raingirl's photos

Fosse Farmhouse B&B, near Castle Combe. First the instructions, then the actual perfect scone. Not to mention tea served correctly! Milk first then tea on top. Done that way because otherwise the tea will stain the porcelain. Says the owner of the bed & breakfast. The little lion's head is from the Romans - found on the site of the bed & breakfast.

The view from William Morris's house, Kelmscott Manor, in the Cotswolds. You might find that the water drops on the window spoil the view, but to me they are as beautiful as the view itself.

Inside the prior photo of a building, which as a lot of you knew is Kelmscott Manor, home to William Morris's ‘Heaven on Earth’. So many wonderful patterns. This chair next to the firplace where even the tiles are patterned. Not an art photo, but a photo of art.

I often like to abstract reality in my photographs. But light is the main thing that I look for. Being under the weather today I struggled for inspiration. As the gray morning led to mottled light in the afternoon, a bit of defined shape thrown into my image appealed to me. I had intended to take a variation of a self portrait for the special day, but instead I was just a low energy reflection of myself and so picked the flower photo for my main submission.

Continuing with vacation photos from 2022: We left London. This wonderful mansion was availalbe for touring (photos from inside and closer later). ---------- I doubt anyone can recognize what mansion this is from this photo, but if you care to guess I will give the hint that the natural plant patterns seen here might lead you to the right place. ----------- And if one cares to comment on the photo itself, I would say that while I certainly could have brightened and sharpened the image, I chose not to because this was has the day actually was and I also like days like this (it's one of the things England and Oregon - at least the Willamette Valley - have in common). But I'm happy to hear what others think.

Tidy potatoes.

Plant prefers the old.

A Landseer Lion.

1/8th of the full painting. The closer I got to the painting, the more realistic the bas relief appeared to be. How do they do that? One last one to guess the painter, if you are so inclined. Yes, it's in The National Gallery.

this is about 1/300th of the painting yes, the painting is large, but this area isn't that big at all yet has such incredible detail! does anyone know who the painter is? (I do, just wondering if we have any painting aficionados out there.)

I don't normally post images of paintings from galleries, but this very small part of a larger work seemed to be more in the style of found art, and so here it is. One could easily miss this corner of the painting and I think it's worth looking at. Part of the painting "Saint Michael Triumphs Over the Devil" 1468, by Bartolomé Bermejo, hanging in The National Gallery, London.

(Yes, I know the photo is somewhat askew. I like it that way. When I straightened it it was static, and even though the fire isn't lit, the slight angle give it a bit of energy.)

They were waiting just like we were.

Amongst the gray of the mid-winter storm, a bit of brightness. (I've been missing from ipernity for over a week - storm situations take basically all my time. But I will be back eventually.) [Edit: We are back home and things are settling down both weather and logistics wise. Happy to be able to be on ipernity again!]

Inside one of the conservatories.

From inside the conservatory at Kew gardens, a plant wishes to be taken care of, but can't get in. From my 2022 vacation.