Category Archives: Water

Weekly Photo Challenge: The World Through Your Eyes

Posted on June 23, 2013 by Barbara

This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge is The World Through Your Eyes As a foreigner (although I have lived more of my life in London than in Dublin) I always get a thrill from going into central London and seeing iconic … Continue reading →

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Happiness is a red convertible

Posted on June 17, 2013 by Barbara

Today I actually got to drive one! At the Weybridge Sailing Club Regatta people were moving boats with a lovely red convertible with a tow bar, so I couldn’t hold back, I had to ask for a go

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Great Crested Grebe

Posted on May 25, 2013 by Barbara

A beautiful Great Crested Grebe at Coxes Lock on Monday

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape this rain!

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

Today doesn’t feel like summer at all! My daughter is having a sleepover in the garden tonight, but it has hardly stopped raining today so far.  I’m not sure should I put the tent up now in the rain or … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape (2)

Posted on May 24, 2013 by Barbara

This has been a busy week!  I was working on Saturday, having a go at the garden on Sunday, preparing for Charlotte’s birthday on Monday & Tuesday, working Wednesday, gardening yesterday… I hardly feel like i have opened my computer!

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Escape

Posted on May 18, 2013 by Barbara

This weeks Weekly Photo Challenge is Escape When I think of escape, I think of the long white beaches of India, the sea that is warm and refreshing, the sun that warms my skin all day long, every day, without … Continue reading →

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Weekly Photo Challenge: From Above

Posted on May 4, 2013 by Barbara

I haven’t participated in the Weekly Photo Challenge for some time, I’ve been busy getting better, and I found the prompts a bit uninspiring, although I could have posted lots of pictures for the challenge ‘Culture’ The sun has finally … Continue reading →

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River Thames at Weybridge

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Barbara

The River Thames at Weybridge I’m just testing. My WordPress media library is getting full. Can I save photos to Flickr and then load them from here? I’m in the middle of a post about Egypt which is getting complicated … Continue reading →

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Wilson’s Doggy Bag

Posted on January 6, 2013 by Barbara

When Wilson gets soggy in the river he doesn’t understand why we don’t want him to sit on us in the car on the way home so he can get dry!  When he comes home he deposits muddy footprints all … Continue reading →

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The River Thames in Flood, Weybridge, Walton & Port Hampton

Posted on January 5, 2013 by Barbara

Further to my recent posts about the river flooding in Weybridge and Walton, I have now found my photographs from the last big flood.  In December 2002 and January 2003 the Thames began to flood near where we live. I … Continue reading →

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