Last week I travelled at very short notice to the UK to meet with a client. The trip was of the whirlwind variety with no time for sightseeing or catching up with friends and family, but my trusty camera still managed to see a bit of action.
My client’s offices overlook an 1850’s cemetery and I couldn’t resist going in search of lichens and angels’ wings when we took a break from work.
I found both…
As well as plenty of drama…
A spectrum of greens…
Lovely, subtle colours and textures…
And, of course, no ramble through an English country cemetery would be complete without the obligatory Joy Division-esque moment…
The journey home on Friday evening was also filled with visual treats – epic cloud formations, so unexpected after the thick blanket of grey visible from the ground…
And a distant glimpse of my old home town’s elegantly undulating river…
That elicited a small stab of nostalgia, but it’s good to be home.
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23 February, 2010 at 3:42 am
Poppy
The photos in your last two posts are astoundingly beautiful – rich in color and texture! Thanks for sharing!
23 February, 2010 at 3:49 am
Kate in Brooklyn
Wonderful details. The “IN” in that lovely hue of green is particularly striking. My parents’ orchard in NH borders an 1800s cemetery, but it has nothing so majestic as those angels (ah those ascetic New Englanders).
23 February, 2010 at 8:32 pm
Freshly Found
Beautiful! Lovely rust coloured lichen to go with your previous post! Great to take a photo shoot opportunity even though it was a short trip!
24 February, 2010 at 1:48 pm
kendalee
It always holds on to a piece of one’s heart that town!
Gorgeous pictures and I’m so relieved to know that I am not alone in finding cemeteries and their lichened stonework and wings beautiful. I have been described as “a loony” for wandering around blissfully pointing my camera at tiny mosses and things :)
26 February, 2010 at 11:39 am
erich
Just one pedantic question:
did you purposefully leave out the “again” in
there and back again?
enquiring minds want to know
26 February, 2010 at 11:44 am
sakurasnow
Yes, yes I did :)