Bowood Woodland Gardens (Friday 17th May 2024)

Taking advantage of the sunshine I walked into Calne in the morning and ate fish and chips out of a wrapper in the Pocket Park and had a cold Frappuccino.

Later in the afternoon I drove back to the Woodland Gardens and this time undertook their signposted Walk Of The Week, which was around two rather hilly miles. Most of the shrubs are rhododendrons but I concentrated on photographing other plants including some blossom, honeysuckle (?) and some sort of yellow flower (probably azalea, thank you Miranda). The blip was taken at a major convergence of paths with a rhododendron roundabout. The walk reached the Mausoleum from where there were views towards Calne with St Mary's church visible in the distance.

Near the end of the walk I popped into the Jubilee Gardens and sat reading on the same ornate bench as before, which I now consider mine, and affords a good view of the gardens, with wildflowers beside the path behind.

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Sunday 19.5.2024 (1123 hr)

Blip #4090 (#3840 + 250 archived blips taken 27.8.1960-18.3.2010)
Consecutive Blip #004
Blips/Extras In 2024 #074/266 + #028/100 Extras
Day #5166 (1269 gaps from 26.3.2010)
Lozarithm's Lozarhythm Of The Day #3229 (#3069 + 160 in archived blips)

Bowood series
Outdoor Places I Have Sat In series
Flora series
Landscape series
Paths series

Bowood Woodland Gardens, 17 May 2024 (Flickr album of 31 photos)

Taken with Nikon Coolpix P900 (24-2000mm equivalent bridge camera)

Lozarhythm Of The Day:
The Rattles - The Witch (1970)
Vocalist Edna Bejarano is an Israeli-born German singer. She was born in 1951 in Tel Aviv, the daughter of Esther Bejarano. The family moved to Germany in 1960. She was the lead singer of the German rock band The Rattles from 1970 until 1973 and sang on their biggest selling record, the 1970 song The Witch. She also performed in the 1980s with her mother Esther Béjarano, one of the last survivors of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz, in the musical group Coincidence. They sang songs from the ghetto and in Hebrew as well as anti-fascist songs. - Wikipedia

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Woody Wednesday