the garden to see what was there. And here's what I found: Broken bits of pottery, old plant labels, broken clothes pegs, a plastic plant tie, an elastic band, a bottle top, shredded paper that must have blown in, a piece of expanded polystyrene, some silver paper, a piece of bubble plastic and two old bottles (which I shall keep). A veritable mountain of rubbish. ;-) I only found one piece of street rubbish, and one little treasure which are in the notes. Thanks to the TSC for a tidier garden and a tidier village! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k6wSLT1Gu4

A balance beam is the long arm projecting from the landward side of the gate over the towpath. As well as providing leverage to open and close the heavy gate, the beam also balances the (non-floating) weight of the gate in its socket, and so allows the gate to swing more freely. There are plenty of mooring points here, while you wait for the locks to work.

When we were here 10 days ago, the whole site was fenced off, and the workmen were busy. It wasn't obvious what they had done though. The wetlands behind this scene accommodate excess run-off water from the canal.

HFF everyone.

For some reason this is called the Red Bridge. No idea why. SORRY - having some computer problems. Hope they get sorted out soon.

The Sunday Challenge: 'Art'. What is art? I have thought about that all week. For me it's the splash of green on the petals of a snowdrop, nacre on the inside of a shell, the shape of a snowflake, the logarithmic spiral of a snail shell, the ever changing pattern of clouds and waves. The list could go on for ever. Whatever art is, humankind has always endeavoured to capture the essence of it. We admire cave paintings, the work of the great masters, sculpture, architecture etc, The one thing we all have in common is that we enjoy art in all its various guises. One can see the pleasure and contentment on Mary's face as she potters about in her 'garden shed', totally absorbed in her work. Maybe art is whatever one considers it to be.

This was at the end of the tunnel leading to Blåsjø reservoir in July! The road up to the reservoir is closed from September onward at least for eight or nine months of the year. The tunnel was open to pedestrians only, and it was very slippery. To reach the reservoir I had to be helped up a steep snow slope. I hadn't packed the correct footwear for summertime in Norway!

Orre Gamle Kirke.

The Maesbury Bone Works, or Artificial Manure Works was situated in the village of Maesbury Marsh, on the side of the Montgomery Canal, behind the Navigation Inn. The site had been used for a number of years in the early 1800's, as a Smelting Works. Fertilizer and glue were produced needing a good supply of horse and cow hooves and when boiled up, gelatine for glue was extracted while the bones were crushed up for fertiliser.

The parish church of St Mary was founded by Ralph Le Strange between 1182 and 1195 as a chapel for the castle. It has a Norman chancel, nave and north aisle but the building was heavily restored in 1846. Its graveyard was consecrated in 1817; before then at least some burials took place at Kinnerley.] It contains CWGC-registered war graves of two officers and two soldiers of the British Army of World War 1.